1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to Worst Year Ever, a production of My Heart 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: Radio together everything so don't don't why hello and welcome 3 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: back to the Worst Year Ever. Goodbye names. Wait ship, 4 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: we're doing things a little different. Which is the one 5 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 1: that tells you that's the greeting? This? This is the 6 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: one that's the greeting. Is that the but which is 7 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: the word? How do you greet people? Welcome? Oh, welcome, welcome, Welcome, 8 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: this is worst year ever? Robert, Katie Cody. That's it. 9 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: Those are our names. I've done my work for today, guys. 10 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: Today we are very excited joined by Richie Serjenko from 11 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: the People's City Council. Uh. You guys might be familiar 12 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: with the people City Council here in Los Angeles. They've 13 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: been making a lot of waves on the internet, uh, 14 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: fighting Eric Garcetti, fighting the police, l ap D, working 15 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 1: with Black Lives Matter, fundraising, all of it. So we 16 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: really excited to sit down and chat about the work 17 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: that they're doing and the ways that we can support them. Here. 18 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: That is today, we are very excited to be joined 19 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: by Richie Serjenko. I pronounced that right, you announced that 20 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: right from the People's City Council. Hi Richie, How are 21 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: you doing today? I am doing well. I'm really tired, 22 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: but I'm doing well. How are you pretty okay? I 23 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: was just chatting yesterday with somebody about how I'm doing okay? 24 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: Is the new pretty good? It's like, I honestly like 25 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: my immediate needs are taken care of for the for 26 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: today and and that's that's a positive. Um. But we 27 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: are really grateful that you are taking the time to 28 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: speak with us today, UM, because a lot's happening and 29 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: I from what I understand, the l A City Council 30 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: will be voting on their budget this week today apparently. UM, yes, yeah, yeah, 31 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: different different portions of the budget. I mean they didn't 32 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: so they didn't vote on the budget by June one. 33 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: And you know, I'm not as legislatively savvy as some 34 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: of you know, our coalition members, but I can only 35 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: speak to what I know. But if they didn't vote 36 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: by June one, Um, the budget was set to go 37 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: an effect on July one, regardless if there was a 38 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: vote held on it or not. But you know they're voting, 39 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: you know, they yesterday in the Budget Finance Committee they 40 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: voted to send a motion the west in Harris Stocks 41 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: in motion for um getting rid of the calls for 42 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: l apd uh non violent, non criminal uh calls, have 43 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: them go, have that go to professionals and not police officers. 44 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: That motion was sent from committee to City Council today. Uh, 45 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: you know which they're gonna I'm pretty sure they're either 46 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: voting right now or they voted to pass um. But 47 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: I think it did pass earlier. But that's exciting, it's not. Yeah, 48 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: it's exciting, but it's a it's a small bit. It's 49 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: a it's a good first step. Um, No, for sure, 50 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: it is. It is exciting. I don't want to like 51 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: completely downplay it, but it's important to be honest. It's 52 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: important to be like, yes, Uh, there are some minor 53 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: gains that have been made also with the you know 54 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: Eric Garciti talking about the you know, hundred and fifty 55 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: million from the police budget to be diverted into programs 56 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: for you know, community programs. Great, it's a sliver, it's 57 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: a sliver chip of the off the iceberg. But I 58 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: want to back up and start by talking about the 59 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: people City council. How you got started, Um, from from 60 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: what I understand, you guys formed as a response to 61 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: the COVID crisis to fight for no rent, no evictions, 62 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: no vacancies. UM. And the work you guys have been 63 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: doing in a very short amount of time is pretty incredible. 64 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: So can you can you walk us through the beginnings 65 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: of this coalition and yeah, some of the stuff that 66 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: you guys have been doing, we say, uh, you know 67 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: that we are on an organizing project. Uh, you know, 68 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: we're not a coalition, we're organizing project. We're we're assembled 69 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 1: by organizers that belonged to different groups like Sunrise Movement, 70 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: l A Tenants Union, K Town for All Ground Game, 71 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: no Olympics, so all amazing, you know, l A grassroot 72 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: orgs that have been here for a long time. And 73 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: you know, we a bunch of us just came together 74 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,119 Speaker 1: and the Nicole who started it started the first car 75 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: protest at Mayor Garcetti's house UM in March. So and 76 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: like March was like the first car protest at Garcetis. 77 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: I attended UM and then you know, they had another 78 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: one and I showed up and then I you know, 79 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: it's so funny what has happened in l A over 80 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,799 Speaker 1: the past few months. Uh, with the use of social 81 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: media in a wide bit of you know, you know, 82 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: in a wide range of how we are all impacting 83 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: our communities. Like we came to get people City Council 84 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: came together through Twitter just like hey, like I saw 85 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: that you were there, or hey, I saw that you 86 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: are the you know, you're organizing this, like what's going on? 87 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: And then a bunch of us just got connected. And 88 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: a bunch of us got connected by calling in the 89 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: city council meetings and say like, hey, like these are 90 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: our points, Like let's hit these points and like let 91 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: them know. And uh, people city Councils, you know, before 92 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 1: we start recording, I mentioned is like a fun group. 93 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: We do fun and cool stuff. Uh all. Pretty much 94 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: every single member of People City Council will likes to 95 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: talk shipped to elected officials and will will confront them 96 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: directly on it. And you know that is the main 97 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: pillar of our success talking ship to politicians. That is 98 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: he I mean being willing to Yeah, yeah, I mean 99 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: that's that's literally the essence of democracy. Or I mean 100 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: I actually completely agree. Maybe maybe throwing milkshakes at them occasionally, 101 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: but you know that's a that's a personal you know, 102 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: I I don't think I would personally, but I don't 103 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: judge if anyone can do that. Yeah, part of part 104 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: of democracy is having the freedom to throw whatever beverage 105 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: you want at your elected I would probably drink half 106 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: of the milkshake and then throw the part that's a 107 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: little too melted. See, this is democracy right here. This 108 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: this is what democracy looks like anyway, Richie. Yes, so 109 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: we yeah, we came together. And you know, my one 110 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: of my main pillars of my organizing is actually directly 111 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: confronting politicians and elected officials. I've done it, um at 112 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: like a national scale. And when this started, I was 113 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: just laughing how inept these elect local elected officials are 114 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: with hair social media's and so we can we like 115 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: all of this discussion will tie into how we use 116 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: social media and how it's been so powerful for us. 117 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: But yeah, so so people city council started uh in 118 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: like early April, and we and we started doing car 119 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: protests at Garsetti's house. But also, um, not even my 120 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: fear of the city attorney. We went to uh some 121 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: David Michaelson his who works in the city Attorney's office, 122 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: who write wrote a bullshit brief that wasn't based on 123 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: legal precedent. We went to his house and called him out. 124 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: We went to a bunch of other council members houses. 125 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: We've leaked their addresses on Twitter, put it, put their 126 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: phone home phone numbers on Twitter. Mitchell Ferrell's partner called Jacob, 127 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: an organizer with People City Council. His partner called Jacob's 128 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: dad after we protested it in front of his house, 129 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: and so, uh, you know, we had an obligation to 130 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: leak Mitch's partners number on Twitter as well. And so 131 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: that's that's the main main tenant. But we also have 132 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: organized really awesome actions like our may Day action at 133 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: Eric Garcetti's and we have like hundreds of cars like 134 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: do a car protest, like honking in front of our 135 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: setis and then we had you know, thirty fifty people 136 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: on foot, you know, with their megaphones making noise and 137 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: just disrupted the entire neighborhood. Um. And as as Robert 138 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: was saying, you know, we that that there's all of 139 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: what I'm saying is a basic tenant of democracy, UM, 140 00:08:54,520 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: dissenting and holding politicians accountable. That that I'm mean, we've 141 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: gone so far away from that at so many different levels. 142 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: But that is truly like the essence of democracy. Some 143 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: of the best things that have happened during this whole 144 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 1: uprising has been the cases where you've had in like Minneapolis, 145 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: in Portland, and I think a couple of other cities, 146 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: like the mayors of cities just have to stand in 147 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: the middle of a crowd of their citizens and get 148 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: would never no, no, no, but that would be awesome. 149 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: Famously absent from his home when everybody showed up to 150 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: protest there. I'm not sure if on the car protest 151 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: that you're mentioning, but certainly during the George Floyd protests, 152 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: he was there. He uh, who knows, he really lives 153 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: in the guetting. But but we had and then you know, 154 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: to go back to the the history of PCC, we 155 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: we actually PCC is Pupilsity Council. We held a die 156 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: in in front of Garsetti's house like where the tree 157 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: line is, and we had you know, probably like thirty 158 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: people lay there for um like I think it was 159 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: like eighty three eight under thirty three seconds or so 160 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: for the amount of on house people that die in 161 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: l A every every year at a UM and so. 162 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: And then the next day they put up a barricade 163 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: in the spot that we did the die in at 164 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: and to tie to tie Twitter back into it, we 165 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: trolled them so hard, Like initially when they were asked 166 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: about it, they gave no comment and they were trolled 167 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: so hard on Twitter that they had eventually had to 168 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: give a comment and say that it was to protect 169 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: the plants. But that's like a mossy area that like 170 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: there's no plants there. Um. So yeah, these these elected 171 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: officials in LA are so shitty and they've never been 172 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: held to account and it's pretty Yeah, I would agree 173 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: with that. I mean, we're sitting here in a situation 174 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: today and the day that we're recording this, uh l 175 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: A is seeing I believe our our worst number of 176 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: cases ever. We are in a situation. No, I mean 177 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: we processed this pain however we can. Yes, you laugh 178 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: in l A County like what some like upsetting lee 179 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: high percentage of the globe one, yes, but we're currently 180 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: looking at the statistics of of one in every one 181 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: in every people did um. And testing is harder to get. 182 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: You can't get a testing appointment. Facilities are like nonexistent anymore. 183 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: And yeah, it takes many days to get an appointment, 184 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: in many days to find out your results seems really, really, 185 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: really safe in my opinion, Just so you got to 186 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 1: get those fucking bars back open. And there's no other 187 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: way to get the bars back open. But just everyone 188 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: in southern California, you get sick, and then we can 189 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: open the bars again for the survivors. We've got unemployment 190 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 1: benefits are set to expire at the end of July. 191 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: Congress gets to work now. But this is so bad 192 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: for my mental health to go through the list of 193 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: the ship. You don't have to do that. Why August 194 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: is like people thought fucking May end of May and 195 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: early June or like an uprising, August is going to be. 196 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: August is going to be the motherfucker of the year. 197 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: I guess. Yeah, yeah, August is going to be when everything, 198 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: like things come to a fucking boil in a way that, yeah, 199 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: it's gonna be cool and good. I think. Even seeing 200 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,839 Speaker 1: people so angry that the beaches are closed for fourth 201 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: of July, it's like, um, are you feeling patriotic right now? 202 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: Because I don't. I don't care about those people boiling um, 203 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 1: but I do said that. I say this to say 204 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: even though I think in the last month or so, UM, 205 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about Black Lives Matter in a moment. 206 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: You know, we've been focused on these other movements and 207 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: other things that are happening, and I think a lot 208 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: of people in l A at least a month and 209 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: a half ago, we're starting to feel like, Okay, we've 210 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: done a good job, but then we rushed to reopen 211 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: and here we are. But I say this to to 212 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: bring it back to the work that you guys are 213 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: doing and again focusing on the no rent, no evictions, 214 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: no vacancies, because we are going to be seeing that 215 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: hit in August and less drastic things happen. Don't worry, 216 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: they won't be. So I would love to hear some 217 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: about what what you guys are working on specifically with that, 218 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: then then get into some of the Black Lives Matter 219 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: stuff as well. These elected, local elected officials have passed 220 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: the buck to the federal government. Yeah, and that's local 221 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: and statewide like Newsom has done it too, or like 222 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: newsong uh, they have handled you know, every single elected 223 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: official in California to me from the Governor's office and 224 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: then in Los Angeles has failed everyone that fucking lives 225 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: in the city. And I'll just say I mean, I agree, 226 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: I I sorry interrupted. It blows my mind how much 227 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: um good press they got, especially at the beginning of 228 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: people saying yeah, yeah, that's the cuomo sexual stuff, right, 229 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: it's the it's the being able to give the air 230 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: of an ounce of competence um, which we're not used 231 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: to these days. And also l A p D doesn't 232 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: wear masks either, so unbelievable. You know, the only time 233 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: the police have been wearing masks the protests I've seen 234 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: us when they've been tear gassing us. So I guess 235 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: they used the safer we all are from coronavirus. That's 236 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: the lesson. Yeah, it sends you home. It's for it's 237 00:14:55,600 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: forcing you to quarantine. Way to flattening the Yeah, up 238 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: your lungs a little bit beforehand, you get everything down. 239 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: I got arrested on May third years. I don't know 240 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: if you have seen the video, but I was directly 241 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: targeted by l A p D. And I was the 242 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: first arrest that they made on Third and Fairfax, and 243 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: uh yeah, I got ta yeah, I got tackled by 244 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: two l A p D officers. I got tragged by 245 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: them on the ground, and then uh, you know, I 246 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: think I got punched or hit hit with a stick. Uh. 247 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: And then you know they started hitting my buddy that 248 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: tried to grab me. Uh. And yeah, I know that. 249 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry that you experienced that. Oh no, thank you, 250 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: I appreciate that. And it's like LA Times has fucking 251 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: used that picture twice already without mentioning my name under 252 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: the head final course, of course, where you wearing that 253 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: shirt right now? No, I wish, I wish. Uh. It's 254 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: a it's a triggering picture and they don't fucking credit 255 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: they don't credit me at all. And also the l 256 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: A Times has used also to other pictures of me 257 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: getting arrested, and somehow they're using me as the face 258 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: of police brutality against black and brown people. And that's 259 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: not why, That's not why I'm out in the streets. 260 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: I'm out in the streets because I stand in solidarity 261 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: with blackgrown and indigenous people who have been harassed for 262 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: centuries by police departments. And l A Time, the corporate 263 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: media is fucking failing uh people in Los Angeles anyway, Yeah, yeah, no, 264 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: thank you. I mean it's a pretty good transition because 265 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: people City Council, even outside of the original stuff that 266 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: the stuff that we've already discussed, at least according to 267 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: your website, and what I've seen online is about creating 268 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: a Los Angeles that is racially, economically, environmentally just. And 269 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: I really liked how on the website your message includes 270 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: evolving to meet the needs of our comrades. Uh and 271 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: as you are talking about, I mean, you guys have 272 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: done that by joining forces with the Black Lives Matter 273 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: Movement UM, which is obviously incredibly important because we can't 274 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: talk about creating a just Los Angeles or about the 275 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: economic effects of COVID without talking about racial justice, because 276 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 1: they are inextricably linked. UM. So I'd love to to 277 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: hear some of the stuff that you're doing in conjunction 278 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: with Black Lives Matter UM and and get into the 279 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: People's Budget and the Freedom Fund and all of that. Yeah, 280 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: for sure. Uh So it was funny how we got 281 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,679 Speaker 1: connected with BLM and BA. I just wanted to, you know, 282 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: Black Lives Matter l A has been like putting in 283 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: so much work in Los Angeles for like seven ten years. 284 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: How and then how are long? Um? But you know, 285 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 1: I think they're you know, BLM is like the gold 286 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: standard of organizers in Los Angeles. And uh, you know, 287 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 1: I think all of us look up to them a lot, 288 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: and it's been like you know, and then they saw us, 289 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: you know obviously, you know, trying to live up to 290 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: that hype and and living up to UM just the 291 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: standard that they set as far as direct actions go 292 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 1: as well. So speaking for about People's City Council, you know, 293 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: BLM saw what we had done at the Mayor's house 294 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: and set like, invite us next time, and and that's 295 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: how we got connected. And then you know, a few 296 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: weeks later the budget was brought up. UM. But the 297 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: People's Budget Coalition is made up of an amazing set 298 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: of groups, Like it's led by Black Lives Matter l 299 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: A and Dr Nadoula and Baba Achilley. But uh, you 300 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 1: know K Town for All in Students Deserve and Ground 301 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: Game l A CANS Street Watch, Like this coalition is 302 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: made up of a bunch of amazing organizations in Los 303 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:56,439 Speaker 1: Angeles and like a multi racial, multi generational group of 304 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 1: organizers that have come together to take on the city 305 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: about the budget. UM, and we've made like significant improvements UM. 306 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: And and yeah, no, it's it's important to acknowledge the 307 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 1: groundwork that BLM has has laid for this battle, on 308 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: this fight for years and years of taking on elected 309 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: officials and in Los Angeles, um, and so it George 310 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: Floyd's death sparked something around this country, right, and we 311 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: just so happened in BLM just so happened to have 312 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: the infrastructure for years. And then also the People's budget 313 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: battle had been going on for like three weeks before 314 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: George Flood's death, and so then everyone was like, oh, Ship, 315 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: maybe we shouldn't give three point one billion dollars to 316 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: l A p D of the understritted general funds to 317 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: LAP d Uh, that does not make sense. And so yeah, 318 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: that's how we came together be with BLM and working 319 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: on the was budget. And that's uh, yeah, can you 320 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: tell us a bit about the people's budget for sure? 321 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: So uh, like before George George, like a week before 322 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: George Floyd's death, we put out a survey. And the 323 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: survey I don't know if any of you took it. 324 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,919 Speaker 1: It's like incredibly well done. Um David Turner who's getting 325 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: his PhD in North cal right now, set up really 326 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: dope survey and you know, could pinpoint which district you 327 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: lived in, and um, you know, it was just it 328 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: was just one that cost a lot of money for 329 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: people to do, right. But we fortunately had the resources 330 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: to to get the survey out. And before George Floyd's death, 331 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: I think we had like two thousand people still up 332 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: fill out the survey and the results came back and 333 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: showed that people wanted to give like five point six 334 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 1: percent of the budget to law enforcement. Um. And then 335 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: after George Floyd's death and right before LM gave the 336 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: presentation in front of city council, the results were that 337 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 1: the people only wanted to spend one percent of the 338 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 1: budget on law enforcement, like one point six. Again, opinion 339 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: moves fast these days, for sure. Yeah. I mean yeah, 340 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: black and brown people have been oppressed and um brutalized 341 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: by police for a long time, and uh a lot 342 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: of people are now waking up to it. Um and 343 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: that's why people are like, Okay, this ship really needs 344 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: to change. Um. And yeah, so the people's budget is 345 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: you know, about reimagining public safety. And like one one 346 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: thing to think about is people that live in Beverly Hills, uh, 347 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, how many police do they see roaming 348 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: around their neighborhood? And and I bet it's not many, 349 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: and I bet they still feel safe there. And the 350 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 1: reality of the situation is that and I've heard it 351 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: for so long that black and brown indigenous folks when 352 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: they have police in their community, they don't feel safe. 353 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: And so like, why do we like, it's just ridiculous 354 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: that it's been ignored for so long. But you know, 355 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: if one or if a group of people are saying 356 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: that the police in our communities don't make us feel safe, 357 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: and we know from elsewhere that just not having the 358 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: police around, things are still uh, you know, kept safe. Right. 359 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: So it's just the realization that cops in America do 360 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 1: not protect and serve. They do not serve the needs 361 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: of the people. They are here to brutalize and terrorize 362 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: communities and specifically communities of color. Um. So yeah, people, 363 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: people don't want that anymore. Yeah, that makes me think 364 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: of I mean about the conversation of gentrification, of white 365 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: people moving into black and brown communities, changing the demographics, 366 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: bringing police because they don't feel safe for X y Z, 367 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 1: and targeting the people that have lived there for a 368 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: long time. And we see that happening in Los Angeles. 369 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: Um all over all over the country, but especially Yeah, 370 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: don't call them. Don't call the cops on black people. 371 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: It's like a good, good general rule of thumb. I 372 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: also love all the things that people share about for 373 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 1: their neighborhoods. In my neighborhood, I'm in Mount Washington actually 374 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: and uh glass Ll Park, and people have started putting 375 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: up you know, list of places that you can call 376 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: other than nine one for different types of situations. Obviously 377 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: there's a bit of a judgment call on some things, 378 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: you know, like thinking about which is the right resource 379 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: to to reach out to. But you know, until we 380 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: get to a place where we do have an emergency 381 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: line that connects you to the proper department, you know, 382 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 1: the proper people equipped to handle a certain situation, we 383 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: have to take that action too in our own hands. Yeah, 384 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: for sure, Like, yeah, violent people with guns shouldn't be 385 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: showing up to situations where people are you know, may 386 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: need some mental health support. And also yeah, no violent 387 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 1: people with guns showing up anywhere doesn't make anyone safe. 388 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: The cops are trained in a certain way to escalate 389 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: and be aggressive, um, and so it's like impossible for 390 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: them to act with you know, proper decre social decorum 391 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: when they're trained in a certain way and they're armed 392 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: and they show up on a call. Yeah, as we 393 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: mentioned up top, UM, I mean I am blown away 394 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: by how how quickly all of this came together. And 395 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: I'm grateful for the work you guys have been doing. Um, 396 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: And we have seen some beginnings of changes happening. The 397 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: shaving off the top of the police budget. Sure, the 398 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 1: fact that, um, you know they are attempting to replace 399 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: lap D with community based, unarmed emergency responders. That's great. 400 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: That's that's some significant steps. Can you talk to us 401 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 1: about what is happening this week and what your next 402 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: steps are, some of the plans that you guys have 403 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: in place, and what you want to be focusing on. Yeah, 404 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: for sure. So uh yeah, Tomorrow Every Wednesday is the 405 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: Jackie Lacey Must Go protests downtown led by Black Lives 406 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: Matter l A. But July first marks the budget passing, 407 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: and so we're ready, like a lot of people are upset, 408 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: and and it was mentioned before that you know August 409 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: is going to bring a tidal wave of kissed off people, 410 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: but July is July is going to as well. And 411 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: I just think it's laughable that these elected officials think 412 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 1: that they're going to live in peace while they go 413 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: on reset, while people are waiting, uh for shipped to 414 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: change in the city. And so it's fine that they 415 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 1: want to go on recess like that, you know, I mean, 416 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 1: it's really not fine. But we're in an unprecedented crisis 417 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: on many fronts that's happening right now. There are so 418 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: many fires that need to be put out, and we 419 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 1: have a dearth of leadership. But anyway, yeah, I was saying, 420 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,679 Speaker 1: I was saying, it's fine because now it gives us 421 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: an opportunity instead of yelling at them on city council meetings, 422 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: he gives us an opportunity to show up and from 423 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: their homes. He called called their home numbers and call 424 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: their partner numbers and not let let them live in 425 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: one second of peace. And we are so well organized 426 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 1: right now that I can assure all the city council 427 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 1: members that they will not have a second of peace. 428 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 1: And if they because because like MLK said, like the 429 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: budget is uh you know, sign of your morality is 430 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: a document of more morality and or your values. I 431 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: forget what the exact quote was, but the they're gonna 432 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: they're gonna let the let this budget go through in July. 433 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: And um, that in itself, uh, you know, perpetuates violence, right, 434 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 1: Like giving lap D that much money actually is violent 435 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: to people. It hurts people, kills people, it gets on 436 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: people unnecessarily thrown in jail. And so that is their action, right, 437 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: like that they are intentionally allowing this to happen. They're 438 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: intentionally giving LAPD that much money. And so I said, 439 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: it's fine because they are going to see exactly like 440 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: what we We have thousand people in Los Angeles fill 441 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: out a survey, right, we have all those email addresses. Right, 442 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 1: we have so many eyes on us right now that 443 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: they are not going to be prepared for the way 444 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: the people that are into other stuff together. Everything about 445 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: the Freedom Fund, I mean, I know you guys have 446 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: praised a lot of money, so I'd love to hear 447 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: about that and also a freedom fund all of it. Yeah. 448 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 1: We so we raised two point five million dollars. We 449 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: just shut the shut the fund down and started a 450 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: general fund um the freedom So so just to give 451 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,199 Speaker 1: some backgrounds in context, we started We've had like a 452 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: goad fund meet going for a long time or not 453 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: a long time, since we started. Um, it feels like years. 454 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,239 Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah right, it doesn't be like years. It's 455 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: only been months. But we we started the uh you 456 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: know what is now known as the Freedom fun as 457 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: a fund for people to donate to because people were 458 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: getting citations at the car protest for honking, they were 459 00:28:54,800 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: getting citations for amplified noise. Yeah, yeah, they were. Yeah, 460 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: it's bullshit. It's such bullshit. So great use of tax 461 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: dollars and time and Jesus. Yeah, and so we used 462 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: we used the fund to fundraise for people that were 463 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: that were getting these citations, and then we also used 464 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: it to to raise money for a mariachi dand which 465 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: we hired on the the Mayday protests to have in 466 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: front of Garsetti's house. And so we've had this fund 467 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: for you know, a little bit of time, and we've 468 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: raised money for like local things. And then, you know, 469 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: as people were getting arrested and as people were getting injured, 470 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: and as you know, we were about to start, you know, 471 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: preparing ourselves to get out in the streets, like knowing 472 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: that we would need supplies and we would need a 473 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: certain amount of things to keep you know, this pressure 474 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: and this movement, this energy up. Um. You know, we 475 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: figured that we needed to have a because there was 476 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: no fund like in l A for like protesters. Um, 477 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: so we were like, okay, like, we have this fundraiser 478 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: that's already live and active and so you know, if 479 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: people want to donate for supplies or for legal support, 480 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: which what I'll talk about in a second, and anything 481 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: in regard to the direct actions in Los Angeles. We 482 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: wanted to just offer our fund as like a spot 483 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: for where people can donate money because we already had 484 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: it up and running and uh, you know, we're at 485 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: least uh somewhat of a reliable source, right, and so 486 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: we're like, hey, you know, because who knows what go 487 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,239 Speaker 1: fund meets can be created like during the time, So 488 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: we just put it out there and you know it 489 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: kind of we barely even publicized it, but it got 490 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 1: picked up. Like we we barely publicized it because, um, 491 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: like people, city Council does not have like any infrastructure itself, right, 492 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: we aren't like we weren't like an organization. We're not 493 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: like a group, so we weren't fundraising or anything that 494 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: like we could do for like us structurally. We were 495 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: fundraising too, like help with bail or help with like 496 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: medical bills, or help with like supplies for protesters. So 497 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: we kept raising a lot of money and there was 498 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: no need to promote it because we are trying to 499 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: figure out, you know, how to doll out two point 500 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: five million dollars, but so far we've approved like one 501 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: point to five million, and um I think three hundred 502 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: thousand of it is going to the National Lawyers Guild. 503 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: National Lawyers Guild also took on a class action suit 504 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: on behalf of Black Lives Matter l A for the 505 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 1: for the brutality and mistreatment of protesters that happened over 506 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 1: the first few weeks or the end of May and 507 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: first few weeks of June. So there's a class action 508 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 1: being brought by blm UH and NLGY against l A 509 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: p D and the group. Best part about it is 510 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 1: that we raise so much money that we're now giving 511 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 1: three thousand dollars to the National Lawyer's Guild and three 512 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,959 Speaker 1: dollars to Black Lives Matter l A to use however 513 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: they want. But n LG is now fighting the class 514 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: action suit against l A p D. And so these 515 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: assholes have really created a vicious uh. These assholes that 516 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: l APD have created a vicious cycle for themselves where 517 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: we're just pounding them on all fronts and they have 518 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 1: just created um, this kind of this kind of violence 519 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: and trauma for people in Los Angeles for a long time, 520 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: and it's you know, it's it's time to get rid 521 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: of them. And so that's that's the basis of the 522 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: Freedom Fund, that people are just really upset about what's 523 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: going on in l A. We've donated to other groups 524 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: like Harrison who does like immigration legal services. We've donated 525 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: to a mental health professional group that that offers mental 526 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: health support to to actively. We've donated to a group 527 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: called l A Can, which you know does a lot 528 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,480 Speaker 1: of work with on house folks in l A. So 529 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: we we have we then ground game as well. They 530 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,479 Speaker 1: run the mutual aid set up in Los Angeles. So 531 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: we're just trying to get you know, this money in 532 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: the hands of people in Los Angeles that are on 533 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 1: the ground doing the work and figure out how we 534 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: can best support them. Ah. Yeah, that's awesome. I I know, 535 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: I can't think of a specific organization off the top 536 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: of my head, but I know that's been it unexpected 537 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: for some outcome from from the past month is that 538 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: a lot of organizations ended up raising far more money 539 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 1: than they know what to do with, and then they're 540 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: faced in a situation where it's like, I've got to 541 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 1: use this money otherwise I lied. I guess not really. 542 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: I know the group in Minnesota raised dolls and honestly 543 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: I could not, like I cannot, I'm good conscious say 544 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: that we would have any idea of what to do 545 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 1: with thirty million dollars uh an obscure amount. And because 546 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 1: personally PCC doesn't have that infrastructure, right, We're not like 547 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,880 Speaker 1: we're just a group of activists that come together and 548 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:23,799 Speaker 1: do car protests or or whatever we do. Um. So yeah, 549 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: like we we weren't taking in two point two point 550 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: five million dollars to run like our own organization. And 551 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,160 Speaker 1: so that that's why we shut down the Freedom Fund 552 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: and started the General Fund, because if people still want 553 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 1: to donate to us, they can, but the General Fund 554 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: will be for like people's city council's stuff like that. 555 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: One of the main things that we've done with the 556 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: Freedom Fund is that like, we're not going to keep 557 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: this money for ourselves, Like we didn't raise the money 558 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,320 Speaker 1: for ourselves. That's not why we put like the fundraiser 559 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,360 Speaker 1: out there. Um, we did it to support people on 560 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,399 Speaker 1: the ground in l A. So we're gonna make sure 561 00:34:56,520 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: that you know that's that's where the money goes. So 562 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 1: how can we help you? How can our listeners uh 563 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: support you guys? Um, we talked before we started recording 564 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 1: briefly about calls to action. I know City Council's voting now, um, 565 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,959 Speaker 1: but there are next steps I'm sure, uh, and things 566 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: that you need support wise, how do we keep the 567 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,040 Speaker 1: attention on this and and on the work that you 568 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 1: guys are doing for sure, and like the next call 569 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: to actions will all can all be found at some 570 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 1: point over the next week or so on you know, 571 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: either Black Lives Matter l AH. You know they're the 572 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: leaders of the People's Budget Coalition. But also you can 573 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:43,439 Speaker 1: follow us People City Council uh full words People City 574 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:48,879 Speaker 1: Council on Instagram or PPLs City Council on Twitter. Uh. 575 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: And you know, we do a pretty good job of 576 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,920 Speaker 1: releasing like our daily our daily called Actions or weekly 577 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,440 Speaker 1: call to Actions and people can just get tapped in 578 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 1: like that. And um, I would say that there's going 579 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,280 Speaker 1: to be something coming up, and sometimes we can't always 580 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 1: disclose what it is until day of or even when 581 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: it's happening. Um. But yeah, paying attention to our to 582 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: our feeds will give people a lot of insight on 583 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,759 Speaker 1: what they can do and what they can do to 584 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: tappen with local politics. Yeah. And you mentioned earlier the 585 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:28,280 Speaker 1: the Jackie Lacy, the weekly Jackie Lacy protests. If if 586 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 1: if you are a listener in l A, that's definitely 587 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: wanted to check out because Jackie Lacey has gotta go. 588 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 1: Yeah Jackie, Yeah, Jackie Lacey Musco. That's uh yeah. Yeah. 589 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 1: For the past so one week we had pro or 590 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: we built Black Lives Matter, had like, um, like ten 591 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,640 Speaker 1: thousand people out there. Um. But the past few weeks 592 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,239 Speaker 1: we've had like two thousand or so, so it's still 593 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:56,759 Speaker 1: still pretty good impressive. I was wondering, Yeah, I went 594 00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:01,239 Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks, um, and and I haven't 595 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 1: been able to lately, but I'm thrilled to hear that 596 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 1: they're still huge turnouts. It's still good turn out. And 597 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: I think that people, you know, we have so many 598 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,840 Speaker 1: eyes on us right now and people looking for like 599 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 1: the next steps, and people, you know, if we really 600 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,840 Speaker 1: put out a large call to action, and say, you know, 601 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,759 Speaker 1: if you're really down with this movement, then people will 602 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:27,920 Speaker 1: show up on this day or time whenever we need them. 603 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: And so I think that's what people can expect for 604 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 1: what's what's to come for next steps, you know, Jack 605 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 1: Lacy on Wednesday, But then there will be things for 606 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 1: us to do soon. There's so much power in that. 607 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 1: And and circling back to how we started this and 608 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,960 Speaker 1: talking about how you guys have leveraged social media. I mean, 609 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 1: it's all it's all that, It's that's how you you've 610 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,439 Speaker 1: done that. That's how we will continue to do this 611 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 1: is Yeah, pay attention, follow them, follow their work, and 612 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 1: and listen to when people say today is the day 613 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,600 Speaker 1: we need you to show up. Yeah, people have been 614 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,960 Speaker 1: doing a pretty good job about it, right, Like, um, 615 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:11,200 Speaker 1: we we whenever we put out a call for the 616 00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:15,279 Speaker 1: digital called actions and like the social media, Um, you know, 617 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:19,760 Speaker 1: we trended number one nationwide with the hashtag on on Twitter, 618 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 1: like for like hours, people's budget l A trended across 619 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:28,800 Speaker 1: the country. Um. And so we've just been like able 620 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,840 Speaker 1: to really tap into people because people are upset right 621 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,439 Speaker 1: Like people there's like so much bad ship going on 622 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,719 Speaker 1: at so many levels. But people, you know, you can 623 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 1: have a firsthand experience with your local government not not 624 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,160 Speaker 1: acting in the best interests of the people that they represent. Right, 625 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:51,399 Speaker 1: So like, yeah, Joe Biden or Donald Trump or or whatever, like, 626 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,719 Speaker 1: but there are things that you can do locally with 627 00:38:54,800 --> 00:39:00,759 Speaker 1: your local politics to actually effectuate change. And so like, 628 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 1: Eric Carcetti is just as shitty as Donald Trump. I like, 629 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,920 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is a fascist, and like we'll lead us 630 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:16,360 Speaker 1: into a really crazy state. But Eric Carcetti upholds liberal 631 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:20,160 Speaker 1: white supremacy as well. Like Eric Carsetti was going to 632 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,560 Speaker 1: give three point one five billion dollars to l A 633 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:26,120 Speaker 1: p D. Eric Carsetti hasn't stepped up and filled all 634 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 1: of the wounds that were promised under Project Room Key. 635 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: He's they filled up like of of the rooms that 636 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,719 Speaker 1: they were supposed to. So like, I don't see any 637 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:40,400 Speaker 1: difference in liberal white supremacy from Eric Garcetti and what 638 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:46,399 Speaker 1: like Donald Trump's outright fascism, Like it's it's it's because 639 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,799 Speaker 1: that the it's negligent and at the end of the day, 640 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,120 Speaker 1: it's upholding the same systems that we are here talking 641 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:57,120 Speaker 1: about dismantling. And he's more attractive on paper and in person. Sure, 642 00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:04,120 Speaker 1: but but staff a that but um, but it's the 643 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:10,080 Speaker 1: same disease. Yeah. Yeah, So we're we're going to continue 644 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 1: the fight. And I don't think elected officials in Los 645 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 1: Angeles have really dealt with this kind of pressure before. 646 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:21,359 Speaker 1: And it's gonna be really funny to embarrass them all. Yeah, 647 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,640 Speaker 1: definitely not. They don't know what it's like to actually 648 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:28,360 Speaker 1: be called on anything or have people engage with politics, um, 649 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:32,799 Speaker 1: on the local level. What I like, I mean, I 650 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,840 Speaker 1: like about all of this. I mean, I'm very inspired 651 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,479 Speaker 1: by the work you're doing, by the work your whole 652 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 1: the whole group everybody's doing. Um. But what you were 653 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:47,279 Speaker 1: just talking about, it's so important. This is almost this 654 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:52,080 Speaker 1: demystifying of the process and and showing people that we 655 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: have the power to make change. You have the power 656 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,200 Speaker 1: to step up and and and communicate face to face 657 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:04,439 Speaker 1: with masks on with our our local leaders to start 658 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,919 Speaker 1: making changes here now too. It is possible to get 659 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:14,680 Speaker 1: everybody's attention, It is possible, uh to create momentum. Uh, 660 00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:18,839 Speaker 1: and we got to maintain it. Yeah. Um. And if 661 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,719 Speaker 1: there's a positive in all of this, I mean, there 662 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,440 Speaker 1: are positives in all of this, but that's one of 663 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,880 Speaker 1: them for me, and I want all of us to 664 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,800 Speaker 1: continue to have that same kind of a mindset throughout 665 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:34,279 Speaker 1: our lives when we get through this specific crisis. Yeah, 666 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,560 Speaker 1: it's it's crazy, right that this all is happening. Were 667 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,879 Speaker 1: in how we're in the middle of a global pandemic 668 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:46,000 Speaker 1: and nationwide recession. Uh. People, millions of people are out 669 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 1: of work. They're likely not going to be going to 670 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,880 Speaker 1: back to work anytime soon. People are going to be 671 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,439 Speaker 1: getting evicted from their homes. The federal government hasn't sent 672 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,680 Speaker 1: any support black and brown people, and generous folks have 673 00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:01,839 Speaker 1: been impressed by racist systems for send trees. And it's 674 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:06,120 Speaker 1: all happening right now. It's just happening. But I think 675 00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: that you know, revolution isn't like necessarily what is going 676 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,279 Speaker 1: to happen. I think that's a you know, a very 677 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,399 Speaker 1: broad term. But what we're seeing now is that things 678 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:20,080 Speaker 1: are going to change. Uh. And but only if we 679 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:21,960 Speaker 1: if we continue like you said, look, only if we 680 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,440 Speaker 1: continue at it, only if we keep this pressure up. 681 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 1: But you know, I think, you know, you can only 682 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:32,719 Speaker 1: push people so far until an uprising begins. And like 683 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,880 Speaker 1: an uprising continues, people have to remember like the Civil 684 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:41,920 Speaker 1: Rights ERAB, like ROSA Parks and this the signing of 685 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,239 Speaker 1: the Civil Rights Act by l b J. We're so 686 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:50,200 Speaker 1: far apart and it didn't happen overnight like this. These 687 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:54,239 Speaker 1: changes didn't happen right away, So it's gonna be a 688 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,960 Speaker 1: long drawn out battle. And if people need to stay 689 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:01,920 Speaker 1: in tune. But like BLM leading this movement and the 690 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,279 Speaker 1: coolest Mahan them people City Council included, like, we're not 691 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:08,960 Speaker 1: gonna stop anytime soon. I hate all these elected officials. 692 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:13,040 Speaker 1: It's my life goal to hold them accountable, and like 693 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:16,680 Speaker 1: bring down the l A p D. They are just off, 694 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,160 Speaker 1: They're just all bad people. Like if and if the 695 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:24,680 Speaker 1: general public starts accepting that the police department is not 696 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:28,200 Speaker 1: just a few bad apples, they're all shitty people operating 697 00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:32,680 Speaker 1: in a shitty system, and elected officials uphold that shitty system. 698 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:37,600 Speaker 1: Once that's normalized, then then we're gonna win. I love that. 699 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:41,160 Speaker 1: That seems like a pretty good place to end, Unless 700 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:45,640 Speaker 1: you guys have any more questions. No, um, you want 701 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:48,600 Speaker 1: to you want to plug the socials and the websites 702 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,440 Speaker 1: and all that good stuff. Yeah, one more time for 703 00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:54,720 Speaker 1: our listeners. Yeah, people, City Council Full full full words 704 00:43:54,719 --> 00:44:00,799 Speaker 1: People City Council on Instagram, on Twitter, it's PPLs City Council. Um, 705 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:03,600 Speaker 1: you can check out our website. We're selling out of 706 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,000 Speaker 1: shirts right now, so I don't know if we I mean, 707 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:10,640 Speaker 1: we just launched it on over the weekend and yeah, 708 00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:14,120 Speaker 1: we've sold how to of like hundreds of shirts so far, 709 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,680 Speaker 1: but I'll plug it. It's it's just our People City 710 00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:19,319 Speaker 1: Council dash l a dot com and you can find 711 00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:23,080 Speaker 1: our shop there. But um, we'll probably do another round 712 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,240 Speaker 1: of shirts. You can get a funk our Study shirt. 713 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:29,120 Speaker 1: You can get defund the Police in two logos. You 714 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:31,520 Speaker 1: can get a Dodger's Defund the Police or Lakers on 715 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:35,040 Speaker 1: the Police, or a color My favorite shirt is the 716 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:39,640 Speaker 1: colorful I Yield my Time shirt. So that's so good. 717 00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:42,279 Speaker 1: That's so good. I want that. Yeah you should, Yes, 718 00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:44,799 Speaker 1: you order it. We're and so and also for people 719 00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:46,719 Speaker 1: that want to like that, are thinking about allow us. 720 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,440 Speaker 1: We do fund ship all the time. We want to 721 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,760 Speaker 1: like that. One of the reasons that we've been successful. 722 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:53,880 Speaker 1: We can wrap right after this. But one thing that 723 00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:58,560 Speaker 1: we've been super successful at is like making and engaging 724 00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,720 Speaker 1: or just engaging people with local politics can be easy 725 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,440 Speaker 1: if you just present things to them where it just 726 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:09,840 Speaker 1: makes sense, like get all, like, don't the process is 727 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,400 Speaker 1: meant to be of tuse and like keep people away 728 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:20,800 Speaker 1: from a civic participant participation just participation participate Yeah whatever, 729 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,880 Speaker 1: uh and so people city council just makes makes it 730 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:29,200 Speaker 1: fun and easy. And we shoot on politicians and we 731 00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:33,200 Speaker 1: troll them on Twitter. L A p p L um 732 00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,640 Speaker 1: the police union has me blocked on Twitter. Uh Steve 733 00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:42,439 Speaker 1: Silver off the Yeah, uh well Steve, oh, this would 734 00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,600 Speaker 1: be good for your for to run this part though. 735 00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:47,440 Speaker 1: Steve McBride, the head of the l A p p L, 736 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,960 Speaker 1: has shot six people. His daughter Tony McBride l A 737 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:54,759 Speaker 1: p D officer has shot shot and killed Daniel Hernandez. 738 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,640 Speaker 1: Steve Gordon, a director of l A p p L, 739 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:00,440 Speaker 1: has shot two people. Is on his own own and 740 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,279 Speaker 1: that and that is the special interest group that represents 741 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,600 Speaker 1: l A p D. And so that's who city council 742 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:10,360 Speaker 1: members let at their table, Like violent and dangerous people 743 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:14,360 Speaker 1: are giving opinions to our local politics and that ship 744 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:18,839 Speaker 1: means to stop. Yeah, that's grotesque. I didn't know that. Yep. 745 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,120 Speaker 1: Jamie McBride is a shitty person, and he was talking 746 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,280 Speaker 1: about Black Lives Matter and saying they're like a hate group. 747 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,320 Speaker 1: Jamie McBride, wait until we embarrass your whole fucking family. 748 00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:31,640 Speaker 1: You heard it here first, guys, Jamie McBride is a 749 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:35,000 Speaker 1: fucking violent, dangerous person and his daughters a murderer. Yeah, 750 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:38,279 Speaker 1: that's one of the things the police really hate the most. 751 00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:40,440 Speaker 1: That's what they've been doing at a Columbus, Ohio at 752 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,640 Speaker 1: protests is putting up shields with like the names of 753 00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:46,160 Speaker 1: specific officers who are at the police in the demonstrations 754 00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:50,040 Speaker 1: and have also carried out acts of violence. Um. I noted, 755 00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:52,520 Speaker 1: like I started when I was at protests reading out 756 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:56,000 Speaker 1: the names of officers before they tear gassed us, and 757 00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:59,319 Speaker 1: they started covering up their names after that. Um, Like, 758 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:02,600 Speaker 1: they don't. They don't like that. So, as a general rule, 759 00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,920 Speaker 1: if you're really looking to piss off the cops in 760 00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:07,799 Speaker 1: a productive way rather than just you know, chanting mean 761 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:11,120 Speaker 1: things at them, um, making it very clear which individuals 762 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:15,200 Speaker 1: with names have been doing violence to the community is 763 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:18,719 Speaker 1: about the best thing you can do. It's so important. Yeah, 764 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:23,600 Speaker 1: because we didn't people don't know. It gets buried. I'll 765 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,719 Speaker 1: drop this thread in uh in the chap right here. 766 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:29,319 Speaker 1: But if people will follow me at my at my 767 00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:32,640 Speaker 1: name on Twitter, you can see this video from the 768 00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:35,319 Speaker 1: day that I got arrested. I was calling out an 769 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:39,880 Speaker 1: officer's name that was intentionally hitting people and pushing people 770 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,920 Speaker 1: with a stick. And I was saying, officer Ramiras, stop 771 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:47,560 Speaker 1: stop doing that, Officer ramira As, you are starting a fight. 772 00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:50,480 Speaker 1: And because it was, he was doing it to peaceful protesters. 773 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,239 Speaker 1: And then and then they just take a bunch of 774 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:56,279 Speaker 1: them take off. I was live streaming on Instagram when 775 00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:59,200 Speaker 1: I got tackled by the police, so and in my 776 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,799 Speaker 1: live stream you can hear me say to my friend, Hey, 777 00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,120 Speaker 1: let's get everyone out of here. It's not safe anymore. 778 00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:06,680 Speaker 1: Let's go, Let's get the funk out. And I go 779 00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:09,799 Speaker 1: to my megaphone, I say, all right, let's leave, let's dip, 780 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:13,239 Speaker 1: let's fucking go. As I'm saying that, I'm tackled by 781 00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:16,359 Speaker 1: two police officers. Why why did they Why did they 782 00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,759 Speaker 1: target me as uh as I was getting people to leave. 783 00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:22,440 Speaker 1: It's because they wanted war. They didn't want things to 784 00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:27,719 Speaker 1: die down. They wanted to bring violence on people. Absolutely Otherwise, 785 00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:31,399 Speaker 1: why would you stop people from leaving exactly, how else 786 00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,680 Speaker 1: are they gonna have a police riot? Yeah, so fuck 787 00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:36,600 Speaker 1: l ap D and fuck the l A p p 788 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,680 Speaker 1: O and Eric CARSETI is a spineless coward. And I 789 00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:42,520 Speaker 1: hope you can run all of that. We can run whatever. 790 00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:45,360 Speaker 1: We can run all of that, all right, Thank you 791 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:47,400 Speaker 1: so much, Richie. We're going to be following all of 792 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:51,360 Speaker 1: this closely, and that does it for us today. You 793 00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,880 Speaker 1: can check us out online at Worst Year Pod, on 794 00:48:54,920 --> 00:49:00,920 Speaker 1: Twitter and on Instagram. You can follow us individually, but 795 00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:05,839 Speaker 1: most importantly follow people City Council stay engaged, and you 796 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:09,600 Speaker 1: can find explicit calls to violence in our telegram channel 797 00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:14,320 Speaker 1: slash burned the Mayor's House Down, where we talk about 798 00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:16,440 Speaker 1: burning the Mayor's house down. Isn't that right? Do we 799 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:20,640 Speaker 1: have a telegram channel the first time caring about it? Well, 800 00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:24,200 Speaker 1: we're terrorists now, so out for that. Out for that 801 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:36,279 Speaker 1: US and Antifa, but not the KKK ever. So everything 802 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:44,800 Speaker 1: I tried, Worst Year Ever is a production of I 803 00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:47,839 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit 804 00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,680 Speaker 1: the i heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 805 00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:51,960 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.