1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Kf I am six forty. You're listening to the John 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: and Ken Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. We're 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: on the radio one until four. After four you go 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: to the iHeart app and you can hear the podcast 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: Johnny Ken on demand. Yeah, and in fifteen minutes, another 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: keyword is coming out. Your chance at a thousand dollars. 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: It's a KFI inflation compensation contest. We do it every 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: other hour on the show, which means around three twenty 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: that word will be revealed. Follow the instructions for your 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: shot at some cash. All right, We're gonna update you 11 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: now on the battle, which really is important because what 12 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: happens here could be duplicated around the state. This is 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: talking about the state trying to take over building and 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: housing decisions and local communities. This is war on suburbia. 15 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: This is war on single family homes, war on you. 16 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: If you have two cars and a swimming pool and 17 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: a lawn and a single family house, all the progressive 18 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: eight holes in sacraments hate you and they hate your lifestyle. 19 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: And so Newsom and the Attorney General Rob Bonta are 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: trying to force a town like hunting Huntington Beach to 21 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: to build built thirteen thousand plus units. They want to 22 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,559 Speaker 1: bring an urban landscape to a suburban beach down and 23 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: the officials in Huntington Beach are fighting bitterly. It's a 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: really six thousand of them have to be what's called 25 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: affordable housing units. It's a Republican majority town, and Newsom 26 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: tries to punish Republican towns. If you remember his war 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: against Orange County at the start of the pandemic, where 28 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: he banned beach goers too many people close together, but 29 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: only in Orange County, remember, I'll stupid that all looks now, 30 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: I know because he's Uh. Let's go now to a 31 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: man we've had on the show many times. His name 32 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: is Michael Gates, city attorney, the city attorney, Michael. How 33 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: are you good? John? And Ken? How are you good? Good? 34 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: So what is it that Bante Newsom are trying to do. 35 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: They're amending their lawsuit to try to do something to 36 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 1: Huntington Beach and building from it. Yeah, you had me 37 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: on a few weeks ago to talk about their first 38 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: lawsuit against Huntington Beach, basically picking on Huntington Beach for 39 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: trying to slow the process of ADU application processing and 40 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: also SP nine. The city made an adjustment as processing 41 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: them fully again, so the entire lawsuit was mooded with 42 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: the city council's action. But oddly, the state announced just 43 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: a couple of days ago that they're going to amend 44 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: their lawsuit and now they're going to add housing element 45 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: violation or housing law violation based on not having a 46 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: certified housing element. This is interesting because this new grievance 47 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: or new complaints that they're now lodging is an entirely 48 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: new lawsuit. It's based on an entirely different set of 49 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: housing laws and proceed. They can't simply amend the former lawsuit. 50 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: They have to file a brand new lawsuit. And that 51 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: is significant because we also have a federal lawsuit. The 52 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: City of Huntington Beach sued the State of California over 53 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: the regional Housing Needs Assessment or affordable housing laws and 54 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: the way they're being applied to Huntington Beach, and that 55 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: lawsuit is moving forward in the federal courts. For the 56 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: state to do what they're doing, or filed to try 57 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: to do a couple days ago, it's basically saying, hey, hey, 58 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: we don't want to be in the federal court we 59 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: don't like the city's lawsuit on these very steam issues, 60 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: we're going to amend our old lawsuit that's now moot 61 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: and try to shoehorn this issue into state court. So basically, 62 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: what the state's doing is they're gaming the system, or 63 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: they're trying to, and we're not going to let them. 64 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: They're gaming the system to forum shops. They think it's 65 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: a more favorable forum to be in state court than 66 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: federal court, which is just it's crazy, it's ludicrous. And 67 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: then all these press conferences and all these press releases, 68 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: I mean, the really clearly Attorney General Bonda to be 69 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: hesta Newsom is trying to influence potential jurors who might 70 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: decide this case or potential judges who might decide this case, 71 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: because they're trying to win this messaging through kind of 72 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: the public forum. And these are legal issues that are 73 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: already teed up in court, and really they should spend 74 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: their time in court duking it out in front of 75 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,559 Speaker 1: a judge or a jury, and not with these press 76 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: releases every other week about how they're going to pick 77 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: on Huntington Beach again. And remember too, there's as many 78 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 1: as two hundred eighty two hundred and eighty other cities 79 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: up and down the state of California that are also 80 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: out of compliance. So there are two hundred and eighty 81 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: cities out of four hundred and eighty two that are 82 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: out of compliance. Yet Newsom and Bond to have their 83 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: sites on Huntington Beach and they're going after us only. Yeah, 84 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: it's really a bullying situation. So they want to suspend 85 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: your ability to issue building permits, they can do that, well, 86 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: that's one of the things that they're claiming as part 87 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: of their lawsuit. But a lot of these penalties that 88 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: they're siting, um won't wouldn't even be considered until a 89 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: federal judge or a state judge whoever it's in front 90 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: of we're to decide, Yeah, the state is out of compliance, 91 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: but we're we're going to fight back. I mean, there's 92 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: a whole host of reasons why we're doing what we're 93 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: doing and why the city council is doing what it 94 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: has done, because we are a charter city and we 95 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: actually do have local control over our zoning authority that 96 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: comes from the California Constitution. So we're going to fight this. 97 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: We're not going to roll over and and take it 98 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: from the state. I mean, we're fighting back, and until 99 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: a judge tells us you can't fight back anymore, the 100 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: state authority has preempted you. Those those types of penalties 101 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't issue anyway. How how this threat legally? Is there 102 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: a legitimate chance the state could win this. I know 103 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: you're fighting it, and you're fighting it and you're delaying it, 104 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: but ultimately say it's written. The laws are very, very, 105 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,679 Speaker 1: very overreaching, and they're trying to stamp out any local 106 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: control over zoning because basically, at the end of the day, 107 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: the state has created HCD to control local zoning. That's 108 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: preemptive authority, and the state's going to have to prove 109 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: they have preemptive authority to a judge or to a jury. 110 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: Our argument is going to be, we have charter city 111 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: authority from the California Constitution, and that charter city authority, 112 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: if you go back and look, it says that that 113 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: authority supersedes even interference from the state legislature. So we 114 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: believe that we are right. The state believes obviously that 115 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: they are right. But you can't have preemptive authority if 116 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: you're exempting or giving your hometown special treatment. Marin County, 117 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: where Nusom's from, doesn't have to deal with these housing mens. 118 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 1: Can you believe that Marin County does not have to 119 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: deal with these housing mandates. My guess is that they're 120 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: coming after you because you guys have been the most 121 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: definant and they can break you. The others might come 122 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: in line that you cited. I think that could be 123 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: their thought that I'm going to tell you something. Huntington 124 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: Beach is the twenty fourth largest city in the state 125 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: of four hundred and eighty two cities, and we're the 126 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: fourth largest in the County of Orange. We're not small 127 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: and we're not going away. And I can tell you 128 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: one thing. We are not intimidated or deterred by these 129 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: press releases from Banta. He can issue one every other week. 130 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: I can come on your show every other week, happy 131 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: to talk to you guys and let you know what's 132 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: going on. But there is zero intimidation or deterrence going 133 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: on here. We're going to fight this every step of 134 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: the way. We have to save Huntington Beach. And if 135 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: we can't do this here and now, we are absolutely 136 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: going to get steamrolled by the state and Huntington Beach 137 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: won't just be populated with additional affordable housing. That's not 138 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: the scheme. What they want to do is they want 139 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: to completely read developed Huntington Beach into a place like 140 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: San Francisco, and we're not going to let that happen. Yeah, 141 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: Michael Gates, thank you so much for talking to us 142 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: once again. Keep up the fight. Thank you so much. 143 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: Appreciate it, guys, City attorney for Huntington Beach, Michael Gates. 144 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: As they continue to tell the state to stuff it in, 145 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: demanding that they build over thirteen thousand new homes, and 146 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: if you live in a single family suburban town, you're 147 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: at risk because there's ninety nine other Southern California cities 148 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: and counties that have not adopted the new housing plan 149 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 1: that the state is insisting on. And the Huntington Beach 150 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: situation is a test case, and I think this will 151 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 1: end up in the State Supreme Court because what we're 152 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: talking about here is pretty big that the state basically 153 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: is taking over housing decisions, and their argument is there's 154 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: not enough housing, and these communities won't do it, won't 155 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: build it. We're gonna have to take over and get 156 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: it built. This is hate and discrimination from progressive, left 157 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: wing fanatics. They hate the suburban lifestyle, they really do 158 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: they they of course, I mean Newsom lives in a 159 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: suburban situation, right, But all these San Francisco style progressives, 160 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: they want you to live in apartments and condos. They 161 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,599 Speaker 1: want you to take public transit and risk getting stabbed 162 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: in a bart train. That's their lifestyle. They don't want 163 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: you using They don't want you growing grass or having 164 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: a pool because that uses water. They don't want you 165 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: driving a car any particular distance because that uses gasoline. 166 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: And there it is a cult. It is fanaticism, and 167 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: they hate you, and God forbid your your suburban and 168 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: your conservative They double hate you, all right, coming up 169 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: next to your chance, it's some money. KFI is a 170 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 1: compensation inflation compensation contest is next KFIM six forty Live 171 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: Everywhere the iHeart Radio Appum, you're listening to John and 172 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: Ken on demand from KFI. Well, we talked earlier in 173 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 1: the show about the closure of a major Whole Foods 174 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: grocery store in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, just one year 175 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: after it opened. They've announced it's going to close, acting 176 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: like it's temporary and it's for the safety of customers 177 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: and employees. We all know what that means. It's crawling 178 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: with drug addicts and other various homeless people. I can't 179 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: get out of my head that all two hundred and 180 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: fifty baskets were stolen from this Whole Foods two and 181 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: it's two hundred and fifty separate crimes. Yeah, I used 182 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: to I thought some stores put something on it so 183 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: you can't get it past as well at the routes. 184 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: If you'll lift it in. At the routes I go to, 185 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: there's a force field and if you try to roll 186 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: it out of the parking lot, it locks. That's what 187 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: I think they did. Right as I tried to do it, 188 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: I wanted to see how it works, so I rolled 189 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: it all the way to the parking lot edge. To 190 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: get it into the street wouldn't go. You would have 191 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: to physically lift the carft up in the air, which 192 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: is very difficult. They're pretty heavy. But if you have 193 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: a couple homeless guys together and they can probably carry 194 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: it away. Even if they did do that, I don't 195 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: know if they did, But now I don't have parking 196 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: lots at this Whole Foods in San Francisco. It's big 197 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: city streets. I don't see shopping carts much anymore. Oh 198 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: I do. You don't know where I am now, not 199 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:26,599 Speaker 1: since the Ralph's put up the force field. No, is 200 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: that right? And the other store I go to, which 201 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,319 Speaker 1: is more of a local grocery store, they have a 202 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: security guard and he stands glaring at everybody. So because 203 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: you live on the horrible LA's West Side and city stuff. 204 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: So related to this from the same city of San Francisco, 205 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: apparently at least one Starbucks has removed all the seating 206 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: indoor and outdoor seating. Now that's a big deal because 207 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,199 Speaker 1: if you've ever gone past most Starbucks, there's always them 208 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 1: geek in there with the laptop working away because I 209 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 1: afford an office or yeah, he's got roommates at home 210 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: that are bothering him, or a girlfriend or somebody, so 211 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: he sits there at the Starbucks with his little air 212 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: pods in his ears, working away. But the problem would 213 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: be different for many locations in San Francisco. It's so 214 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: that the homeless don't come in and spend all day 215 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 1: smelling up the place. Yeah, that's and so the Starbucks 216 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,239 Speaker 1: now they're deciding they're just going to close their restrooms 217 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: and get rid of the seating, and people just uh 218 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: only can to go walk up, order their coffee to go, 219 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: and then they got they'll get out of there. Might 220 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 1: as well just have a drive through, yeah, even though 221 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: they don't like those in a lot of places, Woko's 222 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,319 Speaker 1: and noisies cards and their pollution. Well, you know what, Oh, 223 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 1: I know there are towns here, and when I live 224 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: in the Bay, they don't. They don't permit to drive through. 225 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: They don't. It's a neighbors raise all holy hell, drive through. 226 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: We're gonna hear horns and lie slashing on my windows 227 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: and exhausted. I know everybody's got a problem every you 228 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: know what. Yeah, they're they're they're they're Achiago people. They're 229 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: terrible what they are. Well, of course some people already posted, 230 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: oh this is classiest and ablest. Yeah, that doesn't play anymore. 231 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: People don't even know what those words mean. Yes, they're 232 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 1: trying to keep homeless people out. And you can come 233 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: up with any foebe phrase or ist phrase you want, 234 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: but normal people don't put up with this filth. I 235 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: sense the tide is very slowly turning, and what you're doing. 236 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: You if you walked in there with a fold out 237 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: chair and just set up your own little uh, you're 238 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: you're probably gonna be asked to leave. A barista at 239 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: the location in San Francisco, John loves that word. Yea 240 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: Kyle trainer said he believed that they eliminated the seating 241 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: due to homeless individuals and people with mental illness around 242 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: the neighborhood. He added the star Bucks does not adequately 243 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: trained team members to manage stressful situations, and the chain 244 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: would rather remove the seating, close the bathroom and just 245 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: not deal. This is a woke male coffee poor Okay, 246 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: he mentioned a grown man and he's reached his lifelong 247 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: dream of making coffee drinks about it, and now he 248 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: has a chance to get on a soapbox and proclaim that, well, 249 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: the Starbucks is not training is properly. Nobody wants to 250 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: be trained to deal with a mental patient who might 251 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: have a pocket knife? Is remember Starbucks closed a couple 252 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: of locations that Starbucks is in the business selling coffee, 253 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: You bozo. Starbucks is attempting to remove the issues of 254 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: homeless and mental illness from stores instead of exploring more 255 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: productive and carrying options regarding these issues. They'd rather take 256 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: the easy way out, regardless of how their customers or workers. 257 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: It's not a mental health center. It's a place to 258 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: buy coffee. You dope. She this. It shows you the 259 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: IQ as somebody who accepts a coffee pouring job for 260 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: a living. Huh do you They're easily confused. Nowhere in 261 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: Starbucks business plan is that they're going to turn into 262 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: a mental health and drug rehabilitation So they're gonna hire ambassador. 263 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: There's there's no there's no prudential health teams. They're going 264 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: to come to the Starbucks and deal with them mentally ill. 265 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: Somebody tell this this, Kyle. It's like, here's the business plan. 266 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: You walk up, they'll pour you coffee, You take the coffee, 267 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: and you leave after paying. That's the extent of the business. 268 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: It's not their job to rehabilitate all these these these 269 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: these these people with all their childhood issues and addictions, 270 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: and I mean all these people have been thrown out 271 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: of their families, homes. Yeah, after selling their mother's jewelry. 272 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: One worker told the San Francisco Gate and this story 273 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: that well, it was a regional directive from somebody named 274 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: Niamo Ramirez. They told us to eliminate the chairs. We 275 00:15:57,880 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: had no saying whether or not they could keep our seating. 276 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: We're fighting to get the seats back. Yeah, because you 277 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: don't work, You don't own the place, you don't manage 278 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: the place. Damage and right, it drives people off. You 279 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: don't have that train, You don't have a financial investment 280 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: because it costs money when when the furniture gets damaged. 281 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: It costs money when normal people are repelled and they're 282 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: afraid to come in. You can buy coffee in a 283 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: million places. You don't have to go to that specific 284 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: Starbucks and deal with, you know, some stinking guy leering 285 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: at you with a needle sticking out of his arm. 286 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: All right, we got more coming up. Johnny Ken kf 287 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: I AM six forty one live everywhere the iHeartRadio app. 288 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: They get trained even think that way. You're listening to 289 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: John and Ken on demand from kf I AM six. Yeah, 290 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: we got the Boistline coming back. It's your first warning 291 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: of the week to get your messages in there for consideration. 292 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: Use the iHeartRadio app. The microphone icon is a way 293 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: to connect to the Moist Line through the app, or 294 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: called the eatle free number one eight seven seven moist 295 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: eighty six one eight seven seven six six four seven 296 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: eight eight six. Well, this story, it shouldn't astonish you, 297 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: but we've covered stories like this before. The fifty eight 298 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: miles San Gabriel River flows southward through Los Angeles and 299 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: Orange County. It starts in the San Gabriel Mountains and 300 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: it empties into the Pacific Ocean between the cities of 301 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: Long Beach and Seal Beach. The land along the river 302 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: is maintained by the LA District for flood Risk Management. 303 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: And the story is that apparently they had to do 304 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: a big clean up in March of the big stretch 305 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,439 Speaker 1: of the San Gabriel River. In fact, it involved the 306 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: US Army Corps of Engineers. Their Los Angeles District used 307 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: to hear about the US Army corp of Engineers. They 308 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: went in there and they had to clean up the debris. Now, 309 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: it is a lot of homeless stuff. You probably guessed 310 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: that already. Homeless people love to set up encampments not 311 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 1: only in your public park or and sometimes on your sidewalk, 312 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: but they do like to go to riverbeds. They like 313 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: to go. I don't I don't really know why. I 314 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: guess it's quieter there. They feel like to be less disturbed, 315 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 1: Like they like to camp under freeway overpass because they're 316 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: left alone. Yeah, the public's always giving them a hard 317 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: time and the police are giving them a hard time. 318 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: So you know you can you can do your drugs 319 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: under a tree. I guess so. And there's a little 320 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: bit of shade, and you know it's a cement river 321 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: for the most part. Catch a squirrel and sket it 322 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: the picture Here is a senior park ranger by the 323 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: name of Robert Moreno, who's with the US Army Corps 324 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: of Engineers La District. He's looking at an area where 325 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: trash was dumped next to what's called Reached twelve of 326 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: the San Gabriel River. This happened on March SIXUS is 327 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: Nero a Zuza. Just to give you an idea of 328 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: where this. They cleared one written forty four tons of 329 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: litter and debris in this stretch of the San Gabriel 330 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: Valley River that they cleaned up. That's they spent about 331 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: a week there. It's two hundred eighty eight thousand pounds 332 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: of garbage. Imagine two hundred eighty eight thousand pounds and 333 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: some of it was from the rain, which washes stuff 334 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: down the riverbed. It washes other homeless encampment debris down 335 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: the riverbed. It could be. I mean, when you're looking 336 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: at the picture sea and shopping carts and bicycles stuff 337 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: that homeless people looks like a stovetop. Or when you 338 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: go to rivers in a natural national park for example, 339 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: or out in a rural area, you don't see this. 340 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: This is homeless stuff. Two hundred eighty eight thousand pounds. 341 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: Oh my god, And I cannot believe all the environmental 342 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: wackos never ever say boo about this. Oh yeah, they 343 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: nitpick over every environment you want to build something, all 344 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: they're right in your face. You were a desecration of 345 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: the environment. You never hear anything magic a class of 346 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: people to that. You had a business plan, and part 347 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: of the business plan is you're gonna build your your 348 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: factory on the river and you're gonna dump two hundred 349 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: and eighty eight thousand pounds of factory garbage. Yeah, how 350 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: long would that last? Before you'd be in court? About 351 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: twenty minutes. They found aerosol paint cans, propane tanks, gasoline cans. 352 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: They even dragged out a king Sithe waterbed from the river, 353 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: disgusting and announcing to clean up. Officials emphasized that any 354 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 1: on the house people living in the riverbed were given 355 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,439 Speaker 1: seventy two hours notice before the work commenced, but they 356 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: cautioned that the lands for homeless encampments is prohibited by 357 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: the AECs regulationship. That what are they going. They just 358 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: come through every few years, particularly after these heavy rains, 359 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: and say all right, well we're going to clean up finally, 360 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,679 Speaker 1: think the people will be right back in there. They 361 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: got the two hundred and eighty thousand pounds in seven days, 362 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: seven days, seven days. It's filled eighteen forty cubic yard dumpsters. 363 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: That's forty thousand pounds of trash a day that they collected. 364 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: That is so disgusting and gross. That is intolerable. Now, 365 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: are we going to get a lawsuit because this is 366 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 1: their people's personal goods and they were swept away here 367 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: by the bad that that was a valuable water bed. No, yeah, right, 368 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: we just left it behind in the river. Azusa Police 369 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: had to go out there with the County Animal Care 370 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: and something called the Major Case Unit to take a 371 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 1: look and to make sure the encampment was unoccupied, make 372 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: sure there weren't even any pets anything. And to document 373 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: the remnants. Oh, you see, they did. They probably took 374 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: down what they were removing, just in case somebody comes 375 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: back and says, I want that. I don't where it 376 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: ended up. I just I wish that the governments would 377 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: get really aggressive and say, you know what, we burned 378 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: all of it. It's all gone. Okay, you weren't responsible. 379 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: You don't normal people don't leave belongings out in public. 380 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: So it's all gone. Now you'll never have any proof. 381 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: Bye bye, another state officials. While the focus is on 382 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: removing floatable debris from the flood Risk Management Project and 383 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 1: decreasing associated fire risks, it's important to note that illegally 384 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: domiciling in a river is very dangerous. Illegally domiciling, yes, 385 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: illegally domailing. What child grows up to use a phrase 386 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: like illegally domo siling? Where do they learn this? We 387 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: talked about this stretch just I remember last month they 388 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: had to rescue eight people and eight dogs. Oh yeah, 389 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: I know, because of the heavy rains sweeping through. This 390 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: is March thirteenth. Yeah, I remember that story because channel. 391 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: I was watching Channel four, and they didn't want to 392 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 1: admit that this is the people that are on like 393 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: an island or something in the river bed and in 394 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: the river. I don't remember they do you want to 395 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: describe them as homeless people on Channel four? Though they 396 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: did right, they appeared to be. They had a woke episode, 397 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 1: and I'm sitting there thinking, come on a minute, say it. 398 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: Normal people don't get caught in floodwaters because they don't 399 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: live in rivers or river beds. And so much of 400 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: this story in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune is about officials. 401 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: Just we were very sensitive to people that were there. 402 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: We wanted to be always safe, always on defense, instead 403 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: of this will come after us. So tell them, you see, 404 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: you have to get aggressive against the activists. I don't 405 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: know why they're afraid of them. What are they think's 406 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: going to happen if you start shouting back at them, 407 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 1: start saying no to them, start doing the stuff that 408 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: makes them upset. They don't have real power. They don't 409 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: stop getting intimidated by them. All right, more coming up 410 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: Johnny ken k IF I am six forty live everywhere 411 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: the iHeart Radio app. You're listening to John and Ken 412 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: on demand from KFI. Anything you missed today you can 413 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 1: hear on the podcast Johnny Kent on Demand. A couple 414 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: of quick stories here to end the show. I just 415 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: found this one really funny. Walmart apparently didn't do a 416 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: very good job of how do I put it? Proofreading. 417 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: They were selling a T shirt which was well, the 418 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: key words were recycled, reuse, renew, rethink, something along the 419 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: lines of, you know, the environment, and green. Except what 420 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,479 Speaker 1: they did on the front of the shirt is um. 421 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: They had R E R E R E R E 422 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: and then they lined up next with the rest of 423 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: the words, so it was cycle, use, new, and think. 424 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: But apparently if you look at the shirt and you 425 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: start reading the words like a crossword puzzle, you know, 426 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: rather than a cross down h C for cycle, you 427 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: for use and for new, T for think, and that 428 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: spells out one dirty word. Yeah, And it's more obvious 429 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: because it's the first letter in this half of those words. 430 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 1: There's a big RI and then you see cycle, use, new, 431 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: and think, and you see see yeah you who. Someone 432 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: noticed that right away and pointed it out. They've recalled 433 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 1: the T shirt. Who who got upset about that? I 434 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: guess who noticed it? Because I can look at a 435 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: shirt like that for a hundred years and never even 436 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: noticed that. It took me a moment then I thought, oh, yeah, 437 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: I do see that. Yeah, but I well, I don't know. 438 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 1: So what what happens when you see it? I mean 439 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: it's offensive to something? Does your hair fall out? Do 440 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: you lose control your battels? I mean what you know? 441 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: How corporations are. They don't want any complaints. It's very bothers. Meanwhile, 442 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 1: Golden Less, they're promoting woke issues, then they're not bothered. 443 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: Golden Sacks speaking of woke issues, distributing a pamphlet to employees. 444 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: It was drafted by one of their internal groups, which 445 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: represents the LGBT community. What happened to Q? I thought 446 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: questioning was part of it. Some of them leave out 447 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 1: some of the letters. Anyway, it wants everybody to start 448 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: thinking about using gender neutral pronouns. And the ones that 449 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: were referenced here. I'm up late at night worried about that. 450 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: Or a couple that you just never see, although I've 451 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: seen them a couple of times in news stories, and 452 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: these pronouns are ze and zi r Z. E wouldn't 453 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: that be in place of he and Z. I rs no, No, 454 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: that's but that sounds like what it is. But that 455 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: would defeat the idea. But that is a that is 456 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: a different category of sexuality, one which you may or 457 00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: may not understand it. It's this is this is uh. 458 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: This came out of the Stanford debt. H remember remember 459 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: Stanford University. Yeah, I had a publication. Yeah, we talked 460 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 1: the Stanford Review. I write it was an employee guide 461 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: first publicized by Stanford University's newspaper. The Stanford Review replaced 462 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 1: gendered language with gender inclusive language wherever possible. See they 463 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: don't say hi, guys say hi all because there's you know, 464 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,719 Speaker 1: a one in five hundred chance that you have somebody 465 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: who doesn't call themselves a guy or a girl, and 466 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: somehow they will get again. You think it's that low 467 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: one in five hundred, Um, yeah, in a lot of places. 468 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 1: I think it's one in thousands. Okay, one in thousands. 469 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I just made up a number. But it's 470 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: very rare, and I don't think there's any reason that 471 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: you can't use the words that would comfortably address ninety 472 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,439 Speaker 1: nine percent of the public. Like, like, here's the thing 473 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 1: these general so they're gender neutral. They're neither he or she. Um. 474 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,479 Speaker 1: Here are examples, but it could be better than they 475 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: in them. I don't like the plural. Oh no, the 476 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: plural references to singular people have got to go because 477 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: it makes no sense. It's very confusing. All right, here's 478 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: the examples. Z Ze went to the store. I spoke 479 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: with Zer. I spoke with Zen. The apple was the 480 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: apple was Z's instead of the apple was his or hers? 481 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: It was or Zes. Yes, I missed. I saw that sentence. 482 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: I'm like, what does that mean? The apple Golden Sacks 483 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: offered eight was the apple of the Golden Sacks offered 484 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: eight tips for being an inclusive ally, with suggestions such 485 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: as no assumptions, be proactive handling mistakes, Recognize that some 486 00:28:55,880 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: people may go by multiple sets of pronouns. No, you 487 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: can't do that. You can't go but buy multiple sets 488 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: of pronouns and then get mad when somebody doesn't use 489 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 1: the right pronoun No, that's uh. The question is, would 490 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: somebody play a tape of this thirty years from now 491 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: us talk about this and laugh at us. Is just 492 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: being dinosaurs? Or will this all just go away as 493 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: something still they're gonna laughs for being silly. Yeah, I 494 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: think silly. This is never gonna catch on and you're 495 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 1: never gonna force some bully people into doing this, I 496 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: guess will always be most few people who want this, 497 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,479 Speaker 1: but most people reject this. But the few people are 498 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: trying to push it have a big microphone and they 499 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: they're they're they're shouting all the time on social media 500 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: or regular media about it, and makes you think like 501 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: there's this big monolithic movement movement there isn't you try 502 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: it out, try it out with with the ten of 503 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: your friends. The all stare at your laugh. No nation 504 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: that protects the individual and the individuals is a pronoun 505 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: lived with it, and I think you're just You're never 506 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: going to get people that twist themselves into pretzels over pronouns. 507 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: Conway's here and Mark Thompson like, yeah, listen, don't forget me, players, 508 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: I will be here in the corner. U Skeeters are 509 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: gonna be the worst in decades. Mosquito season it's gonna 510 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: be horrible, Yeah, because all the water that's right back 511 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: to you, Mark um. And then spring allergy season is 512 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: gonna be the worst because all the water. Yeah, and 513 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: uh droughts sort of going away because all the water, 514 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: and then um, the LAPD announced the rest after the 515 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: Islamic Center in Koreatown was defaced over the weekend. It's 516 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: been the rest because of all the water. Water has 517 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: nothing to do and U but you need water to 518 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: wash off the Oh that's true. Yeah, good? Actually, and 519 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: then we're going to war against China. I guess this weekend. Good. 520 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: That can't be over water. Yeah, no, it was on 521 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: the water, but it looks like that's inevitable. And and 522 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: I hear it declares war with the last thing. He 523 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: invitable everybody. And then it's gonna be a false flag 524 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: in North Korea. They're going to attack South Korea, so 525 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: we'd have to go to the defense of South Korea, 526 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: which would distract us from saving Taiwan. You know what, Wow, 527 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: this guy we found the YouTube channel he loves and 528 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: when this all happens, you'll be like, wow, that guy, 529 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: I'm believing you are all well and how are you 530 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 1: Bothering's silly to say, ding dong? Well the serious that's 531 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 1: what the war is gonna be called. Two wars China 532 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 1: Taiwan and then Korea North Korea, South Korea. Which side 533 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: are you on? I don't know. I haven't picked yet, 534 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: but it's so they're gonna be called the ding Dong Wars. 535 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: It's nice that they branded it already. Can you bet 536 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,239 Speaker 1: on wars? I don't know. I don't think so. Are 537 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: they taking money on you? They're no good bets us. 538 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: How's that going? Um? But you can almost bet. You 539 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 1: can bet on almost anything though on Yeah, yeah, yeah, 540 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 1: Well Conway, like you can bet that this show is 541 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: not going to be that interesting. Wow, you really go 542 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: to the window during the war and that water, Yeah, 543 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: and that teams. I want out of here, all right, Conway. 544 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: Tom's yeah, don't expect now, I'm gonna do it. They're 545 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: bringing it. What you pay for? Well, I'm twenty four 546 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: our CAFs. Hey, you've been listening to The John and 547 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: Ken Show. You can always hear us live on caf 548 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: I Am six forty one pm to four pm every 549 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: Monday through Friday, and of course anytime on demand on 550 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: the iHeart Radio app.