1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Can't f I am six forty. You're listening to the 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: John Cobel Podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 2: This is Carl Demayo filling in for John Cobelt while 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 2: he's off on some much needed vacation and we've got 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: a lot to get to to this hour. It's about 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 2: fixing schools. We haven't heard very much controversy about California schools, 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 2: have we in a long time. Yeah, it's been very 8 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 2: passionate as parents have been pretty ticked off, and they 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: have every right to be ticked off because the schools 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 2: have failed to students. Our students are not meeting academic 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 2: standards and parents I think during I think it was 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: during COVID when all the shutdowns happened and everyone had to, 13 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: you know, have their kids go remote to school, and 14 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 2: they sat there while they were also told they're not 15 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: allowed to go to work, so everyone was at home 16 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,639 Speaker 2: and for a few weeks, the parents kind of basically 17 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: got to go to school with their kids. They sat 18 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: there as the kids were on these computers and they 19 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 2: were listening and they're like, wait, wait, I'm not hearing 20 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 2: a whole lot of reading, writing, and arithmetic, but I 21 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 2: hear a whole lot of climate change and personal pronouns. 22 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 2: So the parents woke up and they started asking questions. 23 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 2: And when they asked questions, they started finding out some 24 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: things that they weren't happy about. They and rightfully. So 25 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 2: let me give you some stats that will astound you. 26 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 2: Per student in California, we spend twenty three thousand, five 27 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: hundred and nineteen dollars, and that's just in the California 28 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: State General Fund budget, twenty three thousand, five hundred and 29 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 2: nineteen dollars per student. On top of that, you have 30 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: to add all of the property taxes and parsonal taxes 31 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: and special taxes that local government collects and spends in 32 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 2: each school district. So clearly we're at twenty five grand, 33 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 2: if not twenty six grand, twenty seven grand, twenty eight grand. 34 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 2: That's just in direct per pupil spending. Other states do 35 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 2: it for a lot less. We are spending more and 36 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 2: more and more per student and getting less and less 37 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 2: and less. Two thirds of California's students fail math proficiencies 38 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: every year. Two thirds of California students fail math proficiencies. 39 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 2: Fifty one percent of California students fail reading and writing proficiencies. Now, 40 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 2: when you build a system that fails two thirds of 41 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: the time or fifty one percent of the time, whether 42 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: you're looking at math or reading and writing, when you 43 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: build a system that fails most of the time, it's corrupt, 44 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 2: it's broken. It needs to have a tooth detail overhaul. 45 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 2: It's time for receivership. Baby, it's time for investigations. Some 46 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: would argue, but instead California politicians say everything's fine, All 47 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 2: we need is more money. The teachers' union comes in 48 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 2: and says, give us the more money and keep your 49 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 2: nose out of our business. These are our children, not yours. 50 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 2: What are we seeing made a priority in the classroom? 51 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 2: Not reading, writing and rhythmetic No, no, no, no. We're 52 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: seeing controversial, sex ed curriculum. We're seeing personal pronouns. We're 53 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: seeing critical race theory, how to become a activist, how 54 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: to fight climate change in racism, if you're white, you've 55 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 2: got privilege and you should shut up and sit down. 56 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 2: You are a victimizer. Apologize to your victims. We are 57 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 2: literally talking about where the nearest abortion clinic is in 58 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 2: our school districts. Oh yeah, I have found contracts awarded 59 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 2: by local school districts to Planned Parenthood to come in 60 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 2: and give briefings to students as to where the nearest 61 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: clinic is. I don't care where you are on the 62 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 2: issue of abortion, but I think a lot of parents 63 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 2: would be pretty ticked off if they knew that was happening, 64 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 2: and no one in the liberal media wants to cover it. 65 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 2: I don't think any social topic should be in the classroom. 66 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 2: I think reading. If you can't teach a kid to 67 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 2: add if they can't read or write, you have no 68 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 2: business talking about anything else until you get the core 69 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 2: job done first. So in this environment, we have a 70 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 2: big debate going on, and I think the debate is 71 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: kind of missing things right now. The debate is how 72 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 2: do we force school boards to listen to parents. Now, 73 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 2: I'm all for school boards listening to parents, don't get 74 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 2: me wrong. I'm up and down the state of California 75 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 2: recruiting quality school board candidates to run as change agents, 76 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 2: as reform minded school board trustees, to clean up the system, 77 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 2: to put the kids first. It's important to have a good, 78 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 2: strong school board, but that it's not going to fix 79 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 2: the problem quickly or as quick as a bigger reform, 80 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 2: and that is if you want to empower parents, you 81 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 2: don't empower them by hoping that you get good school 82 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 2: board members that listen and then make good decisions. 83 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: How about we give. 84 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 2: Parents real empowerment by giving them money. It's the golden rule. Baby, 85 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: he who has the gold makes the rule. Right now, 86 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 2: school boards don't have to listen to parents because parents 87 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: aren't consequential. They're not in charge. What are you gonna do? 88 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 2: Take your child to another district. You're not rich like 89 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 2: the rest of us. The chosen few, the labor union 90 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 2: boss most labor union bosses, they don't put their kids 91 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 2: in public school. No, they're wealthy enough to put them 92 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 2: in private school. No, no, No. The lobbyists and the 93 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: special interests in the campaign contributors who call the shots. Oh, 94 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: they get real education choice, school choice for their kids. 95 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 2: They don't like the school, they take their kid out 96 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: and they pay tuition somewhere else. But most Californians do 97 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: not have the luxury of writing a check for tuition 98 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 2: to a private school, and so they are sentenced to 99 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 2: the failure of their local public school system. And I 100 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 2: think there's a lot of good teachers in public schools, 101 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 2: well intended teachers. But it's a broken system with some 102 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: good people. The only way you fix the systemic failure 103 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 2: here is to give education choice. Vouchers give parents money, 104 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 2: and when they have money, they are empowered. Let them 105 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 2: take those vouchers and take them to another public school, 106 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 2: private school, home school, a religious school. Whatever they want 107 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: to do, they know better. And you know what, there'll 108 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 2: be schools that do a great job that will then 109 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: enter the market, expand and recruit parents to bring their 110 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 2: vouchers and their children to their schools. That's the beauty 111 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 2: of competition and choice, the free market. 112 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 3: But no, no, no, government says. 113 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 2: Oh, you can't trust anyone but government. Well, we've been 114 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 2: trusting you for decades, and you seem to really screw up. 115 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 2: Two thirds of the students lose a not able to 116 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 2: pass the proficiencies. And don't get me started about black 117 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: and brown children, because this system hurts them the most. 118 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 2: You want to see institutional racism, Go find me a 119 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 2: Democrat controlled school district. Because black and brown students in 120 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 2: this failing system have the worst proficiency stats of any 121 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 2: ethnic group. How do we fix it? Well, the best 122 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 2: thing to do besides elect school board members in each 123 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 2: district across the state. The best thing to do is 124 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 2: to elect the number one school official in the state, 125 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 2: which is not the governor. It's a position called the 126 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 2: California Superintendent of Public Instruction. It's a statewide office. Coming up, 127 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 2: I'm going to announce an endorsement of a candidate we 128 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 2: want to win. We want to see win in twenty 129 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 2: twenty six for California Public Superintendent of Schools. 130 00:08:58,760 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 3: Coming up. 131 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 2: You're gonna hear from her and I'll make my endorsement 132 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 2: on air, and we'll invite you to be part of 133 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 2: this rebellion to take back the schools from the broken 134 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 2: system that we've seen. It's all coming up. Carl Tomyo 135 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 2: filling in for John co Belt. 136 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 4: You're listening to John coblt on demand from KFI AM 137 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 4: six forty. 138 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 2: Remember keep those talkback questions coming to me. The talk 139 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 2: back feature on the iHeartRadio app is how you submit 140 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 2: questions to me that we will cover in Thursday Show 141 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 2: and Friday Show. Any issues you want us to tackle. 142 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 2: Right now, we're talking about why are California school so 143 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 2: screwed up? Two thirds of California students failing math proficiencies, 144 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 2: a majority failing reading and writing. But we're spending twenty 145 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 2: five grand per student. The exact number from the state 146 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 2: twenty three, five and nineteen dollars does not include your 147 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,719 Speaker 2: local tax dollars that they charge you for. So we're 148 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 2: talking twenty five to thirty grand per student, more than 149 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 2: any other state per per student, and we're getting the 150 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 2: results that we deserve. Parents are upset. One way to 151 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 2: fix the system, elect better school board members. Another way 152 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 2: to fix the system elect a very powerful position, California 153 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 2: Superintendent of Public Instruction. It's a statewide position. It's on 154 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 2: the ballot in twenty twenty six, and I am pleased 155 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 2: to make an endorsement today Reform California. Our movement, myself included. 156 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 2: We are endorsing Sonya Shaw, who's currently a trustee of 157 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 2: Chino Valley Unified School District in southern California, and Sonya 158 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 2: joins us right now on the line. Sonya, welcome and 159 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 2: thank you for running for this office. I was thrilled 160 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 2: when you threw your hat in the ring. First and foremost, 161 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 2: tell us why the superintendent of public instruction in California 162 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 2: that this statewide office. Tell us why this is so 163 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 2: important to improve quality of education in our state. 164 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 5: Absolutely, Carl, And first of all, thank you for everything 165 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 5: that you do, and thank you for that endorsement. What 166 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,479 Speaker 5: a way to start this conversation. So I'm very appreciative 167 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 5: of that. As we know you just said, you know 168 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 5: that the state throws in twenty three to twenty six 169 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 5: thousand dollars on average per student. We're talking about an 170 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 5: average of one hundred and twenty billion dollars a year, 171 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 5: and the results have shown over and over we're failing 172 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 5: our kids and reading, writing, a math because they focus 173 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 5: on everything else but those things. And also giving our 174 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 5: kids that opportunity this I give credit to my good 175 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 5: friend Lance Christensen, who ran last year against the machine. 176 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 5: He brought light to this position. I think this was 177 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 5: the first time a lot of us parents had paid 178 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 5: attention to this position. It is a powerful position in 179 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 5: especially a state like California. Carl. We you know, if 180 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 5: getting into this position, I would oversee the budget. First 181 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 5: of all, we would ensure that the education is bothocused 182 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 5: on just that without all the ideologies thrown into the system. 183 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 5: And you know, it's a big responsibility. But I'm so 184 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 5: glad that people are finally paying attention to the seat. 185 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 5: But I think it has to do with everything of 186 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 5: people like you, people parents, you know, getting involved in 187 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 5: school boards, and they've exposed the people in these seats 188 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 5: making these decisions, and F is an F It's time 189 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 5: for change. 190 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 2: What I like about this position and you taking it 191 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 2: over is not only can you make sure the money 192 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 2: is properly spent and audit the money and say we 193 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 2: want a fun performance, not failure, but you would also 194 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 2: be able to get rid of all the crazy, woke, nonsense, 195 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 2: irrelevant social and sexual and nonsensical curriculum mandates. You could actually, 196 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 2: as the superintendent of public instruction, say to the school districts, hey, 197 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 2: you get to decide what your curriculum is, but I'm 198 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 2: going to remove all these mandates of all this junk. 199 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 2: If you want to put them back in, talk to 200 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 2: your parents about that. But you could basically clear the 201 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 2: deck and simplify back to basics. 202 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 5: And you know we've done that in our own district. 203 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 5: I mean, despite California obviously legislating certain crazy things, we 204 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 5: focus back on education and the results are there. Our 205 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 5: test scores are increasing, families are starting to trust our 206 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 5: district again, And to me, I feel so guilty. That's 207 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 5: just happening in our community when I hear others scream 208 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 5: all over and and don't get me wrong, we're still 209 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 5: up against the big you know, unions and the big money. 210 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 5: But the fact is you're right. We can clear the path, 211 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 5: and I think people like you and I we can 212 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 5: get in in the front line of that. We could 213 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 5: take the beating all while making sure we put the 214 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 5: things in place and we put the focus back on education. 215 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 5: Can you imagine, Carl in California, we can finally, after 216 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 5: decades of it being on a road to failure, we 217 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,559 Speaker 5: can put it back into success for our kids. I mean, 218 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 5: we know we hold the line for the rest of 219 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 5: the nation here in California, right and everything that happens 220 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 5: in California there goes the nation. It would be such 221 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 5: an amazing thing, and it's so doable, and I think 222 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 5: this is the time that we do it is now. 223 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 2: Well, you've done great work in Chino Valley Unified School 224 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 2: District with your reform agenda. Parents are thrilled schools are 225 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 2: better under your stewardship. Can't wait till you get into 226 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 2: this statewide position. But we got to get you there. 227 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 2: I know the teachers' unions can spend millions and millions 228 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 2: of dollars to smear you and to destroy you, and 229 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 2: to put their own puppet into office to continue their scam. 230 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 2: What is your website so people can learn more about 231 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 2: you and hopefully sign up to volunteer and even contribute. 232 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 2: What's the website they can go to. 233 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 5: That would be awesome? Www dot shaw for CA dot com. 234 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 5: So that's ww dot Shaw for forca dot com. And again, 235 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 5: this is not my campaign. This is the campaign of 236 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 5: parents and community members and those people that want education 237 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 5: to be focused on just that. I mean, I'm excited. 238 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 5: So yes, like Carl said, please sign up there we 239 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 5: need all hands on deck. 240 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 2: That's Shaw Shaw FOURCA dot com. Go to that website. 241 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 2: Be part of the effort to reform California schools. Sonya Shaw, 242 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to hitting the campaign trail with you 243 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty six. Keep up the great work you 244 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 2: got my endorsement or Reform California Voter Guide. We'll have 245 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 2: you featured prominently and good luck. Coming up, we got 246 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 2: to continue our conversation on schools. One of my colleagues 247 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 2: up here in Sacramento, Josh Hoover, former school board member, 248 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 2: is doing some great work with some legislative proposals to 249 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 2: fix schools. Yes, there are some solutions that may be 250 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 2: able to get through the legislature coming up. We'll talk 251 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 2: to him, and of course we'll take some of your 252 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 2: questions and comments and issues on the talk back feature 253 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 2: of the iHeartRadio app. I'm Carl Demaiyo, sitting in for 254 00:15:59,480 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 2: John Cooebell. 255 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 4: Well, you're listening to John Kobels on demand from KFI 256 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 4: Am sixty. 257 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 2: We're gonna be talking all this week about our California 258 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 2: voter ID initiative. If you want to make that a reality, 259 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 2: we need a million signatures, which means we need your help. 260 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 2: So sign up online at the website voter idpetition dot org. 261 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 2: Sign the petition at voter id petition dot org. Voter 262 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 2: id petition dot org. Get your friend's family, neighbors, anyone 263 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 2: you know, your third cousin twice removed, get them to 264 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 2: sign at voteridpetition dot org. And that will give us 265 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: a fair fight in these upcoming elections to get better 266 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 2: people into office. One guy who's a really good guy 267 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 2: in office is State assembly Member Josh Hoover. I serve 268 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 2: with him. I've seen him up close and personal. He 269 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 2: used to be on a school board. He did a 270 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: great job for his school district, and he has really 271 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 2: vialized in education reform as a state assembly member. He 272 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 2: joins us right now on the show. Josh, thanks for 273 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:12,119 Speaker 2: calling in. So tell me what would you if you 274 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 2: could wave a magic wand in Sacramento and get one 275 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 2: bill passed on education? What would be the one bill? 276 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 2: Because you've got a lot of great bills, but is 277 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 2: there one bill that you think is really very important 278 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 2: and pressing to get done. 279 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 3: Yeah? 280 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 6: So well, Carl, and again thanks for having me on. 281 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 6: Not only do we get to serve together, we actually 282 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 6: are seat mates on the Assembly floor. So it's always 283 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 6: great serving with you in the Assembly. I you know, 284 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 6: I would. I mean, there's so many things that we 285 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 6: need to do in California and we're so far behind 286 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,479 Speaker 6: in so many different areas. I think my one big 287 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 6: wand if I could do it would be to really 288 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 6: just create real school choice in California for you know, 289 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 6: for students across the state, for families across the state. 290 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 6: There's a huge bill up next week that is once 291 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 6: again trying to defund charter schools, trying to make it 292 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 6: harder for locals to approve their petitions when they try 293 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 6: to open in your community. This has been just a 294 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 6: constant drumbeat, year after year after year, going. 295 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 3: After school choice at every step of the way. That 296 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 3: needs to end. 297 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 6: We need to kill this bill next week, but we 298 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 6: also need to make it possible for actual charter schools 299 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 6: and private schools and other options for families to actually 300 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 6: succeed in California. 301 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 2: Totally agree. So the bill, do you have a bill 302 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: number on it? The charter school bill? 303 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 6: Yeah, So there's a bill coming up next week AB 304 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 6: eighty four by actually the chair of the Education Committee, Almarsuci. 305 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 6: It is just another and a long line of bills 306 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 6: that would reduce funding for charter schools and also make 307 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 6: it harder. 308 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 3: To reprove them at the local level. 309 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 6: They know that they can't introduce a bill to get 310 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 6: rid of charter schools, so what they've done is each 311 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 6: and every year they try to make it a little 312 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 6: harder for them to operate, a little harder for them 313 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 6: to survive. And then they're going to the local level 314 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 6: and electing board members that are anti charter so that 315 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 6: people don't have options in their communities. 316 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 3: Oh yeah. 317 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 2: In Los Angeles Unified School District, last year, the Teachers' 318 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: union told the LA Unified School District board to make 319 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 2: it harder for charter schools to use public facilities, even 320 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 2: though charter schools are public schools and should have every 321 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 2: right to use public facilities. LA Unified said, no, we're 322 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 2: not going to let you do it. And this is 323 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 2: despite the fact that LA Unified is sitting on a 324 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 2: bunch of vacant buildings because LA Unified has hemorrhage hemorrhaged 325 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 2: tens of thosands hundreds of thousands of students from that 326 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 2: district in the last decade as they've had declining enrollment 327 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 2: as parents pull their kids out of the schools and 328 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 2: go to other states or go to other districts. The 329 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 2: bill I presented this week AB nineteen would go in 330 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 2: the opposite direction. It would create education savings accounts for 331 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 2: every parent in the state and allow them to you 332 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 2: use those vouchers to either go to public school, charter school, 333 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 2: private school, or homeschool. The average cost per student is 334 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 2: twenty three thousand, five hundred nineteen dollars. 335 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 3: So what I do is. 336 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 2: I say, Okay, California bureaucrats, you keep five grand, you 337 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 2: keep five grand of what you're spending right now, but 338 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 2: give eighteen thousand, five hundred to parents. And the Democrats 339 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 2: killed my bill. You know, I even let them talk 340 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 2: five grand per student. I said, well, I'm not asking 341 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 2: for all of it. You just give eighteen thousy, five 342 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 2: hundred to each parent. And they still killed the bill, 343 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 2: and now they're going after charter schools. 344 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 4: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI AM 345 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 4: six forty. 346 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 2: Parl Demyo back filling in for John cobelt The Democrats 347 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 2: killed our school choice bill AB nineteen, and they also 348 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 2: seemingly I'm going to blame them on it killed our 349 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: connection back to the KFI headquarters because both Joshuver and 350 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 2: I are in Sacramento still doing our jobs as state legislators, 351 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 2: so we lost our connection there. Jos Josh Suver an 352 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 2: Assembly member from the Sacramento area, former school board member, 353 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 2: great education reformer that serves in the Assembly and trying 354 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 2: to do some good work. So you were talking about 355 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 2: how the Democrats are trying to kill charter schools with 356 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 2: their legislation. Meanwhile, we're trying to create school vouchers to 357 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 2: empower parents to have education choice that you know, they 358 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 2: can send their kids to charter schools, public schools, private schools, 359 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 2: home school whatever they want. I mentioned that my bill 360 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 2: would give eighteen five hundred dollars for every parent for 361 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 2: every student in this state, and we would still leave 362 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 2: the general fund with five grand per student, Okay, And 363 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 2: Democrats still did not feel that that was acceptable, so 364 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 2: they just killed the bill. As we look at the 365 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 2: education challenges, isn't the biggest challenge that we have the teachers' union. 366 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 6: Well, I mean, first of all, I think that that 367 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 6: is a huge problem, and we saw that directly during COVID. 368 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 6: I was on the school board during COVID, just trying 369 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,439 Speaker 6: to fight to get schools reopened, and it was one 370 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,719 Speaker 6: of the most frustrating experiences of my career. 371 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 3: But I think what this all boils down. 372 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 6: To, both the charter school issue and them killing your bill, 373 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 6: is they do not want competition in public schools. They 374 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 6: do not want competition for public schools. The education establishment 375 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 6: is one of the biggest special interests in the nation, 376 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 6: And to be honest with you, this is why we 377 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 6: are fiftieth in the country in literacy, by the way, 378 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 6: because this same education establishment that's fighting against reform was 379 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 6: the same ones that brought in this whole language model 380 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 6: in the nineties that ruined literacy rates and California. And 381 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 6: there's another bill I'm supporting next week that's going to 382 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 6: try to return us to the science of reading, to phonics, 383 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 6: to actually teaching kids how to read and actually getting 384 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 6: them real success instead of focusing on all these other issues. So, 385 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 6: you know, I think at every level, there is so 386 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 6: many reasons why the establishment, the unions, and the rest 387 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 6: of these special interests are just bad for students in California, all. 388 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 2: Right, Shifting gears real quick from education to good old 389 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 2: fashioned corruption and politicians using our money for their benefit. 390 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 2: One of the issues that you ran on in the 391 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 2: Sacramento area is that the politicians up in the state 392 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 2: legislature decided to put a bunch of money in the budget, 393 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 2: the state budget, to build a brand new office complex 394 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 2: for themselves. And at the time they said it would 395 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 2: be half a billion dollars, only half a billion dollars 396 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 2: for their office space, which is. 397 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 3: A lot of money. 398 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 2: So they started this mega project in the state capitol. 399 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 2: Now we just found out it's a billion dollars. I 400 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 2: want to play this clip from k CRA, which is 401 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 2: a TV station up in Sacramento. Actually Zavalla, who's one 402 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 2: of the best reporters in the business in the entire state, 403 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 2: and this is what she found about this boondoggle project 404 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 2: that I know that you've criticized and opposed. Listen into 405 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 2: this cut. 406 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 7: Steel deams are up and construction is underway on the 407 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 7: Capital Annex project. The one point one billion dollar construction 408 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 7: and counting will eventually house the offices of lawmakers, the governor, 409 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 7: and Lieutenant governor. It'll cost about as much as Levi 410 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 7: Stadium in Santa Clara and more than the Golden One 411 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 7: Center in Sacramento. But we still don't know why or 412 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 7: how the money is being spent. 413 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 4: Motion passes. 414 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 7: The Legislature's Joint Rules Committee overseeing the project still won't 415 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 7: give a public update, even though lawsuits against it have 416 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 7: been over for six months. No one with Joint Rules 417 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 7: would do an interview with us on Monday, but officials 418 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,959 Speaker 7: confirm there are now no plans to construct the visitor 419 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 7: center on the west side of the historic Capital. 420 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 2: But even without that part. 421 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 7: They said the budget for the project overall won't change. 422 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 2: Does that make sense to you, No, it doesn't. 423 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 7: Dick Cowen is the ex chairman of the Historic State 424 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 7: Capital Commission and as part of the group that sued 425 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 7: over the project. 426 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 6: Among the many questions we have is you know what's 427 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 6: the project going to cost? 428 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 7: Now? 429 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 2: So you've got this project a billion dollars, They get 430 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 2: rid of the visitors center, they won't answer questions. They 431 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,199 Speaker 2: put a bunch of people under non disclosure agreements, so 432 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 2: they're keeping secrets even though these are taxpayer funds they're spending. 433 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 2: The cost of this project is now the same as 434 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 2: an NFL football stadium. And what you did to hear 435 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 2: in that report is apparently they're going to build this 436 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,479 Speaker 2: building so that your elected representatives do not have to 437 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,040 Speaker 2: interact with the normal people. There's going to be the 438 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 2: two sets of hallways in this building, one set for 439 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:08,160 Speaker 2: the people, the regular folk, and one set for the politicians, 440 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 2: so that they don't have to answer questions from members 441 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 2: of the public or the media when they're walking from 442 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 2: a committee hearing to their office or to the floor. 443 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 2: This is insanity. I mean, I'm embarrassed. I don't want 444 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: to step foot in this building at this point. 445 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 3: It really is insane, Carl. 446 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 6: I mean, you know, and Ashley's been on this story 447 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 6: because you know, here's the thing, what Ashley is kind 448 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 6: of reading the tea leaves on this because members run 449 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 6: from her all the time and try to run into 450 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 6: hallways and escape her questioning constantly. And now they're using 451 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 6: taxpayer dollars, one point one billion of them to construct 452 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 6: a building that will shield them from the public and 453 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 6: shield them from the media. I actually supported, by the way, 454 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 6: getting rid of the visitor center because they were going 455 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,120 Speaker 6: to destroy the front of the Capitol with that thing. 456 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 3: But when they got rid of. 457 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 6: That part of the project, the price stayed the same, 458 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 6: so it actually right. So they're not even saving money 459 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 6: by getting rid of a huge part of this project. 460 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 3: It is just a waste at every level. 461 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 2: I don't think that this project is going to get 462 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 2: done for less than two billion dollars. Okay, they said 463 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 2: five hundred million, which was extraordinarily uh wasteful at the time. 464 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 2: Then it's a billion now I'm telling you two billion dollars. 465 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 2: But what it's galling about it is the notion that 466 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 2: they're designing a building so that politicians don't have to 467 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 2: answer questions or interact with real people. It is so 468 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 2: offensive that these people put themselves on some pedestal as 469 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 2: though they're special or they're they're there, they're celebrities. It's like, 470 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 2: carry your own bag and and and talk to real 471 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,479 Speaker 2: people on your way to your next meeting. I mean, 472 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 2: that's probably the job. 473 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 6: And it's so it's so arrogant, right because it really 474 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,959 Speaker 6: just communicates I know better, I don't need your input. 475 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 6: I know what's best for California. That's how a lot 476 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,199 Speaker 6: of these people are thinking. And it's just absolutely the 477 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 6: wrong approach. That's not how we're supposed to govern, all right. 478 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:10,199 Speaker 2: So you, because you're an education reformer, and because you 479 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 2: know you you vote good on all the other issues, 480 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,959 Speaker 2: like you know, turning back tax increases and you know, 481 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,479 Speaker 2: trying to cut regulations so that we can create jobs. 482 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 2: You are being targeted by Democrats. They want to flip 483 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 2: your seat, and my goal is to break the supermajority 484 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty six, so we have to keep your 485 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 2: seat while adding seven other seats. You are in the 486 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 2: fight of your life because they're targeting you. What's your 487 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 2: website for people to learn more and to potentially chip 488 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 2: in a contribution. 489 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, so to learn more, please go to Hoover for 490 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 6: Assembly dot com. Hoover like the vacuum for Assembly dot com. 491 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 3: And yeah, we are going to be in a tight race. 492 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 6: We obviously are always under attack because we represent a 493 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 6: competitive district. But we're going to keep working hard to 494 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 6: make sure that we hold down this seat and hopefully 495 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 6: picked up more so we can actually restore some bad 496 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 6: alence and Sacramento in some common sense. 497 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 2: All right, Josh Hoover State Assembly member up here in 498 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 2: the Sacramento area a good reformer. We need him to 499 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 2: be re elected, So please go to that website and 500 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 2: help him out. Josh, thanks so much. By the way, reminder, 501 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 2: join our movement to get voter ID on the ballot 502 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty six. If you want to help us out, 503 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 2: we need a million signatures, go to the website voter 504 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 2: ID petition dot org. That's voteridpetition dot org. Also for 505 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 2: Thursday and Friday, keep those questions coming using the iHeartRadio 506 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 2: app the talkback feature. Send any topic to me or 507 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 2: any question you might have. We will cover those tomorrow 508 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 2: and on Friday. Coming up on Thursday, the road to 509 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 2: the House majority rolls through comes through California. Trump his 510 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 2: entire agenda will be destroyed and stopped if the Republicans 511 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 2: lose the House. We're going to talk about the fight 512 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 2: for control of Congress here in California. Plus natural gas 513 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 2: appliance bans. They're trying to ban your gas stove. We'll 514 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 2: talk about how they're going to do it and how 515 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 2: we're fighting back. And of course we want to get 516 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 2: into the insurance crisis and why you're paying so much 517 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 2: more and what we can do to keep the costs down. 518 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: That does it for me. 519 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 2: Carl Demayo filling in for John Cobelt Coming up. Tim 520 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 2: Conway Junior up next on KFI. But first we've got 521 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 2: Michael Krozer in the KFI twenty four hour Newsroom with 522 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 2: the news. 523 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: Hey, you've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. 524 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: You can always hear the show live on KFI Am 525 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 526 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: and of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.