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<v Speaker 2>talking about. And the next thing I want to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about is the introduction of a new segment, a new

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<v Speaker 2>segment and I'm calling it Deeper Dives. No, we're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to talk about the ocean anymore right now. We might,

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<v Speaker 2>but not right now. This is going to be expose's

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<v Speaker 2>written by journalistic outlet, whether it's newspapers or social media,

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<v Speaker 2>if it's credible, whatever it may be, that takes a deeper,

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<v Speaker 2>longer look into a story that directly impacts Los Angeles,

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles County and southern California. And this one specifically

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<v Speaker 2>for our first story under the Deeper Dives News segment

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<v Speaker 2>has to do with street sweeping. When you park in

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles, you'd better pay close attention to those street signs.

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<v Speaker 2>We know it. You pull up to a curb and

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<v Speaker 2>the signs seem to be confusing on purpose. You might

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<v Speaker 2>be able to park between two and four, but not

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<v Speaker 2>between four and six, and only for one hour until

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<v Speaker 2>eight pm, and then after eight pm there's no parking

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<v Speaker 2>unless you have a special city issued permit that says

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<v Speaker 2>you belong in that neighborhood that's happened to me for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>Or the the wonderful fun street signs that seem to

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<v Speaker 2>be stacked one on top of each other like a

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<v Speaker 2>totem pole, where each sign seems to negate the last

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<v Speaker 2>or contradict the last, And now you are left standing

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<v Speaker 2>underneath this menagerie of signs trying to decode when the

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<v Speaker 2>heck you can park your car to pick up your

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<v Speaker 2>food pickup or pick up your groceries, or run into

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<v Speaker 2>that store to get your kid, or whatever it may be,

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<v Speaker 2>just to park because you don't have parking at your home,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it may be and we've all if you are

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<v Speaker 2>a driver in Los Angeles, I imagine that we all

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<v Speaker 2>have fallen victim to getting a ticket for some reason

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to parking, Raoul, have you gotten a

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<v Speaker 2>parking ticket before? Absolutely? Do you remember what it was for?

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<v Speaker 2>Just one of them? I'm sure there's been more than one.

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<v Speaker 3>Right overnight, like parking where there was nobody around. I

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<v Speaker 3>parked on a street. Didn't notice that, Like, you can't

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<v Speaker 3>park there for some reason.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and of course they're not got to make it clear.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it wasn't clear. And then yeah, it was like

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<v Speaker 3>eighty bucks.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh did you appeal or did you just pay it?

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<v Speaker 2>I just paid it.

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<v Speaker 3>I was just like, come on, just ah.

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<v Speaker 2>Just had to eat it, right, Brigita, have you gotten

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<v Speaker 2>a parking ticket? Is that a rhetorical question? I mean

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<v Speaker 2>who has not? Do you remember one of them what

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<v Speaker 2>it was for?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah? I used to live in a neighborhood where they

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<v Speaker 4>always had street cleaning really early in the morning, but

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<v Speaker 4>there was no other parking. So oftentimes you'd just be like, well,

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<v Speaker 4>this is part of my parking price.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess right, right, you just kind of again eat

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<v Speaker 2>the cost.

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<v Speaker 4>But it actually did get so expensive that I could

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<v Speaker 4>no longer just weakly eat that cost.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and when it comes to revenue for the city,

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<v Speaker 2>parking tickets are a major source of revenue, and that

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<v Speaker 2>takes us to what you just mentioned, Brigitta, street sweeping,

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<v Speaker 2>street cleaning. The issue of street sweeping and street cleaning

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<v Speaker 2>is a big one and the subject of this expose.

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<v Speaker 2>So the City of Los Angeles Sanitation Department has made

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<v Speaker 2>it so street sweeping is supposed to occur weekly. It's

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to occur weekly, but that hasn't happened since twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>And I imagine you understand why everything was all haywire

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<v Speaker 2>because of COVID, whether budgetary allocations, whether staff shortages. During

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty, street sweeping in the City of Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 2>went by weekly, so instead of that weekly occurrence, by weekly,

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<v Speaker 2>and for some people did not expect street sweeping to

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<v Speaker 2>happen at all. I remember living adjacent to a neighborhood

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<v Speaker 2>in which street sweeping was paused indefinitely and people parked

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<v Speaker 2>without fear of any sort of parking enforcement moving their car,

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<v Speaker 2>ticketing their car because of that street sweeping that we

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<v Speaker 2>had all come to expect. But then one day it changed,

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<v Speaker 2>and it changed with very little warning. But there are

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<v Speaker 2>still some residents who say street sweeping is not occurring

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<v Speaker 2>at all, and when it does, it's kind of like

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<v Speaker 2>a surprise. Here's this big truck coming down your street.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh crap, gotta move the car. Westside Current dot com

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<v Speaker 2>is a local investigative website that focuses on stories in

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<v Speaker 2>and around southern California, and they launched a watchdog series

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<v Speaker 2>that spotlights broken systems. Yay for them. I know they've

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<v Speaker 2>looked at the copper wiring and the street lights, They've

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<v Speaker 2>looked at potholes and other sorts of street infrastructure, and

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<v Speaker 2>now they are focusing on the dirty truth behind street

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<v Speaker 2>sweeping quote, where promises of clean streets rarely match reality.

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<v Speaker 2>They actually spoke to some people who had evidence of

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<v Speaker 2>what they've been dealing with in their own neighborhoods. One person,

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<v Speaker 2>Marty Franklin, says that he noticed that a street sweep

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<v Speaker 2>had stopped coming to his neighborhood in Los Felice. He

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<v Speaker 2>then reached out directly to the city for answers because

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<v Speaker 2>the trash was in fact piling up. He emailed counselwoman

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<v Speaker 2>Nythia Ramin's office who represents his district, and said, I'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to know why the streets weren't cleaned the last

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<v Speaker 2>two cycles. We pay our taxes for this service, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think I have a right to know. The following day,

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<v Speaker 2>he got a response from Nythia Rahman's office. It read,

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<v Speaker 2>hope you are well. Just heard back from my contact

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<v Speaker 2>that they have spoken with the supervisor to ensure your

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<v Speaker 2>street is not missed tomorrow. Please let me know if

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<v Speaker 2>it is, and I will go ahead and escalate that,

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<v Speaker 2>Franklin says. An hour and a half later, he received

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<v Speaker 2>another response from Ramen's office, which provided no specific answers

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<v Speaker 2>and instead started to place blame on a lack of records. So,

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<v Speaker 2>instead of ownership and accountability, Nathia Rahman's office decided to

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<v Speaker 2>start pointing fingers, and they said, unfortunately BSS, the group

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<v Speaker 2>or the organization that's in charge of street sweeping, did

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<v Speaker 2>not have an explicit record of the street being missed.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes streets are missed if there is something in the

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<v Speaker 2>way that prevents the truck from being able to get

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<v Speaker 2>through the street. If this is case, If this is

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<v Speaker 2>the case two schedules in a row, they will try

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<v Speaker 2>to arrange on a different day. Unfortunately, as there was

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<v Speaker 2>no record of this, this did not happen. The supervisors

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<v Speaker 2>will now be keeping an eye on this specific route

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<v Speaker 2>to ensure this does not happen again. If it does,

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<v Speaker 2>please let me know so I can flag it for

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<v Speaker 2>further investigation. Despite this email exchange in this assurance from

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<v Speaker 2>Nythia Rahmen, his council person and her office in the

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<v Speaker 2>area of Los Felees, Franklin, this resident, who was being

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<v Speaker 2>interviewed for this investigative journalism, said that he continued to

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<v Speaker 2>see no change, and not only was there no change

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<v Speaker 2>over the next few weeks, no, there was no change

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<v Speaker 2>over the next three months three months, and he repeatedly

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<v Speaker 2>followed up with the city only to receive the same

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<v Speaker 2>vague responses about why his street was not cleaned, as

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<v Speaker 2>well as the same blame being placed and finger pointing

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<v Speaker 2>that again did not avail him or the situation to

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<v Speaker 2>any sort of specific details. This happened in September, so

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<v Speaker 2>from September to December there was no change. In January

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<v Speaker 2>of this year, Franklin was still seeing no improvement in

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<v Speaker 2>street cleaning in his area of Los Felies. He reached

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<v Speaker 2>out to the city again and this he was assured

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<v Speaker 2>that a supervisor would be present during the next scheduled

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<v Speaker 2>street sweeping to ensure that the job was completed. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to tell you what happened to this resident in

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<v Speaker 2>the area of Los Felees after he contacted the office

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<v Speaker 2>after four months of inactivity and a lack of street sweeping.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll also let you know the greater implications that

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<v Speaker 2>this street sweeping program has on the city of Los Angeles,

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<v Speaker 2>as well as what is being done and hopes to

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<v Speaker 2>curtail what seems to be a gross oversight when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to sanitation in our city. We'll do all that

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<v Speaker 2>on the other side of the break when we come back.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.

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<v Speaker 2>I Am six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 2>Tiffany Hopps here with you and we are trying out

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<v Speaker 2>a new segment. It's called Deeper Dives, where we look

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<v Speaker 2>at an expos specific to the city of Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 2>and our needs, things that are affecting us here in

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<v Speaker 2>the city. And the story that I'm covering now involves

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<v Speaker 2>streets sweeping. And again when you park in La, street

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<v Speaker 2>sweeping and other sorts of parking signs become the bane

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<v Speaker 2>of your existence, and you need to pay attention lest

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<v Speaker 2>you end up with lots and lots and lots of

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<v Speaker 2>parking tickets which become too synonymous, all too common with

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<v Speaker 2>living and working in the city of Los Angeles. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a major money maker. And I was talking about Marty Franklin,

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<v Speaker 2>who is the resident. Is a resident of Los Fales

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<v Speaker 2>and the subject of an investigative report by the website

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<v Speaker 2>west Side Current. And Westside Current is doing a watchdog

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<v Speaker 2>series on failed streets or failed city systems, and in

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<v Speaker 2>this one they are investigating street sweeping. Marty Franklin in

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<v Speaker 2>step Timber of twenty twenty four, so just a few

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<v Speaker 2>months ago, noticed two missed weeks of street sweeping. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a recap. There were two weeks where there was

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<v Speaker 2>no street sweeping in his neighborhood in Los Felis. So

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<v Speaker 2>he reached out to his councilwoman, Nythia Ramen for some answers,

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<v Speaker 2>for some sort of timeline. She assured him that the

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<v Speaker 2>sweepers would be out, but four months later in January,

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<v Speaker 2>so from September to January, there had been no street sweeping,

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<v Speaker 2>and there were multiple exchanges between Franklin and Nathia Rahman's

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<v Speaker 2>office via email in which he was assured that the

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<v Speaker 2>street sweepers would be out and there would be a

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<v Speaker 2>supervisor there in his neighborhood to support. But none of

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<v Speaker 2>that happened for four months between September and January. But

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<v Speaker 2>something did happen. Marty Franklin received numerous tickets, tickets because

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<v Speaker 2>he had street parking only in his neighborhood. These areas

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<v Speaker 2>like Los Felies, or if you're in downtown, or these

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<v Speaker 2>densely populated areas where there may not be parking available

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<v Speaker 2>for you or your guests then result in a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of infractions. And Marty Franklin himself fell victim to that.

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<v Speaker 2>But he was getting ticketed, but there were no street sweepers.

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<v Speaker 2>Marty Franklin, unlike Raoul, unlike myself, unlike maybe you, Brigitta

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<v Speaker 2>or those of you out there listening. You know, we

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<v Speaker 2>pay our tickets. But Marty Franklin fought back. He said, hell, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not paying all this money. He reached out to

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<v Speaker 2>the city again and this time he said, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sick of this. Not only do I have a

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<v Speaker 2>watchdog organization with me interested in my story, that's West

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<v Speaker 2>Side Current where this story story comes from. But he said,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to the media. I'm going to expose all

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<v Speaker 2>of these emails and the inactivity and the negligence on

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<v Speaker 2>behalf of the city. The following week, his street was

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<v Speaker 2>swept with a supervisor present. Surprise, surprise. Dan Howden, spokesperson

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<v Speaker 2>for Streets LA, says street sweeping is common and that

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<v Speaker 2>LA provides regular street sweeping service five days a week.

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<v Speaker 2>They also sweep for special events like parades, marathons, sick lavilla.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, if you need some sort of extra support,

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<v Speaker 2>call three to one one or use the my three

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<v Speaker 2>will respond. But West Side Current uncovered that residence say

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<v Speaker 2>that like Marty Franklin, nothing happens. There are main complaints

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<v Speaker 2>One of the first ones was outdated street signs, so

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<v Speaker 2>and of course ticketing, of course ticketing. In the first

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<v Speaker 2>half of twenty twenty four, the city issued just over

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and forty thousand citations for parking in a

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<v Speaker 2>street cleaning zone, and many of those tickets that were

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<v Speaker 2>Another complaint is that the curbs in certain areas that

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<v Speaker 2>streets driver, whoever's in charge of that truck, can say

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<v Speaker 2>when Westside Current checked some of these locations that were noted,

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<v Speaker 2>they saw that street sweeping would not in fact be obstructed,

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<v Speaker 2>to in fact go down these streets. All of this

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<v Speaker 2>into storm drains and waterways being carried into the ocean,

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<v Speaker 2>And of course many many people who are being sighted unfairly,

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<v Speaker 2>like Marty Franklin for parking in areas in which is

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<v Speaker 2>not only confusing, but street sweeping is not occurring and

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<v Speaker 2>does not occur for months on end. Westside Current reached

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<v Speaker 2>out to LA Department of Transportation for comments and did

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<v Speaker 2>not hear back. So, if you are having issues with

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<v Speaker 2>Call us up here, let us know we'll support you.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be happy to have your back in this issue

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<v Speaker 2>so that you can get those street sweepers out to

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<v Speaker 2>your neighborhood. When we come back, we're going to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about a new California law that's named after a former

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<v Speaker 2>student and hazing victim. It's sorority and fraternity intake season,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the spring on college campuses, and there's a new

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<v Speaker 2>I AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

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<v Speaker 2>tifnany Hobbs here with you.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.

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<v Speaker 2>KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app,

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<v Speaker 2>Tiffany hobbes, it's spring, well, not yet. I think we

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<v Speaker 2>have a few more weeks, hope. I forget the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the animal? The patsa khani puzza Phil? What is

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<v Speaker 2>he a hedgehog? Porcupine? No, he's not a porcupine. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>we gotta look that up. I think he's a gopher

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<v Speaker 2>or something something that comes out of the ground. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's also a sooth saying animal and tells us

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<v Speaker 2>when spring is over and winter is over and all

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<v Speaker 2>that type of stuff. Well, Phil told us that we

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<v Speaker 2>have a few more weeks of winter, I believe. But

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<v Speaker 2>on college campuses it is now the spring semester. Did

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<v Speaker 2>you look it up? He's a groundhog, he's a porcupine,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, what did I say? A gopher? Were just

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<v Speaker 2>competing further and further away, further and further away from glory.

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<v Speaker 2>So Phil again told us that it's still winter. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know it's still winter. You can look outside, you

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<v Speaker 2>can feel it. Maybe not in Socow, but it's still

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<v Speaker 2>technically winter for a few more weeks. But on college

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<v Speaker 2>campuses it is the beginning of the spring semester for

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<v Speaker 2>most schools across the country, and the spring semester, the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of semesters comes with a lot of new, new

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<v Speaker 2>insight and new opportunities for students, whether in picking their

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<v Speaker 2>spring is a very popular time for students who are

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<v Speaker 2>interested in joining sororities and fraternities because spring offers an

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<v Speaker 2>intake process. An intake involves you going to a meeting

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<v Speaker 2>or being invited to a meeting. Often these things or

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<v Speaker 2>by invitation only, and you go to a meeting and

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<v Speaker 2>you hear the information about the organization the fraternity or sorority.

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<v Speaker 2>You decide if you want to stay, if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to pursue joining that group, and if you do, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a process that is required upon you that then proves

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<v Speaker 2>your loyalty to that organization. It's a tale as old

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<v Speaker 2>as time. There have been movies about it. There are

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<v Speaker 2>all sorts of things in pop culture about sorority and fraternities,

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<v Speaker 2>and many of those things are true for good and

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<v Speaker 2>for not so good. Well, one of the not so

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<v Speaker 2>good things is the negative stereotype that a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>fraternities in fact incur when it comes to their own

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<v Speaker 2>intake process, and that process can include things that are exploitative, violent, assaultive,

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<v Speaker 2>and other negative situations in which students are placed in well.

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<v Speaker 2>In six years ago, in twenty eighteen, seven years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>now twenty year old Tyler Hilliard was a week away

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<v Speaker 2>from starting his junior year at UC Riverside. He went

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<v Speaker 2>to a fraternity event with some pledge brothers. So those

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<v Speaker 2>are some friends who are also interested in joining this

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<v Speaker 2>particular fraternity, and they went to this particular event at

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<v Speaker 2>nearby Mount Rubideaux, a popular hiking spot. That day, September

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<v Speaker 2>eight or September twenty eighteen, was a beautiful Saturday, and

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<v Speaker 2>Tyler and his pledge brothers his friends were going to

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<v Speaker 2>participate in a special type of punishment, kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>rights of passage for those who were interested in joining

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<v Speaker 2>this fraternity. The things that they had to do included

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<v Speaker 2>eating an entire onion covered in hot sauce, drinking extreme

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<v Speaker 2>amounts of water, and being spanked with a part of

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<v Speaker 2>a cactus. While that might sound like just boys being boys,

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<v Speaker 2>there were major consequences to these events that day, Tyler

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<v Speaker 2>was rushed to the hospital. His heart stopped seven times

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<v Speaker 2>that evening, and he was ultimately pronounced dead. When investigated

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<v Speaker 2>police and Hilliard's family, Tyler's family found that his death

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<v Speaker 2>was a result of the hazy that he had gone

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<v Speaker 2>through with that eating of the entire onion covered in

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<v Speaker 2>spanked with a part of a cactus. The people who

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<v Speaker 2>were involved in the incident, those who were the Pledge brothers,

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<v Speaker 2>were not prosecuted. They were not prosecuted. Nearly seven years later,

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<v Speaker 2>this week, Tyler's Law has gone into effect and it

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<v Speaker 2>will look to ensure that no other college students in

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<v Speaker 2>California will endure similar hazing incidents like what Tyler went through.

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<v Speaker 2>The law is called Tyler's Law or AB twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>ninety three, and it was actually passed last September and

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<v Speaker 2>is an expansion of laws that we already have in

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<v Speaker 2>California about hazing. Starting next year in twenty twenty six,

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<v Speaker 2>universities in California will be able to be sued by

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<v Speaker 2>hazing victims if the college knew about or should have

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<v Speaker 2>known about hazing incidents and failed to stop them. Attorney

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<v Speaker 2>V James D. Simone says it sends a message to

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<v Speaker 2>these universities that if you're going to have fraternities that

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<v Speaker 2>are connected with your university, make sure they are following

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<v Speaker 2>the law and the rules, because hazing is a crime,

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<v Speaker 2>and you will be prosecuted and you will be held

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<v Speaker 2>accountable the law. Tyler's Law also requires hazing incidents to

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<v Speaker 2>be compiled into an annual report, along with disclosures as

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<v Speaker 2>to whether those incidents were tied to student organizations. This

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<v Speaker 2>is very serious and it is very close to me.

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<v Speaker 2>When I was in college, I participated in intake my

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<v Speaker 2>freshmen and sophomore years separate sororities. I didn't end up

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<v Speaker 2>joining either the first year because it was just simply

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<v Speaker 2>cost prohibitive. They wanted two thousand dollars give or take

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<v Speaker 2>in initial dues. Yes, Raoul's face, Your face tells it all.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I did when I heard how much they

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<v Speaker 2>wanted from this freshman me with no job or some

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<v Speaker 2>menial work study job, two thousand dollars in initial dues

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<v Speaker 2>to join, and I didn't have it. I didn't find

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<v Speaker 2>that sorority in the process interesting enough to try and

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<v Speaker 2>get the money. The second year, however, when I went,

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<v Speaker 2>when I was invited to participate in an intake process

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<v Speaker 2>for a different sorority, all of the processes on campus

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<v Speaker 2>were paused because there was a major incident at another

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<v Speaker 2>university in which two young ladies died by drowning. They

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<v Speaker 2>were in a part of their own intake process at

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<v Speaker 2>this university. I did not know these young ladies, but

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<v Speaker 2>they did in fact pass away, and all pledging was

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<v Speaker 2>canceled across the school that I attended, and I just

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<v Speaker 2>never resumed the process. Fortunately for me at the time,

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<v Speaker 2>everything I had gone through was normative and was not

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<v Speaker 2>violent at that point, but it definitely put a sour

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<v Speaker 2>taste in my mouth. This is really important. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of you have students, have loved ones who are in

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<v Speaker 2>college who may be wanting to participate in sororities and fraternities,

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<v Speaker 2>and so please let them know that certain things are

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<v Speaker 2>just not okay and you shouldn't have to subject yourself

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<v Speaker 2>to violence, abuse and assault to be a part of

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<v Speaker 2>an organization. And in fact, if that organization continues to

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<v Speaker 2>held legally responsible because of Tyler's Law. So unfortunately, this

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<v Speaker 2>was a sacrifice that this young man made, but it

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<v Speaker 2>is not in vain. It is not in vain. Tyler Hill,

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<v Speaker 2>You're twenty year old student one week away from starting

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<v Speaker 2>his junior year when he died during a pledging process.

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<v Speaker 2>When we come back, I'm gonna tell you a a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit about a new app available in Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 2>It's being called Uber with Guns Time to Move out

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<v Speaker 2>of LA. I'll tell you all about it in a

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand kf I.

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<v Speaker 2>AM six forty Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I

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<v Speaker 2>talked all over the best part of the chorus. Sorry hopefull.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully you're still singing and enjoying that. I've enjoyed being

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<v Speaker 2>here as always. If you missed any part, please listen

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<v Speaker 2>to the podcast KFIAM six forty dot com. Under special

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<v Speaker 2>features that will be right there, you'll be able to

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<v Speaker 2>hear tonight's show, including our introduction of our newest segment,

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<v Speaker 2>Deeper Dives. We looked at street sweeping and the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that it's not happening, but you are still being ticketed

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<v Speaker 2>and what it might take to actually get an actual

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<v Speaker 2>street sweeping crew out to your street. One person was

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<v Speaker 2>able to do it, So make sure you listen to that.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you use Lift or maybe you use Uber. You

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<v Speaker 2>know it's National Marguerite Day. Maybe you're out having a

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<v Speaker 2>few and you're not driving home. That's the smart thing

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<v Speaker 2>to do, call for a ride sharing service. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>a new app that's available in Los Angeles and this

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<v Speaker 2>one is being described as Uber with guns. What the

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<v Speaker 2>heck is going on in LA? It has them.

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<v Speaker 5>Front and so do celebrities. Now, imagine you stepping into

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<v Speaker 5>an suv with an armed bodyguard by your side. That's

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<v Speaker 5>exactly what Protector offers, a new app that combines ride

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<v Speaker 5>sharing with personal security.

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<v Speaker 4>I think most people will just go on Google and

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<v Speaker 4>search private security for hire, and what they'll find is

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<v Speaker 4>it's such an unintuitive experience and it's like amaze.

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<v Speaker 2>That you have to go through to a bunch of

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<v Speaker 5>Just launching this week in Los Angeles and New York.

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<v Speaker 5>Founder and CEO Nixon Rat says Protector is meant to

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<v Speaker 5>provide easily accessible private security to anyone on the go.

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<v Speaker 5>Every protector is either active duty or recently retired law

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<v Speaker 5>enforcement or military.

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<v Speaker 2>They all come from.

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<v Speaker 4>Top units within their department or agencies, such as SWAT,

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<v Speaker 4>Emergency Services Unit, air Force pjs, and even seal teams.

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<v Speaker 5>Customers can also customize their experience, choosing their security stress

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<v Speaker 5>code from formal business attire to business casual to full

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<v Speaker 5>tactical gear.

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<v Speaker 1>It's cool.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never heard of something like.

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<v Speaker 1>This, some surprise, no one's done that before that. That

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<v Speaker 1>is that's one of the smartest apps that'ves in in

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<v Speaker 1>a while?

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<v Speaker 5>Is it, though?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it the smartest app we've seen in a while.

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<v Speaker 2>I can think of a few other apps that are

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<v Speaker 2>really really smart, and putting people into positions where they

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<v Speaker 2>are potentially armed or you know, maybe just overly aggressive

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<v Speaker 2>by or four higher does not necessarily seem like the

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<v Speaker 2>right kind of app to unleash upon the streets of

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles. So again, protect your app Uber with guns.

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<v Speaker 2>Two hundred dollars per hour. There originally was a one

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars minim. I'm a five hour minimum, but now

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<v Speaker 2>they've since reduced it and they say two hunt. That's

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<v Speaker 2>that's great, Let's give people a deal two hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 2>per hour. You do have to pay an annual membership

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<v Speaker 2>fee of one hundred and twenty nine dollars. All protectors

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<v Speaker 2>are vetted. Yeah, okay. You also, as a user, get

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<v Speaker 2>to choose the type of bodyguard you want and how

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<v Speaker 2>they should dress. It looks like when you cope you

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<v Speaker 2>look at any of these visuals of this situation, it

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<v Speaker 2>looks like a video game creation, like a creative player.

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<v Speaker 2>You see a possible protector bodyguard and they turn it.

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<v Speaker 2>They do a full three sixty, and you get to

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<v Speaker 2>change their clothes and the clothes shift as they as

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<v Speaker 2>you choose. It's kind of strange. And again it says

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<v Speaker 2>that this is because of several high profile robberies and

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<v Speaker 2>the service is only available in LA and New York.

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<v Speaker 2>What could go wrong, Michael Monks, Lots of things could probably.

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<v Speaker 6>Lots of things could probably go wrong, you know, but

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<v Speaker 6>you know, if people feel unsafe, and this is a

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<v Speaker 6>way to make them feel safer.

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<v Speaker 2>In this day and age, I guess you gotta do

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<v Speaker 2>what you gotta do. When I go to in and out,

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<v Speaker 2>I want a bodyguard with me just so I can

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<v Speaker 2>look important and hopefully kind of.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm not a bodyguard to say, don't order so much.

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<v Speaker 6>Easy pull the gun on me and say you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Need those fries.

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<v Speaker 6>There you go, protector. I'll tell you what I can

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<v Speaker 6>go wrong. I'm in here and I've got some business.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us what you're doing while you're on the air,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm back there in the newsroom. I'm the guy

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<v Speaker 2>who answers the phone. Oh, I'm so sorry. You just

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<v Speaker 2>you have so many jobs. You are many, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I do a lot around here to really quick. That's

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<v Speaker 2>special you did last weekend? Yeah, amazing, amazing on the.

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<v Speaker 6>Fire available on the app if people missed our our

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<v Speaker 6>wildfire special that we did. It's two hours of full

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<v Speaker 6>expiration of you know, the aftermath, where we stand, where

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<v Speaker 6>we're going, what we've lost.

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<v Speaker 2>Thorough and empathetic. What are talking about?

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<v Speaker 6>I appreciate it. Well, hold on, I need to give

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<v Speaker 6>you this first. Okay, this is a I don't know

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<v Speaker 6>if you've forgotten this. This is the official KFI newsroom

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<v Speaker 6>local pronunciation.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, did I say something wrong because I said

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<v Speaker 2>semi glue tide and I got lot of No.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, that's.

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<v Speaker 2>Not it's not a scientific word.

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<v Speaker 6>It's a word that we'd say a lot around Okay,

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<v Speaker 6>but I didn't write that. That was on there when

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<v Speaker 6>I made the copy. Somebody else had written GROUPA out

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<v Speaker 6>specifically so that we know how to say.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to go to the l's. Okay, did

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<v Speaker 2>you say any of those tonight? La joya? I said,

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<v Speaker 2>la joya?

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<v Speaker 6>I said it right, Okay, it is another one that

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<v Speaker 6>you said close felice, Oh, read the pronouncement close feeless.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I got a call. Guy says, you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>got to know how to say the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, if we have a lot of Spanish words around

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<v Speaker 2>names around here, and you look at that, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you know Spanish and I'm learning it. I'm learning.

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<v Speaker 6>If Marguerite is Spanish of Spain right now, Margarita would

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<v Speaker 6>be you know, in Spain Spanish, but here, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>if you're a Latin American Spanish, lea the happiest, right,

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<v Speaker 6>I mean the happy people.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll give it to so locally.

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<v Speaker 6>And I had to learn this, you know, it's lows

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<v Speaker 6>feelis sine.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all all right?

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<v Speaker 6>Anyway up ahead, I'm gonna be fast. We're still friends,

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<v Speaker 6>I hope. I'm just relaying the message.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's it's moibean. Continue do you think, Oh, and

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<v Speaker 2>what do you think? How do you say? Do you

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<v Speaker 2>say dwarti or d'Arte?

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, now here's what I got in trouble last a

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<v Speaker 6>few weeks ago when dwart I don't know, they'll kind.

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<v Speaker 2>Of railroaded right now. Were you sent to do that?

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<v Speaker 6>No, this is for me too, because I got into

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<v Speaker 6>a little bit of an argument internally about how to

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<v Speaker 6>pronounce that when they were in the news, because they

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<v Speaker 6>didn't want all the fire trash coming to them. Well,

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<v Speaker 6>the mayor himself, who is Latino, he says dart Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Our pronouncer guide is Dwarti. Gringo.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, So we've Caucasianized a lot of these places, and

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<v Speaker 6>so it is a little tricky.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't say La Joila, definitely don't say that all right.

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<v Speaker 6>Next hour, the rent protections that are going in for

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<v Speaker 6>people who lost money because of the wildfires, well that

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<v Speaker 6>may be good for them, but apparently could be for

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<v Speaker 6>the rest of us who have to rent. Prices could

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<v Speaker 6>go up. And then in the next hour we'll talk

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<v Speaker 6>to the new chairwoman of the La County GOP. She

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<v Speaker 6>says Republicans have a path forward in democratic dominated lak you.

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<v Speaker 2>Get all the good guests, Michael Monks, you do all

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<v Speaker 2>the great special to say Los Felis. Is that why

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta work? Give me that guide back. I can

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<v Speaker 2>get a special around here. You know you're great mind.

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<v Speaker 2>You had a great show tonight, Tiffany, always a pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>Good air to you, sir, It's been a blast. You

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<v Speaker 2>can follow me at tiff hobbs On here at tiff

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<v Speaker 2>hobbes on here no spaces on Instagram. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>post a picture of what the what I'm looking at,

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<v Speaker 2>what you can see, and you can comment on that

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<v Speaker 2>play any talkbacks tonight, but I'd love to hear what

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<v Speaker 2>you think about our new segment, Deeper Dives, and what

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