WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.799 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand, happy. 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:06.879 To be sitting behind the microphones here on a beautiful 3 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:09.759 afternoon as you've been hearing temperatures in the mid seventies. 4 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:12.080 We're going to talk about the weather and how it 5 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:14.919 impacts us here and do we have the right to 6 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:18.120 enjoy it or should we feel guilty because so many 7 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:22.519 of our fellow Southern Californians are suffering right now. I'm 8 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:26.519 mainly on Fox eleven News. I fill in here occasionally 9 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:28.879 on KFI, which I love doing because I'm a big 10 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:33.520 talk radio AM radio audio fan, always have been. And 11 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:35.840 then I'm not sure if you have the opportunity, but 12 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:39.840 our sister station at Fox eleven, which we've rebranded as 13 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:43.600 Fox eleven Plus but you may remember as Channel thirteen KCOP, 14 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:46.359 we've taken the unusual step and I want to pat 15 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:50.320 ourselves on the back of adding newscasts at an hour 16 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:53.840 at eight pm, an hour at nine pm. Not many 17 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:57.320 local stations are adding newscasts, others are cutting back. But 18 00:00:57.799 --> 00:00:59.560 so if you get a chance to check those out 19 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:03.320 and remember Marla Teaz. You can know Marla Teaz from 20 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:05.879 her work filling inher at KFI as well as on 21 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:09.079 anchoring on Fox eleven, is the anchor person of the 22 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.760 Fox eleven Plus newscast. She is in the process of 23 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:15.879 having her baby. Do we have any updates on that? 24 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.040 I lean haven't heard anything about that, Robin. So we're 25 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:21.040 with you from two to four this afternoon. We have 26 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:24.799 a lot to discuss. I encourage you if you would 27 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:30.079 to pay attention. Obviously, I like to call it like 28 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:33.079 exercise for the mind, but I'm not just interested in 29 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:34.959 talking at you. 30 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:36.840 I'd love to hear what you think. 31 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:39.439 And as you know, you can if you're listening on 32 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:41.519 the app, the iHeartRadio app, you can click on the 33 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:45.760 microphone icon and record a fifteen second message, and we 34 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:47.560 hope to play some of those on the air. And 35 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:51.400 if you're really inspired, pick up the telephone or dial 36 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.400 your cell phone one eight hundred and five to two 37 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.000 oh one KFI. That's one eight hundred five two oh 38 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:58.840 one five three four. Going to ask you some specific 39 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:03.000 questions later on in the in the in the afternoon, 40 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.000 have you heard that story about the neighbor from hell 41 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:08.560 in West Hollywood. I'm interested to see whether any of 42 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:13.240 you have any particularly outrageous neighbor stories that you can 43 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:16.680 share with us. So we talked about the weather and 44 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.159 we you know, it's so it's it's such a cliche 45 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:21.879 to say this is one of the reasons we live 46 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:23.960 here right because of the weather's beautiful. That's why we 47 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.520 put up with the traffic and the fires and the 48 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:29.039 floods and the high cost of living and you know, 49 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:30.280 add to your. 50 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:35.680 List of things. But it's a tough time right now. 51 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:41.479 Locally, obviously nationally, things are so divisive. It seems like 52 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.439 if you follow the news like we do, and if 53 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:45.599 you're listening here in KFI, then you're one of those 54 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:48.080 who follows the news and is engaged and pays attention. 55 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:52.080 And we appreciate that. But we're not just cruising. We're 56 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:56.199 fighting through hardships right now. The quality of life is 57 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:59.199 so dependent on where you live, your lifestyle. And if 58 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:01.159 you're in Big Bear and you're keeping an eye on 59 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:03.240 the Eaglitz and you're hiking every day, you're out on 60 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.960 the boat, or you're up skiing, fantastic. I mean, if 61 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:07.919 you're in Ventura and you near the beach and you're 62 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.919 surfing and you're fishing, fantastic. You're in Anaheim, you once 63 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.919 again the annual worry about like what are the Angels 64 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:17.560 gonna do? How long is Mike trub gonna be healthy? 65 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:20.000 But in Los Angeles, yes, we have the Dodgers to 66 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:22.360 look forward to. They open the regular season on Thursday. 67 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:28.360 But there's thousands of our friends, family members, fellow Angelinos, 68 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:30.919 and I include Alta Dina in this. Even though it's 69 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:36.120 La County technically, the fire recovery story is. 70 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:37.759 Still dominating the news. 71 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:41.960 And I know our leaders are elected leaders and others 72 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.759 are trying their best, they really are. But I just 73 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.840 feel that the people, the homeowners that we talk to 74 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:49.680 that we interview for the news, they. 75 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:51.520 Want more, They need more leadership. 76 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:51.759 Now. 77 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:55.080 Mayor Karen Best, who were credited after a very rocky start, 78 00:03:55.319 --> 00:04:00.639 has been almost everywhere leading the charge for rebuilding, cutting tape. 79 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:03.400 She was out in the Palisades on Friday talking with 80 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:05.919 the news media about how if you rebuild with electrical 81 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:09.240 appliances and more energy efficient appliances and other things like 82 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:13.960 that you harden your home, then the permitting process will 83 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:16.759 be sped up if you use fire resistant materials. Of course, 84 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:21.319 all new construction is with fire resistant materials. But amidst 85 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:23.600 all this, there's a recall effort against Mayor Bass. 86 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:25.399 I'm not sure I support that. I don't know if 87 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:25.759 you do. 88 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.560 We're going to talk more about her leadership or what 89 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:33.560 some might consider challenging challenges in her leadership, but first 90 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:35.959 let's get an update on what the latest is from 91 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:37.199 our friends at Channel seven. 92 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:39.759 If you live in Pacific Palisades, you have less than 93 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.839 two weeks to opt in or opt out for fire 94 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:46.399 debris removal, but Mayor Bass says more than one thousand 95 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:47.839 residents haven't done either. 96 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:51.480 If you do not take any action, properties will be 97 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:55.800 declared a nuisance and owners will be responsible for all 98 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:01.560 abatement costs without the possibility of FEMA reimburse and possibly 99 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:04.480 be subject to a lean on your property. 100 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:07.680 Although there's progress in the Palisades two and a half 101 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:11.160 months after the fire, there's more lots that haven't been 102 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:14.360 cleared than those that have. According to the Army Corps 103 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:17.920 of Engineers, over three thousand residents have opted in and 104 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:20.360 five hundred and sixty four have opted out. 105 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:21.279 The Army Corps of. 106 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:24.639 Engineers will only clear the area of your property that burns, 107 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:28.959 so some lots have concrete slabs, driveways and retaining walls. 108 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.480 Left behind which will need to be addressed in order 109 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:32.439 to rebuild. 110 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:36.279 All right, And that's a good compromise AABC seven. So 111 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:40.360 one of the obvious questions that I have is what's 112 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:43.720 the rush? What is with this this deadline? So Mayor Bass, 113 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:46.360 I mean, I get that at some point you have 114 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:48.959 to create a deadline. Can't be a year from now, 115 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:51.839 but March thirty first, I mean, people are still in shock. 116 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:54.560 That's why the numbers are what they are. Where the 117 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:57.480 three thousand residents have opted into this program, five hundred 118 00:05:57.480 --> 00:05:59.800 and sixty four have opted out, but there's one thousand 119 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:02.240 or so more that haven't done anything. Yeah, because they're 120 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.680 still not sure like what their future is. 121 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.040 So it seems outrageous to me. 122 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:09.959 And again I don't know if you agree with this 123 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:13.040 or not, that she's essentially like, you better. 124 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:14.040 Do this by March thirty first. 125 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:18.759 She's threatening people with like financial sanctions if they don't 126 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.800 do it when they're trying to recover from the worst 127 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:25.959 trauma of their lifetime. That seems totally tone deaf to me. Now, 128 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:28.560 I appreciate that she's out there. I appreciate that she's 129 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:32.560 leading the charge. I appreciate that she's cutting through red 130 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.959 tape and promising to speed up the permit approval process. 131 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:39.120 It's amazing that some permits have already been granted because 132 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:42.079 you know the long history of red tape and building 133 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:43.120 in California. 134 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:44.759 I don't know. 135 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.240 Agreed, disagree, let me know what you think, and then 136 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:51.519 we're gonna talk about this after we come back from 137 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:54.959 a break. But and then the next breath, the big 138 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:57.199 story out of the City of Los Angeles. And again, 139 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:01.000 not all of our listeners live in Los Angeles. If 140 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:02.720 you're living in one of the you know, eighty five 141 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:05.839 little communities that make up southern California, great because you're 142 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:08.959 not dealing with this directly. But now we have the 143 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.560 fire recovery, and now the City of Los Angeles is 144 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:16.079 talking about like a one billion dollar budget shortfall. That's 145 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:19.800 one billion dollars, and we have the city administrative officer 146 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:23.319 testifying about this in the city Council. We have the 147 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:27.279 city Controller, Kenneth Mahea, issuing his own press releases with 148 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:30.800 these dire warnings, demanding that everything is on the table. 149 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:35.600 Raises for firefighters and police that have previously been negotiated. 150 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:40.120 I mean, I guess I'm wanting more from our leaders. 151 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:42.519 I want a unified approach. You know. 152 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:44.360 Mayor Bass love to use that term when it came 153 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.240 to the homeless, that we're all locking arms. Well, we're 154 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:51.199 not locking arms on the issues that affect us police 155 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:55.839 and firefighter hiring and raises, the rebuilding process, the deadline? 156 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:58.519 Do we need a deadline? Mayor Bass's future herself? 157 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:00.360 Is she going to be recalled the prime I'm Maury 158 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:02.360 for the mayor's elections next year? What do we need 159 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:05.560 to recall for Who's going to challenge her? Is it 160 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:07.160 going to be Rick Caruso? Who will? 161 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:07.360 So? 162 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:12.680 If you're an engaged citizen of Los Angeles, you're forgive me, 163 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.839 But I think you're entitled to wonder like who's really 164 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:18.120 in charge? And I'll leave you this one thought. Right 165 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:20.920 before we do, we check in with Eileen Gonzalez. Whatever 166 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:24.439 happened to Steve sober Off the rebuildings are that was 167 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.279 appointed to oversee the Palisades. We haven't heard a word 168 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.439 from him in weeks. All right, I'm Phil Shuman with 169 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:33.759 it till four o'clock again. Let us know what you 170 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.919 think by dropping a comment on the iHeartRadio app microphone icon. 171 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:40.960 If you're really inspired give us a phone call and 172 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.720 one eight hundred one KFI one one hundred and five 173 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.000 to two oh one KFI and we'll talk. 174 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.080 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 175 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.200 I'm Phil Schumann here with you from Fox eleven News 176 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:56.679 from Fox eleven Plus. As I mentioned, we started a 177 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:58.720 new newscast in the evening. To get a chance to 178 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:01.720 check it out. It's at eight pm and again at 179 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:06.320 nine pm. I understand if you're shying away from the 180 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:09.840 news because so much of it is almost overwhelming, whether 181 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:12.360 it's a local news here in southern California or of 182 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:14.759 course on the national front, where it seems like every 183 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:18.080 day there's some type of new conflict with President Trump 184 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:22.799 and co President Musk and the Democrats, and it's a lot. 185 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:23.399 It's a lot to. 186 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:26.120 Deal with as we try to get through our day 187 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:28.399 to day life here and just you know, not let 188 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:29.639 the man get you down. 189 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:31.440 It's a challenge. 190 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:36.879 So the last segment, we talked about the rebuilding process 191 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.879 for our folks out in the Palisades and to a 192 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:43.919 lesser degree in Alta Dina that hasn't gotten as much coverage, 193 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:47.240 but the stories out of both locations are just so compelling, 194 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:50.000 and I want to give a hat tip to the 195 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.480 journalists that are out there every day telling those stories, 196 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:56.720 in particular the La Times, which has the manpower to 197 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:02.559 devote to this manpower and quotes. So while Mayor Bass 198 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:06.759 is out there cheerleading for the rebuilding process and trying 199 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:11.399 to push things forward and avoid a recall, which probably 200 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:14.039 isn't going to happen because it's too expensive to gather 201 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:17.039 the votes, the signatures, and it's really not enough time, 202 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:23.159 the city's chief administrative officer, echoed by call an alarm 203 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:28.480 sounded by the city controller, is that, hey, even though 204 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:34.200 we have a thirteen billion dollar budget, bigger than some states, 205 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:36.960 the City of Los Angeles is looking at a likely 206 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.320 one billion dollar budget shortfall for the twenty five to 207 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:46.720 twenty six year which means layoffs for anybody, which means 208 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:52.320 cuts and services, which means more frustration for people that 209 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:55.000 live in the City of Los Angeles, who already pay 210 00:10:55.360 --> 00:10:58.240 some of the highest taxes anywhere. Let's listen, get a 211 00:10:58.279 --> 00:10:59.919 report on that, and then we'll talk more about it. 212 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:03.240 Well, the City Controller says, his office and the city 213 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:07.399 want to do everything they can to avoid layoffs, and 214 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:12.279 while the one billion dollar budget shortfall had many people gasping. 215 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:15.799 The city controller says, we really should have seen this coming. 216 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:20.840 A staggering one billion dollar budget deficit projected for the 217 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:23.679 City of Los Angeles. It took many by surprise, but 218 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:27.279 City Controller Kenneth Mahia says he's been sounding the alarm 219 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:28.519 for the past two years. 220 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:30.679 We're going to be tough choices to be made, and 221 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:33.200 actually we already started last year because this is the 222 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:35.279 second year in a row where we suffered from a 223 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:37.879 budget deficit, so we've been in a hiring free since 224 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:39.159 January twenty twenty four. 225 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:42.919 Mahia says the three biggest issues people are spending less. 226 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:46.279 Revenue from business taxes and hotel taxes are down more 227 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:50.519 than three hundred million dollars. The city is drowning in liabilities, 228 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:54.399 paying over three hundred million in lawsuits, and salary raises 229 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.679 to employees including police and fire. As a city on 230 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:00.240 the hook for two hundred and fifty million dollars all 231 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:01.759 right to close the gap. 232 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:06.320 Thank you that it's not great news. I mean, these 233 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:09.039 are bills that you don't even realize. You realize that 234 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.440 if you happen to have a single family home in 235 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:14.799 the City of la that you pay about seventy five 236 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:18.279 dollars BI monthly for trash pickup. They're saying that amount 237 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:21.159 could increase to one hundred and fifty dollars by twenty 238 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:23.159 twenty eight. By the way, the mayor is going to 239 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:27.159 be releasing her proposed budget next month, so that's going 240 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:30.879 to lead to more fireworks. So Mayor Bass, she loves 241 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:34.879 to talk in these broad generalities, like she's directed city 242 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:38.399 staff to leave quote no stones unturned to find cost 243 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:42.399 cutting measures to minimize layoffs. They're also going to consider 244 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:45.000 adjusting I mean, these are things you never think of 245 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.840 the city solid waste management program. Again, that will lead 246 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:54.639 to increased trash rates. So again it's an example of 247 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:00.480 a failure of vision, failure of leadership. And I'm not 248 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:03.039 as cranky as John Cobalt is about all this, and 249 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:05.360 you know, wants to get rid of everybody. 250 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:07.200 I just want them to do better. 251 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:09.399 I mean, I've spent a lot of time with Mayor Bass, 252 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:12.200 you know, covering her from Fox eleven and the campaign 253 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:18.840 against Rick Caruso back in twenty twenty one, and her 254 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:21.440 heart is in the right place. And if you doubt that, 255 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:24.200 then I don't think you're dealing with the reality and 256 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:27.919 all of these elected officials, whether it's the mayor, whether 257 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:30.159 it's a city council person, whether it's one of the 258 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.600 five Los Angeles County supervisors. And this is true in 259 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:37.519 other cities beyond Los Angeles City and County. I mean, 260 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:42.759 these people work like seven days a week. They're incredibly dedicated, 261 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:45.799 and in most cases they're in. 262 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.759 It for the right reasons. 263 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:48.960 They want to help their community, they want to make 264 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:53.320 their corner of southern California a better place. But hey, 265 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:56.480 these are complicated times. I mean, the police department wants 266 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:59.240 more money, they deserve it. The fire department wants more money, 267 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:02.919 they deserve it. The trash collectors, I mean, the utility workers, 268 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.679 take your pick. And when we're in a time when 269 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:09.000 here's the three main sources of revenue you heard in 270 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:17.120 that report briefly, sales tax, hotel room tax, and our 271 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:20.559 share of property taxes from LA County, those were all 272 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:25.000 down costs her up and so we need leaders with 273 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:28.120 like vision how we're going to generate more money. I mean, 274 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:31.080 this sort of a segue into and was going to 275 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:32.879 save this for a whole other segment because it's like, 276 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:37.600 so outrageous. Is President Trump has launched the gold Card program. 277 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:39.279 Have you heard about this? You thought it was maybe 278 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:42.840 a credit card or but it isn't. It's the gold 279 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:46.120 Visa proposal, in which people would pay up to five 280 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.840 million dollars in fees for the right to obtain permanent 281 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.720 residents in this country. I mean, it seems outrageous. The 282 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:58.919 President announced this last month, the Golden Card program, offering 283 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:02.960 wealthy and vents, at a cost of five million dollars each, 284 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:07.519 the chance to again buy your permanent residency in this country. 285 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:11.679 We're talking obviously wealthy investors with large chunks of money. 286 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:16.440 One card costs five million dollars. Trump says the US 287 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:19.240 could sell one million of them. I mean, amidst all 288 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:23.320 the Doge controversy, we haven't heard too much about this, 289 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:27.960 but he's claiming that what he got like five billion 290 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.159 dollars already in these gold cards. 291 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:32.799 I mean, is that fair? Obviously not so. 292 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:36.440 Is there like a local version of the gold Card 293 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:38.440 program that could help raise some money from the city 294 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:41.840 of Los Angeles. Again, we're going to hear this in 295 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:44.279 the news for the next month or so. There's going 296 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:47.240 to be threatened strikes, there's going to be labor groups upset, 297 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:50.080 there's going to be calls for a compromise. I mean, 298 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:53.440 it's just again going back to one of my central 299 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:56.080 themes and just navigating the day to day life here 300 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:00.759 in southern California is that nothing is easy. Nothing happened smoothly. 301 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:04.360 You can't just you know, pay your rent. Count on 302 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:09.200 they're being apartments available, pay the mortgage, count on, there 303 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:12.679 being loans available, whether you're in the Palasads or Altadena. 304 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:16.159 Counting on rebuilding without somebody threatening you with fines if 305 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.600 you don't apply by a certain deadline. I mean, just 306 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:23.600 going from A to B traffic, the Metro. They're talking 307 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:28.919 about expanding the metro out along the line from downtown 308 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:31.679 LA all the way out to Westwood. The streets and 309 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.559 Beverly Hills are closed down for construction. They announced that 310 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.559 the same day they're dealing with a stabbing on the 311 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:40.679 metro line at the Universal City station. So it's like 312 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:44.200 it makes you want to just sometimes like flee, right, 313 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:45.080 But I'm not. 314 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:48.159 I mean, I'm hanging in there. I hope you are too, 315 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:49.559 So let me know what you think. 316 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:52.720 Click on the radio on the microphone icon on the 317 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.679 iHeartRadio app here at KFIM six forty. If you're really inspired, 318 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:59.679 give me a phone call. Let's get some discussion going 319 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:01.799 the phone number. As I'm sure you know by now, 320 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:04.319 if you're a regular listener, one eight hundred and five 321 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:07.720 to one KFI. That's one eight hundred five to oh 322 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.559 one to five, three four. I'm particularly interested in. Later 323 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:12.720 on in the three o'clock hour, we're going to get 324 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:15.640 into this amazing story about this quote neighbor from hell 325 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.519 in West Hollywood. 326 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.640 If you have any of these outrageous stories. 327 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:22.640 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand started 328 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.480 new newscasts. 329 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:25.920 If you happen to like television news at an earlier 330 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:27.759 hour than wait till ten or eleven o'clock at night, 331 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:31.279 check it out at eight and nine. Our colleague and 332 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:36.200 friend Marla Teez will be mainly anchoring that show. But 333 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:39.119 first she's having a baby girl, which I'm sure you 334 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:43.200 know if you're following along her story on social and 335 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:45.480 from when she was here filling in on KFI. 336 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:47.759 Anyway, congrats, Stero. I'll keep you posted on that. 337 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:51.200 Haven't got any updates on that lately, which kind of 338 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:55.480 leads us into our next story, which was totally not 339 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:58.960 my plan. But I'll make it. I'll make it happen. 340 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.240 Do you happen to No? 341 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:00.440 All? 342 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:03.759 Right, here's here's like a quiz I would I had 343 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:05.720 to look this up. How many people there are in 344 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:08.519 the world, how many people around the world. The population 345 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:11.279 of the of the entire world is about eight point 346 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.480 two billion. Three hundred and forty million of us are 347 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:18.359 here in the United States. So President Trump, as if 348 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:21.559 he doesn't have anything else to do or to worry about, 349 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:25.680 is concerned. This is a headline from newsweek dot com 350 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:28.480 and when we check sources far and wide for story 351 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:33.640 information and story ideas, the headline is we want more babies. 352 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:37.839 Donald Trump may have a notable impact on birth rates 353 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:41.519 because the United States is one of many major economies 354 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:46.400 that are facing population decline driven by low fertility rates. 355 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:49.839 So President Trump has spoken out on this issue several times, 356 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:54.599 including during a campaign speech, and hadn't gotten a lot 357 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:57.000 of attention compared to some of the other things he says. 358 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:01.440 But the quote is we want more babies, to put 359 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:04.519 it nicely, and last month he signed an executive order 360 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:09.319 expanding access to in vitro fertilization IVF for Americans. His 361 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:13.880 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy directed the Department of Transportation to 362 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:18.160 give precedents to quote communities with marriage and birth rates 363 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:23.519 higher than the national average. I mean, very controversial issue. 364 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:26.720 I mean, why our elected officials are in our bedroom, 365 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:29.480 so to speak. I mean, maybe that's why he loves 366 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:33.559 Elon so much, because if you know anything about Elon, 367 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:36.319 you know that. All right, we'll give him credit for 368 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:41.559 being brilliant in the genius scale. But the guy has 369 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:45.319 fourteen children. I think sadly one of them passed away 370 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:49.519 when they were very young. Fourteen children, I mean, who 371 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:54.200 has fourteen children? So, I mean Trump has five? Can 372 00:19:54.200 --> 00:20:00.480 you name Trump's children? Donald Jr? Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany, and 373 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:04.440 of course Baron. With Milania? Where is Milania? By the way, 374 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.640 is she a real person? 375 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.599 Eileen? 376 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:08.599 What do you think we never see We see Milani 377 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:11.160 at the inauguration, and we'll see her four years from now, 378 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.440 maybe at a state funeral. So Donald Trump is worried 379 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:18.039 that we don't we're not having enough enough babies here 380 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:21.119 in southern California, here in this country, and in particularly 381 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:25.640 in southern California. I did some research into what they 382 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:29.319 call the American Dream. Fox LA has been covering this 383 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:33.720 story also and how basically the American Dream is sort 384 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:36.559 of an umbrella headline for how much it costs a year, 385 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:38.720 how much you have to make a year to live 386 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:42.279 in like the top ten cities in Los Angeles, whether 387 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:47.440 it's New York, Chicago, Philly, La, DC, and so not 388 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:51.400 a surprise, the cost of the American dream is going up, 389 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:53.880 according to a new study released earlier this month by 390 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:58.240 an organization called Go Banking Rates Robin, Let's listen to that. 391 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:01.640 You study reveals that achieved the American dream will cost 392 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:05.240 much more money than ever before. The new report from 393 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:09.359 Investopedia puts the price tag of getting married, buying a home, 394 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:14.119 raising children, and retiring at four point four million dollars. 395 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:17.559 The figure increased by almost one million dollars compared to 396 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:23.160 just last year. The report says rising costs for housing, education, healthcare, 397 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:27.319 and are primarily responsible for this big jump. 398 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.960 Okay, well that makes sense. 399 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:32.000 What did you say, four million, four hundred thousand in 400 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:35.440 your lifetime? So I'm about I'm only about three hundred 401 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:40.359