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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 3>This is Michael Monks Reports.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Michael Monks from KFI News with un til nine

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock tonight. How about some journalism this evening. Journalism a

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<v Speaker 2>big winner in Southern California today. Journalism the horse, a

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<v Speaker 2>cult sired by the famous horse Curlin, has won the

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<v Speaker 2>Santa Anita Derby and the half million dollar prize. Journalism

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<v Speaker 2>now considered a favorite, maybe the favorite for the Kentucky

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<v Speaker 2>Derby four weeks from now, after running right here in

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<v Speaker 3>That's exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>Florida has beat Auburn in the first game of the

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<v Speaker 2>Final four clash of Secs Titans, seventy nine to seventy three.

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<v Speaker 2>The Gators will play Monday for the national title against

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<v Speaker 2>the winner of the Houston Duke game that's underway right now.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw another win for the Dodgers, three to one

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<v Speaker 2>over the Phillies in Philly. La is now nine and

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<v Speaker 2>one on the season. That's a hot start for the

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<v Speaker 2>defending world champions and the Angels. My beloved Angels are

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<v Speaker 2>hosting Cleveland in Anaheim, LA is four and three right now.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see if they stay above five hundred here in

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<v Speaker 2>the early part of the season. They are winning right

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<v Speaker 2>now on the top of the second three to one,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is your KFI sports report. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>heck of a drive into Burbank today from downtown LA.

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<v Speaker 2>Traffic was clogged down there. It's always clogged, but today

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<v Speaker 2>there are protests. Thousands of people are out in the

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<v Speaker 2>streets speaking out against President Trump, elon Musk tariffs, all

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<v Speaker 2>sorts of topics. It's called hands off and these protests

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<v Speaker 2>are happening all across the country, including right here. There's

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<v Speaker 2>a big rally at Pershing Square this afternoon, followed by

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<v Speaker 2>a march to city Hall, and as I understand it,

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<v Speaker 2>these demonstrators carried a twenty foot tall balloon of the

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<v Speaker 2>image of President Trump wearing a diaper and a fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>foot tall helium filled balloon representing tru Trup wearing a

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<v Speaker 2>Russian military uniform. During that march, it was nearly a

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<v Speaker 2>mile long walk across sidewalks and streets downtown all the

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<v Speaker 2>way to city Hall. That could still be underway. There

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<v Speaker 2>are other protests today in Glendale, Hollywood, Riverside, Santa Ana,

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<v Speaker 2>and Palm Springs. Next hour, we're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>tariffs because Governor Newsom has declared that California is going

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<v Speaker 2>to work on its own deals with foreign countries after

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<v Speaker 2>this week sweeping tariff policy announced by the White House.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw the stocks tank this week and now there

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<v Speaker 2>are fears about rising prices, potential job losses, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>period in American history and see how this Trump policy

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<v Speaker 2>plays out. But we've got this hour first, and I

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<v Speaker 2>want to tell you about some new neighbors that I

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<v Speaker 2>got in the Fashion District downtown. They're not my building,

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<v Speaker 2>they are outside of it, and they live in some

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<v Speaker 2>new tents. I am seeing more tents on the sidewalk

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<v Speaker 2>outside my building that I have seen in the two

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<v Speaker 2>years and two and a half months that I have

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<v Speaker 2>lived in downtown LA. We've seen one or two pop

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<v Speaker 2>up over that time at different times, but they don't

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<v Speaker 2>last very long. I'm in the Fashion District and that's

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a couple of blocks from skid Row, but

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<v Speaker 2>there seems to be a pretty clear delineation usually like

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<v Speaker 2>it's a hard stop for the row of tents that

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<v Speaker 2>you see in skid Row, it stops and then you're

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<v Speaker 2>in the Flower District, the Fashion District and you just

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<v Speaker 2>see an occasional pop up tent there. But lately they're

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<v Speaker 2>to the Fashion District, and that has me wondering is

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<v Speaker 2>homelessness getting better in Los Angeles, Like the LA Homeless

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, we have some.

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<v Speaker 2>Big news this week on the local homeless front. We

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<v Speaker 2>saw the new sales tax go up that we voted

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<v Speaker 2>for in Los Angeles County to support homeless programs. We

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<v Speaker 2>next year too the LA Homeless Services Authority and create

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<v Speaker 2>dollars starting next year, So we're going to talk about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Adams Kellum tried to get the Board of Supervisors to

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<v Speaker 2>change their minds, and I'm going to play for you

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<v Speaker 2>part of what she said, because it struck me while

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<v Speaker 2>the County's relationship with LASA clearly over, as demonstrated by

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<v Speaker 2>what happened while adams Kellum was talking, but I think

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<v Speaker 2>adams Kellum's career, at least in that position was also

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<v Speaker 2>very clearly coming to an end. I'm going to place

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<v Speaker 2>some sound from that presentation for you. And then over

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<v Speaker 2>at City Hall, council members taking a harder stance against

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<v Speaker 2>Mayor Karen Bass and her inside Safe programs. The mayor

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<v Speaker 2>hat asked for like forty six million dollars for this

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<v Speaker 2>quarter to continue operating her policy that we don't know

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot about it. Even council members don't get

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<v Speaker 2>all of the data or the information that they want

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<v Speaker 2>about it. So they said, no, you can't have it all.

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<v Speaker 2>You can have twenty nine point one million dollars. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>because a lot of that money is spoken for. We

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<v Speaker 2>want to make sure the vendors are paid. We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to get into that this hour as well. But I

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<v Speaker 2>want to hear from you. I mean, am I seeing things.

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<v Speaker 2>It feels like it's gotten worse in my neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm unique in our area and that I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of live in the midst of it, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>getting worse in the midst of it from my vantage point.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think any of the news this week will

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<v Speaker 2>make the homeless situation better in La in La County?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think it's getting better? Do you think there's

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<v Speaker 2>anything they can do to make it better? The sales

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<v Speaker 2>tax has gone up, the new homeless department is being

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<v Speaker 2>stood up, LAS has basically been defunded. City council is

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<v Speaker 2>starting to get a little stronger, apparently towards Mayor Bass's

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<v Speaker 2>Inside Safe program. Do you think any of this is

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<v Speaker 2>going to make a difference in the presence in the

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<v Speaker 2>volume of homeless homelessness across the city in the county.

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<v Speaker 2>You open up the iHeartRadio app, click on that talkback button,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're gonna play some of your messages during the

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<v Speaker 2>show tonight. Also tonight a marine biologist on the front

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<v Speaker 2>line of trying to save sea lions and dolphins sickened

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<v Speaker 2>and dying by that toxic algae at our beaches. And

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<v Speaker 2>next hour, Democratic US Senator Adam Schiff joins us. He'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the tariffs, and then we'll have republic and

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<v Speaker 2>State Senator Tony Strickland. He'll be here to weigh in

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<v Speaker 2>on California's financial state. Spoiler alert. He doesn't think we're

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<v Speaker 2>in a good financial position, and he'll share with us

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<v Speaker 2>what he thinks the state should do based on some

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<v Speaker 2>Republican ideas. That's all I had tonight on Michael Monks Reports,

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<v Speaker 2>We're with you till nine o'clock. Hope you can stay

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<v Speaker 2>with us, Hope you can join our conversation. We'll continue.

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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>This is Michael Monks Reports. I'm Michael Monks from KFI News.

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<v Speaker 2>We're with you till nine o'clock tonight, and I know

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of worry all across the country, really

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<v Speaker 2>at this point across the world about price increases, economic

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<v Speaker 2>impacts from the sweeping policies announced by President Trump as

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<v Speaker 2>it relates to tariffs across the globe. But we are

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<v Speaker 2>already facing rising prices in Los Angeles County. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't like it, thank your neighbors. Because this was

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<v Speaker 2>voted on LA County voter's last November approved measure A

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<v Speaker 2>increasing the sales tax, putting a full half cent addition

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<v Speaker 2>on it, replacing a quarter cent edition, solely to fund

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<v Speaker 2>homeless programs and to keep people from falling into homelessness.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's a whole lot of different pieces to this,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's mostly homeless stuff. The previous quartercent sales tax

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<v Speaker 2>was supposed to expire in twenty twenty seven. This new

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<v Speaker 2>one does not expire. It would have to go back

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<v Speaker 2>to the ballot again for people to repeal it. So

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<v Speaker 2>now we're stuck with this one. A lot more money

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be coming in to fight homelessness. This

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<v Speaker 2>was a big, big week for homelessness in Los Angeles County,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of changes. This sales tax went into effect

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<v Speaker 2>on Monday. On Tuesday, LA County voted to leave basically

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<v Speaker 2>the LA Homeless Services Authority, the joint agency governed by

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<v Speaker 2>the County and the City of Los Angeles. They're tired

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<v Speaker 2>of all of the poor audits, all of the misinformation

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<v Speaker 2>or lack of information and data on outcomes on whether

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<v Speaker 2>the programs are even working. So La County's going to

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<v Speaker 2>do its own thing. And that left the city in

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<v Speaker 2>a lurch. City council members came crawling to the Board

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<v Speaker 2>of Supervisors begging them not to break up. But then

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<v Speaker 2>that same day, city council members told Mayor Karen Bash

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<v Speaker 2>she can't have all the money that she's asked for

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<v Speaker 2>for her Inside Safe Homeless program. And then yesterday the

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<v Speaker 2>loss of CEO announced her resignation. This was a consequential

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<v Speaker 2>week for homelessness in La and La County. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want to hear from you. Do you think it will

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<v Speaker 2>make a difference. Do you anticipate things improving with more

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<v Speaker 2>money at different department, maybe a little more resolved to

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<v Speaker 2>see results from our government officials Before we went to

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<v Speaker 2>break I told you I'm seeing in my own neighborhood

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<v Speaker 2>more tents popping up. I lived downtown. I'm not far

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<v Speaker 2>from skid Row, but skid Row's gotten closer in the

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<v Speaker 2>past few weeks, and I'm curious what you think up

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<v Speaker 2>will place some of your messages during the course of

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<v Speaker 2>this program. At the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>as I noted, they voted to create their own homeless department.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to handle their own money from here on out,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're basically defunding LASA. But before they voted to

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<v Speaker 2>do so, five members of the Los Angeles City Council

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<v Speaker 2>finished up their own meeting at City Hall and then

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<v Speaker 2>they marched up to the Kenneth Han County Building to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to the supervisors. And I want you to hear

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<v Speaker 2>what City Councilman Bob Blumenfield told the supervisors.

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<v Speaker 5>Measure A is not just county dollars. These are Angelino's

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<v Speaker 5>who not only supported this, but who are the majority

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<v Speaker 5>of the homeless folks. So you know, I think of

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<v Speaker 5>the old store. When you go in a store, if

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<v Speaker 5>you break it, you own it. So you know, we're

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<v Speaker 5>breaking up LASA. Here is the way I see what's happening.

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<v Speaker 5>And there's going to be a lot of ownership on

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<v Speaker 5>the county in terms of the responsibilities for service. And

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<v Speaker 5>I know it's not technically.

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<v Speaker 3>Breaking it up.

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<v Speaker 5>But you pull out all of that money.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just the city.

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<v Speaker 1>Basically at this point what.

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<v Speaker 5>LASSO would just become an outgrowth of the city and

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<v Speaker 5>we'd have to figure out how to manage that situation.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what they're going to have to figure out how

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<v Speaker 2>to manage because all of those measure a dollars, as

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<v Speaker 2>he mentioned the sales tax dollars, those are going to

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<v Speaker 2>the county. Now they're going to share it with the

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<v Speaker 2>cities based on their homeless count So LA will still

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<v Speaker 2>get a disproportionate share, or I should say a proportionate

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<v Speaker 2>share compared to the other cities. City Councilman Nitthia Rahman,

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<v Speaker 6>We've had a ten percent reduction in street homelessness thanks

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<v Speaker 6>to our work and investments citywide, and a forty percent

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<v Speaker 6>reduction in street homelessness provements in that data, and we've

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<v Speaker 6>the streets. I thought I would have three minutes. That's

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<v Speaker 6>what I staff told me, I'm just going to finish

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<v Speaker 2>I've also so do you hear her there? Basically, these

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<v Speaker 2>council members showed up, they did not have a scheduled presentation.

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<v Speaker 2>They were put in the gallery with people like you

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<v Speaker 2>and me. If you wanted to talk to the supervisors,

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<v Speaker 2>and everybody was given one minute. Counselman Nithia Rahman did

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<v Speaker 6>Potentially jeopardizing all of the shared progress that we've made.

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<v Speaker 6>Our hundreds of millions of dollars in investments are invested

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<v Speaker 6>when you move quickly, and we are also at a

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<v Speaker 6>now is collaboration and planning, trying to start, not uncertainty,

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<v Speaker 6>and I remain uncertain about why moving from one bureaucracy

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you that we have.

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<v Speaker 6>Already been moving towards and that we desperately want to

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>So she went on for about three minutes, in spite

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<v Speaker 2>of Supervisor Katherine Barger saying thank you repeatedly and asking

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<v Speaker 2>her to stop But what was really interesting was that

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<v Speaker 2>the CEO of LASS, of the very agency that this

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<v Speaker 2>vote was about, at the County building to enhance transparency.

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<v Speaker 7>I promised that we would improve our operations, and we have.

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<v Speaker 7>We've implemented twenty new data dashboards that provide unprecedented insight

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<v Speaker 7>into how our system functions, the questions you had about

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<v Speaker 7>functions and system improvements. We can actually provide that data

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<v Speaker 7>to you today and it is on our public website

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<v Speaker 7>and it's public facing. To improve our contracting, we're at

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<v Speaker 7>eighty percent.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>Becover Michaels.

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<v Speaker 8>Please can we give her, given the fact that she

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<v Speaker 8>thirty seconds.

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<v Speaker 7>To finish another thirty seconds to improve provider payments, we

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<v Speaker 7>worked with all of you to ensure that we would

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<v Speaker 7>have advanced systems where we would reconcile and providers no

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<v Speaker 7>longer waiting months and months. We've made a lot of

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<v Speaker 7>the changes that you.

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<v Speaker 4>She's basically trying to make the case that we have

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<v Speaker 4>helped make for her agency to be saved way possible,

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<v Speaker 4>but they did not even bring her to a table

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<v Speaker 4>to make any sort of presentation at all.

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<v Speaker 3>As I said before, they turn her mic off again.

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<v Speaker 7>Me and my daughter's experienced homelessness.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, she's about to share her personal story about how

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<v Speaker 2>she and her daughter experienced homelessness together, and they knocked

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<v Speaker 2>the mic off. The county's done with LASA, and now

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<v Speaker 2>she Alicia adams Kellum is also done with LOSSA because

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<v Speaker 2>three days after that meeting where the supervisors voted to

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<v Speaker 2>leave the organization and create their own homeless department, adam's

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<v Speaker 2>Kellum resigned. She does expect to remain on board for

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<v Speaker 2>a transition period of about one hundred and twenty days

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<v Speaker 2>longer if needed, she says. She says she's incredibly proud

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<v Speaker 2>of Loss's talented and dedicated staff and deeply grateful for

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<v Speaker 2>their tireless work. She says, I thank them and the

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<v Speaker 2>Commission for the opportunity to serve as CEO for our

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<v Speaker 2>partnership in reducing homelessness in our region.

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<v Speaker 3>But has she.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it getting better? Will it get better? I want

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<v Speaker 2>to know what you think about all of these moving

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<v Speaker 2>parts that we've seen happen this week, and whether you

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<v Speaker 2>feel any sense of optimism now that all of these

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<v Speaker 2>sweeping changes have taken place. Again, a very consequential week

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<v Speaker 2>as it relates to homelessness and the City of Los

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<v Speaker 2>Angeles and the County of Los Angeles. Open up the

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<v Speaker 2>iHeartRadio app, click on that talkback button and we will

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<v Speaker 2>play some of your messages coming up. And after we

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<v Speaker 2>get back from a little break, I'm going to take

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<v Speaker 2>you to LA City Hall. We're these same council members

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<v Speaker 2>who were begging to keep LASA together. We're also saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not so sure about the way we're spending our

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<v Speaker 2>homeless money, so we need to get a better handle

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<v Speaker 2>on it. And they shot down mare Bass's request for

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of money.

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<v Speaker 3>That's next.

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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>I'm Michael Monks. This is Michael Monks Reports. We're with

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<v Speaker 2>you till nine o'clock tonight, keeping tabs on the news

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<v Speaker 2>from the week and the week ahead. And it was

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<v Speaker 2>a busy week on the homeless front across Los Angeles County.

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<v Speaker 2>Lots of big things happening. What does it mean for

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<v Speaker 2>our future? Do you feel better about the government and

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<v Speaker 2>its response to homelessness moving forward?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you more optimistic now?

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<v Speaker 2>That La County is leaving the LA Homeless Services Authority

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<v Speaker 2>founding its own homeless department, Now that the city Council

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<v Speaker 2>is looking a little tougher against the inside Safe program

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<v Speaker 2>by the mayor, And now that the CEO of the

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<v Speaker 2>La Homeless Services Authority has announced her resignation, And now

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<v Speaker 2>that you are paying more on just about everything you

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<v Speaker 2>buy because of the sales tax voters approved last November

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<v Speaker 2>to support homeless programs. You can join our conversation right

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<v Speaker 2>here tonight. Open up that iHeartRadio app, click on the

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<v Speaker 2>talkback button. Let's hear from Larie.

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<v Speaker 8>When are the taxpayers going to realize the money that's

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<v Speaker 8>supposed to go to the homeless people don't go to

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<v Speaker 8>the homeless people. I became homeless under the Biden administration.

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<v Speaker 8>I've been begging for help. They refuse to give it

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<v Speaker 8>to me. Why because I have a part time job.

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<v Speaker 8>I am sixty years old, I'm living on the streets.

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<v Speaker 8>The cachet they want to provide me. I have the

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<v Speaker 8>jump to hoops and go through this Leigo Shavigo stuff

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<v Speaker 8>and it's alone.

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<v Speaker 9>I have to pay it back.

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<v Speaker 3>And now let's hear from Lauri.

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<v Speaker 10>Okay, Monks, no, I don't think anything's going to get

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<v Speaker 10>better now. I don't live in La County, but I

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<v Speaker 10>drive down there quite often with my daughter and we

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<v Speaker 10>see it everywhere. It's not going away. And then those

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<v Speaker 10>clowns are going to make some department and they're going

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<v Speaker 10>to employ all the losers that lost the two billion. Wow,

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<v Speaker 10>that's smart.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Laurie is talking about the two point three

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<v Speaker 2>billion dollars that was identified by a third party audit

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<v Speaker 2>group ordered by a federal judge by the way to

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<v Speaker 2>take a look at the way LASA and the city

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<v Speaker 2>were spending their money on homeless funds. And they didn't

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily say that the money was lost or unaccounted for.

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<v Speaker 2>They were just saying it wasn't properly accounted for. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's pretty damning when you're talking about government spending two

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<v Speaker 2>point three billion dollars worth. And one of the key

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<v Speaker 2>findings of that audit was something that was repeated from

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<v Speaker 2>an audit from last year, that this money is going

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<v Speaker 2>out the door to third party homeless service providers without

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<v Speaker 2>any set expectations, without any metrics to measure on whether

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<v Speaker 2>that money was used successfully. So, for example, let's say

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<v Speaker 2>that you spend money with through your sales tax, the

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<v Speaker 2>county collects it, they put it into the fund that

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<v Speaker 2>they send over to LASA, and then LASA has its

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<v Speaker 2>money to pay these third party providers. And let's say

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<v Speaker 2>there is a homeless shelter that says, I take in

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<v Speaker 2>ten people with the money you give me, and because

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<v Speaker 2>they stay with me, after ninety one hundred and twenty days,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll be sober, they'll be cleaned up, and they'll be

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<v Speaker 2>ready to work. And that's something you can measure. They're

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<v Speaker 2>taking ten people in and the result I expect is

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<v Speaker 2>that these folks will be employed at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>their stay. Instead, third party providers were just being paid

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<v Speaker 2>money and there were no expectations, at least not documented.

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<v Speaker 2>And that most recent audit is what seem to really

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<v Speaker 2>speed up the process of the county leaving lossap. The

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<v Speaker 2>poor accounting, the lack of demonstrable metrics, and the lack

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<v Speaker 2>of demonstrable success. Join our conversation the iHeartRadio app. Click

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<v Speaker 2>on that talkback button and we'll get your comments in

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<v Speaker 2>here as well. It was interesting to watch on Tuesday

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<v Speaker 2>as La City Council members crawled over to the LA

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<v Speaker 2>Board of Supervisors meeting the County Board of Supervisors meeting,

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<v Speaker 2>begging the county to keep LASA intact again. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a joint operation by the county and the city to

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<v Speaker 2>address homelessness, and without the county it's just the city

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<v Speaker 2>with a lot less money and a lot fewer people

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<v Speaker 2>working on the issue. So five council members walked over

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<v Speaker 2>to beg but before they did that, the same day

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<v Speaker 2>there was also a city council meeting taking place, and

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<v Speaker 2>Mayor Karen Bass was already ordered last year by the

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<v Speaker 2>city Council in the new budget process to come and

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<v Speaker 2>ask for her Inside Safe homeless program money every quarter

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<v Speaker 2>rather than just getting a big lump sum at the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of the year and doing whatever they want with it.

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<v Speaker 2>But the city now faces a billion dollar budget shortfall.

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<v Speaker 2>Suddenly everybody is very budget conscience. City administrative Officer Matt

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<v Speaker 2>and Sabo recommend and did the transfer of about forty

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<v Speaker 2>six point one million dollars to cover cost forty six

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<v Speaker 2>point one million dollars to cover cost related to Inside

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<v Speaker 2>Safe and other initiatives to address homelessness. But instead, on Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>the City Council voted fourteen to zero to transfer twenty

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<v Speaker 2>nine point one million dollars instead. That's a difference of

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen million from the original request. And they also said, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>you can have twenty nine point one, but we want

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<v Speaker 2>several reports. We want questions answered because we are not

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<v Speaker 2>getting the information that we want or need about Inside Safe.

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<v Speaker 2>This twenty nine point one million includes twelve point one

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<v Speaker 2>for booking agreements. Keep in mind, Inside Safe is basically

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<v Speaker 2>a hotel program. These homeless folks are gathered out of

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<v Speaker 2>their camps and placed in motels. Twelve point one for

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<v Speaker 2>the fiscal year, second in th third quarters, two point

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<v Speaker 2>seven million for occupancy costs. What does that mean? Ten

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<v Speaker 2>point seven million dollars for the Inside Safe Motel Interim

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<v Speaker 2>Housing Portfolio Service provider first quarter remaining. Did you see

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<v Speaker 2>the language that's used? How can you even understand what

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<v Speaker 2>these millions of dollars are being used. What was explained

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<v Speaker 2>by members of council is that those costs had already

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<v Speaker 2>been incurred. Basically, either third party homeless service of providers

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<v Speaker 2>or the motels hotels that are working with the mayor

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<v Speaker 2>on this program had already done the work, so they

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<v Speaker 2>should be paid for it. So that's the money that

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<v Speaker 2>they gave out, but they weren't too excited about the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the funds. We talked last week with city

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<v Speaker 2>councilmen Monica Rodriguez about her frustrations related to homeless spending

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<v Speaker 2>and the city's budget and all that, and that was

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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday last week. But on Tuesday at this meeting,

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<v Speaker 2>she was also pretty ticked off. Let's hear what she

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<v Speaker 11>My frustration about how this program has operated is obviously

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<v Speaker 11>no secret. The fact that we are accepting after the

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<v Speaker 11>Budget Committee gave a very clear instruction about the data

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<v Speaker 11>that was supposed to be provided to this council with

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<v Speaker 11>respect to the inside safe operations, and that these reports

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<v Speaker 11>still have a litany going back for over a year

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<v Speaker 11>of blank spaces with pending information only underscores the failure

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<v Speaker 11>for LASA to give us real time data and the

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<v Speaker 11>Mayor's office I don't understand given this fiscal crisis. By

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<v Speaker 11>the way, happy National Financial.

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<v Speaker 3>Literacy Month, she's getting sassy.

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<v Speaker 11>Okay, we are in a fiscal crisis, and yet we

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<v Speaker 11>have not cut off the spigot for funding that continues

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<v Speaker 11>to allow the Mayor's office to expend these resources and

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<v Speaker 11>put a gun to her head to say, well, if

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<v Speaker 11>we don't pay the bill, all these service providers in

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<v Speaker 11>all these rooms are going to go under. That wasn't

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<v Speaker 11>the way this was intended.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it when La Signora gets a little feisty

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<v Speaker 2>down there and she is really ticked off lately, especially

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<v Speaker 2>about homeless spending. She's been on at the longest. She

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<v Speaker 2>was criticizing inside Safe last year, she was criticizing LASA

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<v Speaker 2>last year. She called for a city homeless department to

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<v Speaker 2>be created last year. So she's not gotten any happier

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<v Speaker 2>about the situation. But in our previous segment, you heard

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<v Speaker 2>city Councilman Bob Blouomenfield go to the County Board of

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<v Speaker 2>Supervisors and say, please, don't break up with us, Let's

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<v Speaker 2>keep LASA intact. However, he notes that there are problems

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<v Speaker 2>even with the spending at the city and its inside

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<v Speaker 2>Safe program spearheaded by the mayor, let's hear from him.

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<v Speaker 5>And first and foremost, we want to make sure that

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<v Speaker 5>that service providers are not carrying any debt, any millions

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<v Speaker 5>of dollars or any debt. So we're going to make

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<v Speaker 5>sure that the money that they are owed gets out

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<v Speaker 5>the door. But we also want to make sure service

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<v Speaker 5>providers are documenting their expenses and their services are getting

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<v Speaker 5>advances for are rendered in a way that's producing results.

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<v Speaker 5>That's why I supported all the amendments today that we're

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<v Speaker 5>introduced for more details for greater council involvement and how

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<v Speaker 5>we move forward.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's also why with.

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<v Speaker 5>Council Women Ramen, we introduced an amendment to hold quarter

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<v Speaker 5>three advances, not the money that's oh to ensure that

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<v Speaker 5>there's greater council involvement in oversight over the limited general

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<v Speaker 5>fund dollars that we're spending. We need to make sure

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<v Speaker 5>that service providers are focused on throughput and the city

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<v Speaker 5>verifies services that are being rendered. There's a real possibility

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<v Speaker 5>that if people are not moving onto permanent housing, they

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<v Speaker 5>may move to another interim site in the city because

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<v Speaker 5>it's not sustainable to continue funding motels with booking agreements

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<v Speaker 5>that are not Alliance compliant.

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<v Speaker 2>So now they're asking questions that maybe would have been

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<v Speaker 2>better asked a year ago, but they're asking them now.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I'm asking you, do you feel a change

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<v Speaker 2>in the air. Do you sense something different? Are you

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<v Speaker 2>more optimistic about the city and the county and the

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<v Speaker 2>response to homelessness. Join the conversation, open the iHeart media,

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<v Speaker 2>excuse me, the iHeartRadio app, and click on that talkback

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<v Speaker 2>button and let us know. I want to be clear.

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<v Speaker 2>City Councilman Nthia Rahman, who basically violated the public speaking

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<v Speaker 2>rules at the county meeting, said during this city council

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<v Speaker 2>meeting before she went down and disrespected the supervisors that

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<v Speaker 2>this vote not to give the mayor all the money

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<v Speaker 2>she wants for inside Safe should not be seen as

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<v Speaker 2>a slight. They just want to make sure that they

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<v Speaker 2>are quote better at doing the work that we have

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<v Speaker 2>all committed to over and over again, over and over again.

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<v Speaker 2>Is correct? Will it work this time? Remains to be seen.

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<v Speaker 2>Up next, a conversation with a marine biologist on the

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<v Speaker 2>front lines of helping those six sea lions and dolphins

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<v Speaker 2>who are dying across southern California beaches.

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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>This is Michael Monks Reports. I'm Michael Monks from KFI

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<v Speaker 2>News with you till nine o'clock tonight. Tragedy has unfolded

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<v Speaker 2>on beaches across southern California, sea lions, dolphins, birds falling

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<v Speaker 2>sick and dying because of a toxic algae bloom in

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<v Speaker 2>the water. Some of the animals can be saved, some can't.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the people working to help these sea

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<v Speaker 2>mammals is Dave Batter, a marine biologist at the Marine

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<v Speaker 2>Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, and he joins us now,

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Bater, I'm so grateful for the time you're giving us.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for being with us.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 2>I know this is a very challenging time for your organization.

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<v Speaker 2>We're seeing a lot of headlines, a lot of news

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<v Speaker 2>updates coming out of the beach areas. What is the

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<v Speaker 2>situation in your fascetability right now? What can you tell

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<v Speaker 2>us about what's going on with your patients.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, right now, we have a massive harmful alva bloom

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<v Speaker 9>off the coast of Los Angeles and actually throughout southern California.

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<v Speaker 9>There's an algae planktonic algae out there that's creating neurotoxins

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<v Speaker 9>called demoic acid builds up in the food chain, eventually

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<v Speaker 9>concentrating into animals like California sea lions, dolphins, and seabirds,

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<v Speaker 9>causing symptoms like seizures, lethargy, abnormal behavior, sometimes aggressive behavior,

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<v Speaker 9>and sometimes death for the animals as well.

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<v Speaker 2>What does it mean though, to be infected by this

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<v Speaker 2>or to be affected by this when we hear that

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<v Speaker 2>they are sick. What's going on?

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<v Speaker 9>So the toxin is a neurotoxin. It affects obviously, they're

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<v Speaker 9>nerves and some organ function as well. The toxin causes

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<v Speaker 9>the nerves to to fire uncontrollably, which leads to the

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<v Speaker 9>symptoms like seizures, and really the animals are having a

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<v Speaker 9>hard time, you know, with all of their nervous functions

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<v Speaker 9>and can cause them to act abnormally and wind up

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<v Speaker 9>in places that they shouldn't be. And unfortunately for a

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<v Speaker 9>lot of them, the toxicity this time around seems to

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<v Speaker 9>be higher than it has in the past and causing

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<v Speaker 9>a lot of fatalities as well.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I wanted to ask, because you're an organization

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<v Speaker 2>that deals with sick sea mammals, But have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>seen it on this scale before?

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<v Speaker 9>So this is the fourth year of a harmful algabom

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<v Speaker 9>of this type, which is really unprecedented. In twenty twenty three,

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<v Speaker 9>we had at that time the most massive, harmful alglabloom

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<v Speaker 9>of this type in southern California. This year, it seems worse,

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<v Speaker 9>but it's important to remember we had a similar bloom

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<v Speaker 9>of this type of algae in twenty two, twenty three,

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<v Speaker 9>twenty four, and now again in twenty five, and it

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<v Speaker 9>seems to be that twenty five is the worst of

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<v Speaker 9>all of those years.

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<v Speaker 2>You mentioned that sometimes these animals are ending up in

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<v Speaker 2>places they're not supposed to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Where are those places?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, I guess we should rephrase that, because when we

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<v Speaker 9>go to the beach, we're going to a place that

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<v Speaker 9>is the wild. You know, going to the beach is

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<v Speaker 9>the same as going to the Santa Monica Mountains or

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<v Speaker 9>up here in the Saint Gabriels. You're going to a

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<v Speaker 9>wild place, and you should expect to see wildlife. When

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<v Speaker 9>I say that they're in places that they shouldn't be,

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<v Speaker 9>it's more like the places that we shouldn't we don't

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<v Speaker 9>normally expect that see them. And you know, on our

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<v Speaker 9>popular beaches alone, to sea lions in particular like to

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<v Speaker 9>hang out in groups. So it's really that this neurotoxin

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<v Speaker 9>is affecting their ability to you know, make decisions and

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<v Speaker 9>really do normal activities of the California sea lions. But

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<v Speaker 9>we need to remember that when we go to the beach,

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<v Speaker 9>we're going to the wild, and we need to give

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<v Speaker 9>wild animals the space they deserve, especially at this time

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<v Speaker 9>when the animals are so sick. You want to make

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<v Speaker 9>sure we give animals fifty feet of space at least,

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<v Speaker 9>and if you're worried, give us a college.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking with Dave Bator or marine biologists with the

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<v Speaker 2>Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro. We're not talking

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<v Speaker 2>just sea lions in this case, Is that right? I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>sea lions have seemed to grab a lot of headlines,

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<v Speaker 2>but other animals are being impacted by this.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 9>Unfortunately, we're seeing quite a few dolphins also show up

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<v Speaker 9>on our local beaches as well as seabirds, and it's

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<v Speaker 9>particularly tragic for dolphins. Most of them, actually all of

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<v Speaker 9>them are. When we find them, they're either no longer

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<v Speaker 9>alive or really close to death, and the only treatment

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<v Speaker 9>really is humane euthanasia. It's important to remember whens get sick,

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<v Speaker 9>they're sick at sea. They don't come to shore ever,

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<v Speaker 9>and if they're so sick that they end up washing ashore.

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<v Speaker 9>They're really close to death and they're suffering. It's important

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<v Speaker 9>that we remember that because we don't want to increase

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<v Speaker 9>their suffering at all. I know a lot of people

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<v Speaker 9>want to do something to help, and they want to

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<v Speaker 9>push the animals back out to sea, but really those

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<v Speaker 9>animals are if they go back into the ocean, likely

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<v Speaker 9>to drown, and if we're to interact with them, likely

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<v Speaker 9>to cause them additional stress in their last moments. We

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<v Speaker 9>have to remember that and you see these animals. Give

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<v Speaker 9>these animals the dignity to deserve in those last moments

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<v Speaker 9>and call eight hundred three to nine whale, let us

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<v Speaker 9>come down and let us manage the situation. It's the

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<v Speaker 9>best thing we can do.

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<v Speaker 3>That is what I wanted to ask you.

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<v Speaker 2>It does sound like in your response there that there's

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<v Speaker 2>really there's not much that we can do as humans

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<v Speaker 2>other than calling more skilled humans like you. As heartbreaking

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<v Speaker 2>as it is to see a dolphin washed.

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<v Speaker 9>Ashore, yeah, it's been causing quite a toll on our

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<v Speaker 9>staff as well. You can imagine. Well, it's so many

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<v Speaker 9>animals being so impacted. It's hard on all of us,

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<v Speaker 9>and it's important to remember that we were doing our

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<v Speaker 9>best to manage the situation as best we can, and

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<v Speaker 9>sometimes the outcomes aren't positive. But it's also good to

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<v Speaker 9>remember that for those animals we can get to in time,

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<v Speaker 9>we can provide treatment, we can help them with their symptoms,

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<v Speaker 9>we can sedate them, we can give them anti seizure medicines,

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<v Speaker 9>and for a lot of these animals, we're able to

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<v Speaker 9>rehabilitate them, get them back to help and get them

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<v Speaker 9>back out into the oceans.

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<v Speaker 2>What type of difficult decisions are your staff having to make,

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<v Speaker 2>because if you come across some of these animals and

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<v Speaker 2>you have so many in your care already, are you

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<v Speaker 2>having to make determinations on wish ones you can take

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<v Speaker 2>in and wish ones just have to be left behind.

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<v Speaker 9>Unfortunately, that's the case. We have so many animals that

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<v Speaker 9>are stranding on our local beaches that we have only

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<v Speaker 9>so many rescue trucks that we can go out to

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<v Speaker 9>pick up those animals and bring them back. But fortunately

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<v Speaker 9>we have a wonderfully dedicated group of volunteers that are

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<v Speaker 9>out on our local beaches. We call them the Piniped Patrol.

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<v Speaker 9>When we have an animal that strands, we're able to

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<v Speaker 9>call in those volunteers who can stay with the animal,

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<v Speaker 9>help engage the public, inform them of what's happening, keep

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<v Speaker 9>the animals safe, keep the public safe.

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<v Speaker 3>How does this end?

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<v Speaker 9>So these blooms tend to last in the past four

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<v Speaker 9>to eight weeks. Unfortunately, we're I think we're in a

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<v Speaker 9>new normal now. You know, it's not normal for us

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<v Speaker 9>to have blooms of this type four years in a row.

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<v Speaker 9>They usually were somewhere between three and seven years apart,

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<v Speaker 9>and the duration of these sort of unknown. Right now,

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<v Speaker 9>it's not abating, it's as concentrated as it has been,

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<v Speaker 9>and we're least five weeks in right now, so we're

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<v Speaker 9>hopeful that it follows the same path and we're able

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<v Speaker 9>to see an end to this in the next few weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>It's such a terrible situation to think of our beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>beaches being the scene of such tragedy. We're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>pregnant sea lions giving birth to stillborn pops and all

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<v Speaker 2>of these affected animals, whether they be sea lions, seabirds,

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<v Speaker 2>or dolphins. So I'm sure the community would express its

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<v Speaker 2>gratitude to you for the work that your organization is doing, Dave,

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<v Speaker 2>and we do thank you for taking some time out

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<v Speaker 2>of all of the work that you're doing to talk

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<v Speaker 2>to us about it.

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<v Speaker 9>Thank you, yeah, thank you. We deeply appreciate the community

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<v Speaker 9>that stepped up. We've seen so much wonderful support for us,

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<v Speaker 9>and I just want to say thank you to everybody

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<v Speaker 9>who's listening for the contributions that you've made.

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<v Speaker 2>In our next hour, the president's tariff policy has California

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<v Speaker 2>looking to chart its own path with the world, and

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<v Speaker 2>we're joined by US Senator Adam Schiff to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the new tariffs and Republican state Senator Tony Strickland on

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<v Speaker 2>GOP prior parities for the state budget. This is Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Monks's reports on kf I AM six forty KFI.

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<v Speaker 1>AM six forty on demand.

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