WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.240 Today I want to draw your attention to some resources 2 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:08.560 that are often overlooked for businesses in La City and 3 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:12.839 La County. It is not easy to have a business 4 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:16.280 here as you as you hear with just the whole 5 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:21.160 struggle with the destination aka procrastination Grinshaw. It is not 6 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.640 easy with the economy the way it is to have 7 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:29.559 a business anywhere. But there are some resources that are 8 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:32.719 meant to make it a little easier, and sometimes we 9 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:38.159 overlook them. The County of Los Angeles has something called 10 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:43.039 the Department of Economic Opportunity. Sounds vague and broad, but 11 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:48.719 in fact it has some specific and very targeted kinds 12 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:53.119 of help for you, the small business owner. They will 13 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:57.119 help you get your small business certification and register you 14 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.719 with the county, which can help you do business with 15 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:06.079 the County of Los Angeles, a vast organization is bigger 16 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.760 than many nations. And when you think, well, my business 17 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:12.400 is too small, I can't contract with the county. That 18 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:14.239 may not be because a lot of times you can 19 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:17.760 work under a larger business as a subcontractor, or it 20 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:22.799 might be a small contract. This is true for food service, 21 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.239 for anything from you know, being a publicist or a 22 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:31.920 communications specialist to laying down cement so they can help 23 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:34.840 you get certified. They can help you find those contracts, 24 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:39.480 and they have special webinars. They have workshops and trainings 25 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:42.920 to help you get your business on track and get 26 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:48.040 your paperwork ducks in a row. They also have VIP 27 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:53.359 access to networking events and some discounts for small businesses. 28 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:59.319 You can go to Opportunity dot LA County dot gov. 29 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:05.159 That's Opportunity dot Lacounty dot gov. The giant, massive apparatus 30 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.960 that is Los Angeles County has an Office of Small Business. 31 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.319 I would wager that most small businesses have no idea 32 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:15.840 that that even exists. You can get your first one 33 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:20.199 on one business counseling session free in person or even 34 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:24.199 on the phone. They have an Entrepreneur Center in East LA. 35 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:29.000 Or they have a virtual small Business concierge. If you're 36 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.879 not great online, you can call the Office of Small 37 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:38.800 Business at eight four four four three two forty nine 38 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:44.439 hundred eight four four four three two forty nine hundred. 39 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:50.759 That's the county. These are services and resources that we 40 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:54.080 and I'm talking about small business as I'm talking about BIPOP, 41 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:57.479 but I'm also talking specifically about black owned businesses. Many 42 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:01.080 times we just don't take advantage of them. We don't 43 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:04.560 even know they are there. Now, that's the county. The 44 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:11.199 City of La also has its own business office, and 45 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:16.599 there's something called the Business Navigator. Go to business dot 46 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:22.120 Lacity dot gov and they will help you apply for 47 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:27.520 your business tax registration, certificate, your business license. They can 48 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.919 also put you in touch with city contracts. Keep in 49 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.240 mind that you probably live in both or work or 50 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:37.680 have your business in the city and the County of 51 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:42.840 La permits. They also can help if you need guidance 52 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:49.319 around different things like different city business resources, disability compliance, 53 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:52.560 what department you have to go to to do what 54 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:57.759 all of this is. At business dot Lacity dot gov. 55 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:01.439 Business dot Lacity dot gov. They can even tell you 56 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:05.240 how to open a business if you've yet to do that. 57 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:09.240 They have a concierge service. If you have questions about 58 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:12.719 what your next steps are, you can register your business. 59 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.800 They also have a Restaurant and Small Business Express program 60 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.079 that will help you if you are a restaurant that 61 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:23.319 is not a big chain, to streamline your process, your permits, 62 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:26.360 your inspections, and all of these things. So I want 63 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:31.720 to draw your attention to these places because sometimes as 64 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:34.240 small business owners, and I am one of those, we 65 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:36.759 get overwhelmed. It just seems like too much to keep 66 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:40.680 up with all the paperwork and certifications and everything that 67 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:45.199 we need. And there is some help whether you're managing 68 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:48.120 an existing business or starting a business. You can go 69 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:54.000 to business dot Lacity dot gov. And lastly, I want 70 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:59.040 to invite you if you're interested, I am going to 71 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:06.240 be MCing an event for tech Lamert their Creative Creative 72 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:10.680 Pathways Social. Now. This is a program that is teamed 73 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:17.160 up small businesses with tech experts and creators, the young 74 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:20.720 people who are interning with these businesses to help them 75 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:25.519 get their technology piece together because many times with the 76 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:30.319 small businesses, we might not even have that aspect of 77 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:34.120 our business together at all. That is taking place Friday 78 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:38.199 the twenty first, this coming Friday. It will be from 79 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:43.439 noon to two downtown LA And if you want to go, 80 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:47.639 you can find the link. You can find the invitation 81 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:54.959 at event right. It's TEC Creative Pathways Social TEC tech 82 00:05:55.040 --> 00:06:00.600 Lamert is always TEC and it would be just a 83 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:04.759 great opportunity to network for your small business. I will 84 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:09.000 be there, I will see you there. This is a 85 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:12.600 vision Lab the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, Tech 86 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.920 Lamurd and the Brotherhood Crusade, And you can go to 87 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:21.360 Creative Pathways La dot event, Bright dot com. Creative Pathways 88 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:25.040 la dot event, Bright dot com. Come do a little 89 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:29.439 bit of networking, an opportunity for your business to possibly 90 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:35.319 get connected with yet another path to more business success 91 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:41.720 and more thriving. So that's my take on wealth building Wednesday. 92 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.639 For today. Hope you'll tap into some of these resources 93 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:50.040 and opportunities because we want you to thrive. Phone lines 94 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.519 are open now eight hundred nine to fifteen eighty, eight 95 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:56.879 hundred nine to oh fifteen eighty. Let's talk national, international 96 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:00.839 politics and whatever's going on right around where you be at. 97 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:05.120 I'm Dominique. The premium for KBLA Talk fifteen eighty. Conversation continues. 98 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:07.959 You are invited in eight hundred nine to oh fifteen 99 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:12.759 eighty eight hundred nine two oh fifteen eighty. So if 100 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:16.600 you have something to say about the conversation that Paul 101 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:21.199 Lee and Attorney Japerson Lynn put in motion about the 102 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.399 black and brown question, you can call. If you got 103 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:26.519 something else on your mind, you can call. I feel 104 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:30.079 like this is something that I've talked about ad nauseam 105 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:33.920 because it's not a static thing. It changes over time, 106 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:36.759 as Jya points out right, So I come from the 107 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:42.360 San Francisco Bay area, where the collaboration and I'll say 108 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:47.680 allyship is much stronger than here in the Bay in LA. 109 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.120 When I first came to LA, I took a lot 110 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:53.519 of heat from people because I just assumed that black 111 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:57.160 and Latino people were allies. That's how it is in 112 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:01.360 the Bay. It's not even a question here. It was 113 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.360 much more of a question. And I didn't realize that 114 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:07.120 had a lot to do with a gang situation, what 115 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:11.360 happens inside the prison system. And so while I do 116 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:15.279 agree with Jaia that we cannot ignore where we are now, 117 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:19.720 we cannot ignore where we are now with you know, 118 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:23.959 the fluctuation and maybe worsening, I mean maybe, to be fair, 119 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:27.639 maybe it is worsening. I think it's worsening because of 120 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:31.160 the immigration debate and way the way the Republican Party 121 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:38.399 has positioned black people, and then people like tariqu Nashid 122 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:43.679 who have created a broader division between any you know, 123 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:49.480 anyone American so called American, and anyone US American and 124 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:53.240 anyone else, whether it be between African Americans and Africans, 125 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:59.440 Black Americans and Africans or Caribbeans or people from Latin Americas. 126 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:04.320 So they're is that and Paul I don't know if 127 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.080 he couldn't stay or the call drop, but if you 128 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:07.720 want to finish your point, you're welcome to do. 129 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:07.960 So. 130 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.120 The thing is that these these I think it kind 131 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:15.960 of goes in cycles from what I've observed, because when 132 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.279 I first came here, there was a lot of tension. 133 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:22.679 We had what was going on, you know, the the 134 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.639 problems in Hawaiian gardens and parts of la where Latino 135 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:29.279 gangs were making it clear that black folks weren't welcome 136 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:32.399 in those areas. And then we have had and we 137 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:35.840 had some strong mandates coming out of the prison system. 138 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:41.440 But yet throughout this time there's been lots of friendships 139 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:45.039 and alliances. I point out when I talked about Via 140 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.919 Ragosa and when I talked about Tom Bradley, that's just 141 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.159 one small part of the story. The California State Assembly, 142 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:55.480 we would hand off from black to Latino, to Black 143 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:59.080 to Latino, Speaker of the House, Leader of the state 144 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:05.720 Apparatus for Generations, right. That started with Willie Brown handing 145 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.080 off to Antonio Villa Ragosa. You know who handed off 146 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:12.120 I believe to herb Wesson who you know, and and 147 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.799 and and it went like that. So I think that 148 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.679 is uh, that is a parallel tract. Look at an 149 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:25.159 organization like the Community Coalition where they have won major, 150 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:30.200 major victories for black and Latino students who go to 151 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:35.840 the same schools. Public schools I'm talking about like the 152 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:39.039 you know, the A through G, the the advanced placement 153 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:44.159 requirements that were not available in South LA schools. The 154 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:47.559 only reasons those became available is because black and Latino 155 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:53.480 parents and students banded together and challenged the school board, 156 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:57.960 challenged the state, and we had reallocations of funds and 157 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:01.200 now those are available. So it's a parallel tract. On 158 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.639 the one hand, you've had this division in fighting and 159 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:06.960 on the other hand you've had a lot of cooperation 160 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:10.440 and allyship that has led to some real victories. If 161 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:14.120 black people don't vote for Antonio Viegosa, he never becomes mayor, 162 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:17.519 period full stop. If Latinos don't vote for Karen Bass, 163 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:23.600 there's no there is no mayor Bass. That is those 164 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:26.679 are just facts. So I think the division is real. 165 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:28.759 To Jaya's point, and I do think we have to 166 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:32.200 be aware of it. But also the unity is real, 167 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:33.840 and I think we have to guard it and build 168 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:39.960 it and foster it because that's the thing. And to 169 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:48.519 pretend that isn't there doesn't benefit us either. I know, yeah, 170 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:51.279 I know, we did redistricting. But what I'm talking and 171 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:53.440 Paula is in the YouTube chat, but what I'm talking 172 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:58.840 about is what Nuri Martinez, Gil Sadillo, Kevin de Leone. 173 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:01.799 Those are the council members that were conspiring. And then 174 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.759 you had the head of the La County Federation of 175 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:10.559 labor ron Aerera. What they were talking about was moving 176 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:15.759 the boundaries so that assets like USC would be moved 177 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:18.600 out of those districts, and that plan that they were 178 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.200 discussing did not happen. Spook says there is no black 179 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:27.720 Brown coalition and that's just demonstrably not true. Look at 180 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:30.960 the voting numbers. Look who voted for Barack Obama. Look 181 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:34.039 who voted for Tom Bradley. Look who voted for Karen Bass. 182 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:40.600 Look who voted for every black or Latino mayor in 183 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:45.559 the City of Los Angeles. That coalition is there, It's functioning. 184 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.120 You might not like it, and I'm not saying it's 185 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.279 the answer to everything or the end all be all. 186 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:52.919 But it is there and it is real, and it 187 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:59.639 benefits both communities tremendously. Is their competition, yes, is their animosity, 188 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:03.799 of course, especially when you talk about new waves of 189 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:07.120 folks coming into this country that have been propagandized by 190 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:12.159 the Hollywood anti black machine, and they come into this country, 191 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:16.919 whether they're White, Latino, even other black people from other 192 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:24.000 black countries, they come into this country with stereotypes about 193 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:28.840 black people, with disparaging information about American black people in 194 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:32.519 their brains, even British black people. We've talked about that 195 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:37.720 on this show, right the David o'loyewo controversy where he 196 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:40.480 kind of was saying that, you know, if you mix 197 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:46.200 a British accent with slave and you know slow, you 198 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:48.919 get the Black American accent. We know, But where do 199 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:52.840 those attitudes come from. They come from the Hollywood anti 200 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:57.600 black image machine. And I do think, yes, black people 201 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:59.720 should look out for our own communities. But to say 202 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:04.000 there's no coalition is demonstrably false. It's just not true. 203 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:08.000 Maybe it fits your narrative of what Tarik Nashid says, 204 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:11.360 or maybe it fits you know, a bad experience that 205 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:14.720 you've had, and there are plenty to be had. We 206 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:18.840 do have examples of Latinos keeping black people off job sites, 207 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:22.080 and we do have examples of black folks, you know, 208 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:27.960 jacking up immigrant you know, vendors. We have those examples. 209 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:31.480 But to say that there's no coalition is just wrong. 210 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:36.720 And Fahima is correct. Latinos were protesting in twenty twenty 211 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:41.960 and continue to protest that Black Lives matter. Black Lives 212 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.000 Matter is still a black led and run organization. But boom, 213 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:47.799 you want to see, you see coalition. You can see 214 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:53.720 it right there. So you know, I'm I feel like 215 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:57.679 this idea that we have to say, oh no, you 216 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:00.519 know that there is no coalition or as is saying 217 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:03.799 in the chat, that we are on code and only 218 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:10.519 looking out for ourselves. You know. Okay, if that's your perspective, 219 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:14.120 live your reality. That's not my That's not what I 220 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:19.960 observe as a resident of South Los Angeles for the 221 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:25.159 past sheesh thirty years, That's not my experience. I have 222 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:28.399 seen the haterism, I have seen anti blackness, I have 223 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:32.279 seen anti immigrant sentiment, and of course anti blackness is 224 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:38.879 the king of white supremacists, talking points, attitudes, actions. So 225 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:41.679 I'm clear on that. I mean, you look at the 226 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:44.600 hate crime data. It's always black people that are under attack. 227 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:47.399 I'm clear on that more than anyone else, no matter 228 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:50.840 what the headline says. You know, if this cycle we're 229 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:53.519 talking about anti Asian hate, it doesn't mean there is 230 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:56.120 no such thing as anti Asian hate. But we understand 231 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:59.559 that Black people remain the primary targets. If this news 232 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:03.120 cycle it's anti semitism because of you know, the media 233 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.600 spin around Gaza, we understand that anti Semitism is real, 234 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:10.919 but we also know that black people remain the primary 235 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:14.840 targets of hate in this country. That is not in dispute. 236 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:19.080 I'm not delusional, but to say there's no coalition is 237 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.159 delusional because the facts, the data of the reality on 238 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.000 the ground do not support that viewpoint. Let's go to 239 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:28.720 a mean calling us from LA. 240 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:34.600 Yeah, good morning, good morning. W e yes, sir, yeah, 241 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.279 can you hear me? 242 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:35.759 I do? 243 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:39.399 Okay, good good. I'm not gonna act like I have 244 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:41.960 the answer, but I want you to explain its faith 245 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.360 to me. You know, I have a real estate a broker, 246 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:52.080 but if our people don't have jobs, how can they buy. 247 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.559 How and how can I you know, how can I 248 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.080 make living? 249 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:57.759 You know? And this is my question to. 250 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:04.039 You passed by all these constructions, like these people are 251 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:07.960 building these apartments all over, commercial buildings all over. 252 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:14.000 And sometimes I just hope and pray when I drive up, 253 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.400 I can see and. 254 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:18.839 That's been American working. Yeah, we have a hard had 255 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.200 on it, a big Please. 256 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:25.279 Can you explain to me what is happening in this 257 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:29.839 housing situation where almost look like for me, ninety nine 258 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:35.000 percent of the people working all these buildings these other. 259 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:40.559 Are Latino and I want your answers explain it to me. 260 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.960 Well, I mean this has been this is one of 261 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:45.359 the areas that I'm talking about where you have a 262 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:47.559 lot of nepotism. You know, you've got folks who are 263 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:51.799 on jobs. They help their families, their relatives, their neighbors 264 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:54.920 get those jobs. That's part of what's happening. We have 265 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:57.960 been Historically Black people have been shut out of the 266 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:01.359 building trades. There are apprentice ship programs, there is the 267 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:05.319 LA Black Worker Center, there are initiatives to try to 268 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:08.359 counteract that. In fact, speaking of Mark Ridley Thomas, who 269 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:14.000 I also still stand by Paul and current price you know. 270 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:18.359 That's part of what they were doing was these agreements 271 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.200 with the builders to force them to hire local. They 272 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:27.160 call them local hire initiatives or project labor agreements. But 273 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:29.720 they can't say you have to hire black people. Thank you, 274 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:32.799 Ward Connolly. You cannot have affirmative action in the state 275 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:36.119 of California. But what you can do is you can 276 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:39.319 say you have to hire people that live within this region. 277 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:42.559 Those are some of the remedies, but this is one 278 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:44.720 of the areas that has been a huge problem. I 279 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:47.079 don't know, you know what there is to explain other 280 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:49.519 than have you been to the LA Black Workers Center 281 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:51.599 to try to join with them to make sure that 282 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:54.720 we are getting those jobs. Have you gone to an 283 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:59.440 apprenticeship program that some of these building trades have, like 284 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:03.240 ib W Local eleven has one that are are are 285 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:07.960 you know organizations black led organizations like Second Call have 286 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:12.680 pathways into Have you referred young people into them? I 287 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:17.200 feel like we black people have to do better with 288 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:20.200 the word of mouth, with getting our people in uh 289 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:23.559 and with you know, advocating for our people and making 290 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:25.559 sure our politicians do the same. 291 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.759 Oh okay, as just a little spin off, then well, 292 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:34.559 if if you're explaining something to me right now as 293 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:39.480 a solution. All right, shouldn't that be our our goal? 294 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:47.559 Our job to uh spread the word on how to 295 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.680 solve these problems. 296 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:50.319 I can't tell you what your job is, but if 297 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:52.119 I think if we wait for someone else to solve 298 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:55.240 black people problems, we're going to be waiting for all eternity. 299 00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:59.920 We've got news, traffic and sports then more on KP 300 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:02.839 Talk fifteen eighty. Yes, indeed, eight hundred and nine two 301 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:05.240 fifteen eighty is the number to call if you want 302 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:09.759 to join the conversation. I'm always happy to see you 303 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:13.000 and hear from you. Also, you know you can jump 304 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:15.680 in on the YouTube chat, which a lot of people 305 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:21.200 are doing right now. Fahima says black people are losing opportunities. 306 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:24.519 This administration is dismantling. That is more of a threat 307 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:30.240 to jobs than someone else has. I'm not quite sure 308 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.519 why she puts it that way, but I know what 309 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:34.440 she's talking about. She's talking about hundreds of thousands of 310 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:38.200 black people, black women especially, who have lost their jobs, 311 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:44.359 our jobs because of this administration specifically. And I do 312 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:47.000 think it's interesting that Tarik now she doesn't have any 313 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:50.480 smoke for them, but he's got plenty of smoke for immigrants. 314 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:55.480 I also would say, Paul, to your point about redistricting, 315 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:58.839 redistricting happens every time there is a census. So we 316 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:01.799 will have another redistrict in twenty thirty and we will 317 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:04.279 redraw the lines of the city council. I thought they 318 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:07.519 were gonna get redrawn because of the Charter Commission was 319 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:11.880 meant to create more council districts, but that appears to 320 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:16.200 be going nowhere. We also got someone in this chat 321 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:20.400 who's doing exactly what they do online talking about the 322 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:23.200 La Jazz festivals saying the problem was it was R 323 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:26.599 and B and that there was not one jazz person 324 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:29.759 on the lineup, which is totally bs and not at 325 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:32.440 all true. And I don't know where you're getting your information. 326 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:37.279 It is true. We had Charlie Wilson, we had Parliament Funkadelic, 327 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:41.519 we had others on the lineup that were not strictly jazz, 328 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:44.279 like almost every jazz festival in the world does, by 329 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:46.799 the way, but there was lots of jazz, and I 330 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:50.680 clearly you don't know what you're talking about. Kenyon Dixon 331 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:53.839 is not jazz. Chief a Jua's not jazz p. Descoveto 332 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:57.599 is not jazz. Michelle Coltrane is not jazz, Like, what 333 00:21:57.799 --> 00:22:00.359 are you even talking about? I hate it when people 334 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:04.119 do that. K Keon Harold is not jazz. Jason Marsalis 335 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:07.680 is not jazz. What are you talking about? There was 336 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:12.039 lots of jazz on here. And so that's the kind 337 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:14.680 of thing I'm talking about. People go on the internet 338 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:17.119 and they either repeat what they heard or they just 339 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:19.720 make some stuff up and then they run with the 340 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:25.200 talking point with no actual information. Yes, John Legend was there, 341 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:29.000 Rafael sa Dik, Janelle Money, Charlie Wilson, Parliament, Funkadelic, And 342 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:32.519 that is what a lot of jazz festivals do. They 343 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:37.119 get jazz influenced R and B headliners and they have 344 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:41.000 lots of other jazz artists, and that is exactly what 345 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:47.519 was happening here. Tis Martin is not jazz. What what? What? 346 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:50.799 What world are you living in? I think that that's 347 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:55.680 the kind of stuff that is very unhelpful. And you know, 348 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:59.400 and and I don't know if we're going to start 349 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:04.880 segregating jazz festivals no R and B, Well, no, where 350 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:08.680 are we driving the line? No soft jazz, only hard, 351 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:14.240 straight ahead jazz. No avant garde jazz, you know, like, Okay, No, 352 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:18.000 that wasn't the problem. Clearly. If you missed it, you 353 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:20.519 can find yesterday's show on YouTube, or you can find 354 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:23.000 it wherever you get your podcasts, as with all of 355 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:25.759 our shows. Let's go to Fred calling us from LA 356 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:27.039 Good morning, Fred. 357 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:32.240 Hello Dominique. Yeah, three things you got the ninth District wrong. 358 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:35.640 It may be mostly quote unquote Latino, but most of 359 00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:37.880 them can't vote because of the illegal immigrants. 360 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:40.720 Number two, Fred, before you go on to your next 361 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:43.400 talking point, where are you getting your data from? 362 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:47.599 I live in Los Angeles all in my life. 363 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:49.519 So every Latino that you see in the ninth you 364 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:51.640 say are you a citizen? And you make them show 365 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:55.640 you their papers. I want to know the source. No, No, 366 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:59.359 you don't get to just say stuff like what where's 367 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:01.599 the Where are you getting this information? 368 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:05.480 I'm my own source. A lot of the people in 369 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:09.240 the ninth District are illegal immigrants and they're not legally 370 00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:12.519 not allowed to vote. Now all of them are you. 371 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:17.079 Know what, Fred? That is just factually untrue. Okay, what's 372 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.799 your next point? 373 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:21.200 Okay? I thought it was awful. Allowsy to tell this? 374 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:24.039 Smiley didn't give you credit for getting the traffic straighten 375 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:26.640 out on Crenshaw and the parking straight Now it was 376 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:29.440 the traffic engineer that did it, and you should have 377 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.160 got the credit. 378 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:34.480 Well, I mean to be fair, the owner of this 379 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:39.039 radio station has led the charge on the you know, 380 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:43.839 the destination crunchaw or as he calls it, procrastination Crenshaw. 381 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:47.599 I got all right, the last one. Solve homelessness. You 382 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:51.000 can't solve homelessness unless you're willing to address the problem. 383 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.519 So many of the people in their twenties and thirties, 384 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:55.839 they don't want to work, they don't want to pay. 385 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:58.880 You got free loaders. You yourself said you need a 386 00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:01.880 thirty five hour thirty five dollars an hour job to 387 00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:03.160 get an apartment. 388 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:05.960 They don't, right, or two jobs. But look, let me 389 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:08.880 ask you again, where what's your source? Like? Where are 390 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:13.279 you getting these ideas that most of the homeless people 391 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:18.240 are young and lazy, because, according to a really great 392 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:21.480 recent article in the La Times, in fact, the opposite 393 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:24.920 is true. The largest portion of people that we see 394 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:29.720 on house right now are people older Americans who can 395 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:33.640 no longer work enough to pay their rent. 396 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:37.079 Now, that may be true, coming from the top side, 397 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:39.519 but from the bottom side, it was the young people. 398 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:39.759 You know. 399 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:42.400 I went, I went down the Crenshall the other day. 400 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:44.519 I have to go that way. I lived. All of 401 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:46.359