WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:05.080 California Democrat governor candidate Xavier Biserra wants to give you 2 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:10.839 free electricity. Ah, but there's a catch, isn't there always 3 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:13.640 Coming up? I'll tell you why. Xavier Bisera is a 4 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:17.359 big old hypocrite. He doubled your utility bills and now 5 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:20.800 wants you to feel as though he's giving you some relief. Well, 6 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:24.079 we've got the receipts on why he's actually responsible for 7 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:26.960 the high cost of living with your utility bills. Plus 8 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:30.719 Gavin Newso cow towing to the utility companies trying to 9 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:34.359 let him off the hook for wildland fire damage. All 10 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:46.399 that and more coming up. This is like Marie Antoinette 11 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:53.399 saying let them eat cake, basically mismanaging the country, mismanaging 12 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:56.439 the state, causing a problem, and then saying let them 13 00:00:56.479 --> 00:01:00.159 eat cake. I'm Carl DeMaio, Chairman of Reform California, a 14 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:03.640 California state representative, and let's talk about the cost of 15 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:07.159 your electricity bill, shall we. Oh, it's the summertime and 16 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:12.920 you are not You're not feeling good. Californians are getting 17 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:18.000 electricity rates that are double They're betting price gouged electricity 18 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:20.680 rates that are double the national average, and I've been 19 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:24.959 beating the drum on this issue for the past several years. 20 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:30.319 I posted this just a few weeks ago. California politicians 21 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:34.040 are imposing a costly usage fine on you for using 22 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.120 too much electricity during the heat wave. This is on 23 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.319 top of rates that are already two times the national average. 24 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:46.840 We've actually offered a plan to lower your utility costs, 25 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:49.040 and I'm going to talk about that plan. The Republicans 26 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:53.400 in Sacramento have offered that plan. But Xavier Bsera, running 27 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.840 for governor, knows that people are pissed about the cost 28 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.640 of their electricity. He knows it's the summertime, so it's 29 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:05.079 on people's minds. So he's out there basically schillin' for votes. 30 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:08.439 He's out there trying to divert attention from the fact 31 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:12.120 that he's caused your rates to be so high. He 32 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:15.960 wants you to see him as the problem solver, the savior, 33 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:19.439 when in fact he is the one that caused the problem. 34 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.240 Let me start out first with a little bit of 35 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:24.280 a primer, and it's not going to take long as 36 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:28.199 to why California's utility rates are two times the national average. 37 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:32.639 It is not because of the greedy utility companies. Oh, 38 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:35.639 let me get you really clear on the fact that 39 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:39.599 I do not like big corporations, and there are problems 40 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:43.960 with monopolies. But in California, you need to understand that 41 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:47.919 the utility rates that you're charged for gas and electricity 42 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:52.120 are actually not set by the utility company. They're set 43 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:56.479 by the politicians through a state agency called the Public 44 00:02:56.639 --> 00:03:01.400 Utilities Commission p CPUC, the California your Public Utilities Commission. 45 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:07.159 All of the members of the CPUC are left wing activists. 46 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:12.520 They're not utility advocates, They're not energy experts, these are 47 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:19.159 not consumer protection advocates. These are environmental left wing activists 48 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:23.280 who believe in climate change and the world's going to 49 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:25.039 end and what we need is the Green New Deal, 50 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:29.080 and you should not be using water or electricity, you 51 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:33.000 should be not having air conditioning. Some of them actually 52 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:35.360 have said that they believe that air conditioning is a 53 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:40.080 luxury that we can no longer afford. This is bat 54 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:46.520 blank crazy philosophy, ideological extremism. So the Democrats appoint these 55 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.199 guys and gals to this utility board. None of them 56 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:53.680 have any utility experience, and what they do is, along 57 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:58.080 with the politicians and Sacramento is they apply various mandates, 58 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:01.599 costly mandates to our bills. So when you think about 59 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:05.439 the cost of your utility bills being twice the national average, 60 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:12.199 much of it is hidden taxes from the state of California. 61 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:17.920 They're forcing charges onto your bill to pay for government programs. 62 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.600 It's not the cost of electricity, it's not the cost 63 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:24.319 of delivering electricity. It is the cost of a charge 64 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:27.040 from government so that they can take your money and 65 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.680 give it to someone else. They call them public purpose programs. 66 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:38.160 The public purpose programs take money from your bill by 67 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:42.560 increasing your kilawot hour charge for your electricity, and that 68 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.160 money goes into a government fund controlled by the politicians, 69 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:49.879 controlled by the CPUC commissioners, and then they then direct 70 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:53.120 that money to be given out to other people. Who 71 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:55.360 Do you know that on your utility bill you're paying 72 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:58.959 higher electricity rates so that someone down the street doesn't 73 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:03.639 have to pay their bill. Oh yeah, they say, when 74 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:05.519 people can't pay their bills, well, we're just gonna go 75 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:08.120 ahead and wipe that bill clean, and we're gonna have 76 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:10.240 the lady down the street who has more money, she's 77 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:12.759 gonna pay for that person. So a lot of people 78 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.560 know about this program, so they just don't pay their bills. 79 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:18.839 I'm sorry, I'm poor. I can't pay my bill because 80 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:22.800 the PUC says you can't turn off someone's electricity. We'll 81 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:25.240 just find a way to charge someone else to make 82 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.920 the utility whole. Make sure the utility is protected. But 83 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:30.920 of course you're not protected. The politicians get the money, 84 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.040 the utilities get the money. You get stuck with the bill, 85 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:37.639 and someone down the street decides to scam. Oh, I'm 86 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:40.560 not saying that people are not poor and sometimes down 87 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:42.360 on their luck and they can't afford the utility bill. 88 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:44.439 But the reason why they can't afford their utility bill 89 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.759 is because the politicians have doubled the rates. Don't sit 90 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.800 here and say, oh, I'm gonna double your rates, then 91 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:52.959 you're not gonna be able to aff your utility bills. 92 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:55.800 You know that was my problem. I cause that, But uh, 93 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:59.279 you should like me, you should thank me, because what 94 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:01.959 I'm gonna do is that I created the problem by 95 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:05.720 doubling your rates through all these insane taxes, mandates, and fees. 96 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:07.639 But I'm going to get someone else to pay for 97 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:09.600 the problem I created. And so that's why you should 98 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.920 thank me, and a lot of those voters do think. 99 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:14.519 These politicians, oh, thank you, thank you, thank you. You 100 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:16.360 doubled my rates, and then you went down to that 101 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:19.240 lady down the street and you price gouged her. That's 102 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:22.879 what's happening, in the most simple way to describe it. 103 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:27.720 A lot of these other mandates drive our utility costs 104 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:30.639 as well. For example, we don't allow the utility company 105 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:34.800 to buy the cheapest, most reliable energy. There's a war 106 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:37.560 on carbon in this state. And there used to be 107 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:40.639 a day when people said clean natural gas was a 108 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:44.519 good thing. Not anymore. The leftists say, get rid of 109 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.319 natural gas. It's carbon. We have to go to solar 110 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:53.800 and wind. Here's a news flash. Solar and wind won't 111 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:55.519 be able to power our homes in the middle of 112 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:58.839 the night or when the wind stops blowing. It's only 113 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:00.800 a fraction of our energy needs. And so we have 114 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:04.279 got to import, at a very high cost, on a 115 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:11.040 very bad environmental impact. We have to import carbon based 116 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:15.399 electricity from other states. About a third of our electricity 117 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:18.720 is imported from other states because we've shut down power plants. 118 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:22.439 The last nuclear power plant is being shut down in 119 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:28.959 a matter of several months, and so clean energy is 120 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:33.959 off the check table. All they seem to want are 121 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:38.040 wind and solar, which can't meet our needs, and so 122 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:41.920 we pay higher costs. We lose electricity as we transport 123 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.639 it across state lines, which is very wasteful. I used 124 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:47.720 to be taught as an environmentalist you should waste not, 125 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:51.560 want not not according to these left wing lunatics. And 126 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:55.279 all of the costs are then imposed on you. All 127 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:58.160 the utility companies and that are then hit with charges 128 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:01.000 and fees by local governments and states governments on any 129 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:02.920 project they work on. If they put up a utility 130 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:08.720 poll boom, We're seeing government policies go and shake them 131 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:11.199 down for as much money as possible. And they said, oh, 132 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:14.199 we have to pay for the impacts. Pay for the impacts. 133 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:16.360 You're not doing anything with the money, but going into 134 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:20.920 the general fund. Utility company trenches a road, the local 135 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:22.759 government will say, oh, we're going to pay you to 136 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.319 repave the entire road. So they charge the utility company 137 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.279 a bunch of money for repaving the entire road. And 138 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:32.080 here's a news slash. They don't repave the road. Surprise, surprise, 139 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:34.879 you get a crappy road. Your utility bill is higher, 140 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:38.200 and the utility company just shrugs its shoulders because, guess what, 141 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:42.879 they're ultimately not paying the price because they get a 142 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:48.399 guaranteed profit from the Public Utilities Commission. Because the politicians 143 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:50.279 went to the utility companies and said, look, we're going 144 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:53.320 to want to scam people get their money, and they 145 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.159 won't know it's us taking the money. What we're going 146 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:58.120 to do is we're going to impose all these mandates, 147 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.159 hidden fees. We're going to impose all these charges on 148 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:04.159 any projects that you work on as you're delivering electricity 149 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:08.039 to those homes. As long as you be quiet about it, 150 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:11.200 don't reveal that you're not the one charging these fees, 151 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:15.559 it's government will still guarantee you profit. That is how 152 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:19.720 the electricity rate case works in the state of California, 153 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:22.399 where the utility company adds up all of its costs, 154 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:25.240 many of which are driven by government bad government policies, 155 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:29.440 green new Deal, greedy news deal, and then they submit 156 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:33.840 that rate case to the politicians, who then rubber stamp 157 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:38.240 it and guarantee them a profit margin. When you look 158 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:42.000 at the profit margin of California utility companies, investor owned 159 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:45.440 utilities they're actually not out of line with what other 160 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:50.279 utilities earn, private investor owned utilities earn across the country. 161 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:53.759 And so what my jaw goes down to the ground 162 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:56.840 is they always like to go after boogeymen, and the 163 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:01.080 politicians that create a problem like to blame others when 164 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.639 it's fact, in fact, them creating the problems. They're the 165 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.919 bad actors, but they want to shift the blame to others. 166 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.720 So what they do is they grandstand and say these dirty, 167 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:14.240 greedy utility companies, they're awful, they're price gouging you. And 168 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:17.360 the utility companies are told keep your mouth shut, you 169 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:19.879 speak out, we're going to go after you even harder. 170 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:22.679 But as long as you allow us to make you 171 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.840 the boogeyman, we'll still give you a profit, even though 172 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:30.080 it's not as a margin, as a percentage more than 173 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:32.000 the rest of the country. We're still going to tell 174 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:36.200 the public that you're the greedy ones. Look, if we 175 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:39.200 want lower utility costs, we've got to slash the mandates, 176 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.480 slash the hidden taxes, and open up the market to 177 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.120 more competition. You need all of that stuff, all of 178 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:48.679 the above, but that's not what the politicians are doing. 179 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:51.360 That's not what the utility companies are going along with. 180 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:54.559 They're okay being the whipping boy being blamed as long 181 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:59.559 as they're guaranteed profit. And so we have twice the 182 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:03.399 rate for electricity cost in California. So into this picture. 183 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:04.960 I'm sorry I had to give you that primary, but 184 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:07.600 you need to know what's set up our utility costs. 185 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.279 And again this report from the Transparency Foundation, I really 186 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:13.039 encourage you to at least take a look at it. 187 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:15.200 It is lengthy, but it tells you what you need 188 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:19.440 to know. Study exposes four point five billion in hidden 189 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:25.320 state taxes, California utility bills, and climate change mandates. At 190 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.120 even more goes on to explain why we have double 191 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.559 the rates, which is basically summarized by what I just 192 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:38.200 told you. So Xavier Psara knows this, so incomes Besarah 193 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:39.879 to try to shift the blame. He says, I'm going 194 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:44.799 to give Californians free electricity during a quote power hour. 195 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:48.679 This is like Marie Antoinette saying let them eat cake. 196 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:55.840 Basically mismanaging the country, mismanaging the state, causing a problem, 197 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:59.320 and then saying let them eat cake. Remember, there was 198 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:02.600 no cake for people to eat, but Marie Antoinette, like 199 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:07.320 Xavier Besera, saying let them have free electricity. Now. His 200 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:11.519 proposal says that during the middle of the day, when 201 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:15.960 we have a surplus of energy, what we're going to 202 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:23.639 do is give low income families free electricity for two hours. 203 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:29.360 Besarah Here's politico announced on Tuesday an initiative he called 204 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:33.120 his power Hour that would give lower income families daily 205 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:36.559 two hours of free electricity to relieve pressure on the 206 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:42.120 power grid. Who's paying for the free electricity low income 207 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:48.240 favored families, You are, surprise, surprise, so you get to 208 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:50.879 pay higher rates in order for them to get free electricity. 209 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:53.720 Mind you, I think we should just cut the rates 210 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:57.000 for everybody so everyone benefits poor people and you as well. 211 00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:59.360 But no, that's not what they're proposing. They want to 212 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:02.120 keep the rates will high and then suck up to 213 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.480 certain voting groups so that those voting groups feel beholden 214 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:09.120 to them. Our sentist firefighter situation going on here. So 215 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:13.440 during two hours each day where there's excess electricity, and 216 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:17.000 this is typically during only a few portions of the 217 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:19.879 year when there's a lot of sun or a lot 218 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:24.399 of wind, So they're going to give them free electricity 219 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:26.960 if they're the lucky ones, and then they're going to say, 220 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:30.399 use all the electricity you can during these two free hours, 221 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:33.120 because that way you're not using electricity during the other 222 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.559 hours when what we have a deficit? So what does 223 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:39.240 this tell us? But Sarah is admitting that electricity costs 224 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:43.679 are too expensive and people can't afford them. And number two, 225 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:46.559 we do not have electricity during other parts of the 226 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:54.960 day to power our homes. Here it says in solar 227 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:57.840 energy hubs, when the midday sun is shining but energy 228 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:01.159 demand is relatively low, wholesale electriciy prices can dip into 229 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:04.399 the negative. That means power companies have so much excess 230 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:07.279 energy that they are willing to pay people to take 231 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.639 energy off their hands. Is the mainstream media reporting the 232 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.120 dysfunction in our energy policy in California. Of course not 233 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.279 because they're all in the tank for the Green New Deal, 234 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:19.720 But you need to know it is a real problem 235 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:25.600 that we've created such a dysfunctional, warped energy policy in 236 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:30.600 California that does not reflect market realities. Government has so 237 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:35.639 perverted our energy system in California that it's so bad 238 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:37.799 that not only do we pay double the rates but 239 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:39.879 we have too much energy at certain points during the 240 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.399 year where we can't even get it off our hands, 241 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:44.960 we can't even put it into battery storage. And then 242 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:48.480 during other parts, mostly most of the other times, we 243 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:50.399 don't have enough energy, so we're importing it from other 244 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:54.840 states at a much higher cost. Complete insanity. Here's an 245 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:57.200 idea for you. Why don't we produce the energy we 246 00:14:57.279 --> 00:15:00.799 need when we need it in our own state at 247 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:04.759 a lower cost. Oh, God forbid, we actually do that. 248 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:09.480 That's what a reasonable, rational, responsible government would provide for. 249 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:11.799 But that's not what we're doing in California. So he 250 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:14.639 takes a bad situation and instead of fixing the situation 251 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:18.600 as we've proposed and all of the above energy policy, 252 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.559 slashing the mandates, what he has done is said, I'm 253 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:23.720 going to keep the broken energy policy, but I'm telling 254 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:25.759 you I'm giving you free energy because i know you're anger, 255 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:28.720 you can't afford it, and I'm trying to manipulate when 256 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:32.360 you use your energy. You know, in third world countries, 257 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:34.879 in communist states, they just turn off the power. This 258 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:37.600 is one step before that. They're basically saying, ah, we're 259 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.879 going to give you free energy. We want you to 260 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:41.960 use it during this time. We're trying to manipulate your 261 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:47.000 behavior because our government can't actually meet your demand when 262 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:50.279 you would like to use energy. So that's his plan, 263 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:52.519 and he's going to get a lot of accolades for 264 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:54.759 this because the headline. Look at the headline, Zaber Basera 265 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:57.559 wants to give California it's free electricity for a power hour. 266 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:01.559 What could be better than that? Oh, let the meat cake. 267 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.600 But it is holistically irresponsible. It's a dysfunctional policy. On 268 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:13.159 top of a dysfunctional policy. Here's another scam going on, 269 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:17.279 Gavin Newsom sucking up to the utility companies. Newsom makes 270 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:20.960 last minute push to help California utilities facing wildfire bills. 271 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:27.360 In a nutshell, he says that your utility companies that 272 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:33.320 are found liable for fires when their utility polls, you know, 273 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:38.720 spark of fire. And again, let me just be clear, Yes, 274 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:42.960 utility companies have an element of responsibility on fires, but 275 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:46.679 the main bad actor is government not cleaning up the 276 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:52.360 wildland interface, the shrubs, the fuel load, the trees. We 277 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:57.639 need to thin the fuel load, the brush, the dead brush, 278 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:01.240 the dry brush. Government's not doing that. So you think 279 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:03.720 about this, Yes, there is a spark to a fire, 280 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:05.599 and sometimes it's from the utility company, and yes they 281 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:09.839 should be held responsible to a certain extent. But if 282 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:13.920 the brush is surrounding that utility pole and could have 283 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:17.799 been reduced, could have been managed so that we don't 284 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:20.240 have a catastrophic fire, why are you just blaming the 285 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:22.559 utility company and why are you forcing them just to 286 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:26.000 pay for the costs. Why not force government to clean 287 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.400 up its damn backyard. But of course not, we're not 288 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:31.519 going to allow that because the environmental has to say, oh, 289 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:34.599 we don't want to thin the forest. It's healthy, it's good. No, 290 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:39.119 then the damn forest reduced the risk of wile end 291 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:41.240 fire so that when a fire does occur from a 292 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.680 utility pole, you can at least put it out quicker. 293 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:48.200 But no, we're not doing that. Instead, there's been this 294 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:52.359 dysfunctional problem on top of a dysfunctional policy on fire, 295 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:57.200 where insurance companies are suing utility companies, and utility companies 296 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:00.440 are saying, we don't have the money to pay for this, 297 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.599 and we're gonna have to raise rates on our customers. 298 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:06.960 We don't want to do that, So governor, can you 299 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:13.640 just wipe away our liability, And here which boogeyman do 300 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:17.920 you choose? Do you choose the hedge fund supported insurance 301 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:22.920 companies or do you choose the investor owned utilities because 302 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:27.119 Democrat politicians have made boogeyman out of both of these industries. 303 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:30.200 So it's so interesting, you know, which boogieyman are you 304 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.559 going to defend? Gavenue so well, I guess he's decided 305 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:35.680 to choose the utility companies. But then, of course, as 306 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:38.119 he says, I'm going to wipe away their liability with 307 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:42.640 these last minute legislative bills that we need to limit 308 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:48.759 their employee, their CEO compensation. He's just saying that because 309 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:50.920 he's trying to suck up to them on one level, 310 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:52.960 and he wants the public to think that he's really hard, 311 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.240 hardcore on utility companies. Do you understand that this is 312 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:58.640 all theater. But at the end of the day, we 313 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:03.920 have a dysfunctional electricity policy, we have a dysfunctional wildland 314 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:08.200 fire policy. The politicians beat up on all these boogeymen, 315 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.880 when in fact it's the politicians that are the real 316 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:18.039 bad actors. Unfortunately, the liberal media in California falling for it, 317 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:22.559 glowing coverage for Xavier Pisarah wanting to give a free 318 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:28.599 electricity power hour to Californians. Kevin Newso holding those CEOs 319 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:31.799 of utility companies accountable for not having a high salary 320 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:37.160 but really secretly giving them a gift, oh because he 321 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:39.559 doesn't want to clean up the brush for wildland fire. 322 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:42.640 This is what's going on, but nobody wants to talk 323 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:47.000 about it, and no one in Sacramato wants to fix it. Well, 324 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:51.559 we want to fix it, California Republicans. Look in this election, 325 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:54.680 this is all complicated stuff. But my hope is that 326 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:57.599 it made sense to you, and we have to spread 327 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:00.200 the word that people when they hear about free electricity 328 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:02.599 or new some going up against the utility companies, that 329 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:05.960 they know the truth. 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