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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 got another hour together if you missed our first hour.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about a lot, talked a little bit about

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<v Speaker 2>way Mo, We talked about immigration raids in Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 2>and San Diego, we talked about some pushback. Finally, at

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<v Speaker 2>La City Hall over Mare Bass declared homeless emergency and

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<v Speaker 2>whether it should still be extended. And you also have

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<v Speaker 2>to hear the cringiest chant you've ever heard at a

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<v Speaker 2>local rally in support of a public bank, as backed

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<v Speaker 2>by three members of the La City Council.

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<v Speaker 3>You can always.

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<v Speaker 2>Catch the entire two hours of Michael Monk's reports as

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<v Speaker 2>soon as the show is over. It'll be in the

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<v Speaker 2>iHeartRadio app or wherever else you get your podcast. Hope

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<v Speaker 2>you'll take a listen and share it. We also want

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<v Speaker 2>you to share your thoughts. This is a show for

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<v Speaker 2>you and it's a show for me, and we can

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<v Speaker 2>share this together. And we got a comment from Gail

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<v Speaker 2>about that proposal for a public bank.

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<v Speaker 4>Love your show, Michael, Thank you, Gail.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, Michael, So the city wants to form a bank.

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<v Speaker 5>They can't account for over twenty four billion dollars, but

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<v Speaker 5>they want the people of Los Angeles to entrust them

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<v Speaker 5>with their money. Again, Really, Michael, it is so effing umbilie.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the reactions are pretty predictable, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a city that has mismanaged its budget, has

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<v Speaker 2>found itself in a very serious financial crisis, and then

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<v Speaker 2>ask you to take some of these proposals. Seriously, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not saying you shouldn't. We have to learn more about this.

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<v Speaker 2>There may be some valid points here. It's just timing wise,

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<v Speaker 2>it seems a little odd because you know, we just

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<v Speaker 2>covered for the past several weeks how broke the city

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<v Speaker 2>is now and aw, the folks behind this say, look,

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<v Speaker 2>we won't find ourselves in these financial positions because we'll

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<v Speaker 2>have our own bank. But whether or not that's true

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<v Speaker 2>remains to be seen. We'll have to continue to follow.

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<v Speaker 2>These three council members have put fifteen thousand dollars each

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<v Speaker 2>from their own offices for a total of forty five

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars to fund a study. There's a group of

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<v Speaker 2>community activists who have created a group called Fire Rebuild,

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<v Speaker 2>and they have put out their own study of what

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<v Speaker 2>went down on January seventh and the days after that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll note that this is a group that is

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<v Speaker 2>highly critical of Governor Newsom, a group that is highly

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<v Speaker 2>critical of Mayor Bass. So keep that bias in mind,

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<v Speaker 2>although I know that bias is probably shared at this

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<v Speaker 2>point by a lot of you folks, but maybe not

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<v Speaker 2>so as a caveat, know that this is a group

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<v Speaker 2>that is not happy with those two elected leaders. But

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<v Speaker 2>they issued a report that they say was to critically

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<v Speaker 2>examine the weather conditions surrounding the January seventh Pacific Palisades

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<v Speaker 2>fire and to assess whether claims of unmanageable, unprecedented, or

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<v Speaker 2>climate change driven conditions are supported by factual data. So

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<v Speaker 2>they did a little research and they reached these conclusions

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<v Speaker 2>that they say contradict the official narrative that we've heard

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<v Speaker 2>from some of our elected officials. One, they say the

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<v Speaker 2>wind conditions during the peak spread of the fire were manageable,

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<v Speaker 2>They say, not unprecedented, that they remained well within manageable

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<v Speaker 2>limits based on historical data from forty eight weather stations

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<v Speaker 2>across the region. They say during critical period of potential

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<v Speaker 2>containment from ten thirty am to four pm. That was

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<v Speaker 2>about six hours five and a half hours when Cowfire

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<v Speaker 2>reported the fire expanding from ten to two hundred acres

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<v Speaker 2>Whether can conditions remained manageable. The highest sustained wind speed,

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<v Speaker 2>they say, was thirty five point seven miles per hour

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<v Speaker 2>in Malibu, about seven miles from the origin of the fire.

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<v Speaker 2>The highest gust reached forty four miles per hour in

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<v Speaker 2>the Santa Monica Mountains that's eleven miles away from the

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<v Speaker 2>fire origin. They say the hurricane force winds began. The

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<v Speaker 2>hurricane force winds begin at seventy four miles per hour,

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<v Speaker 2>but the recorded winds on January seventh were well below

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<v Speaker 2>this threshold. Do not support false claims that the fire

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<v Speaker 2>spread under hurricane strength conditions or that it was unmanageable

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<v Speaker 2>due to record breaking wind speeds. They also say the

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<v Speaker 2>winds did not reach historical extremes. They say across the

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<v Speaker 2>full day, the maximum sustained wind of forty point eight

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<v Speaker 2>high wind warning. Now keep in mind, if we go

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<v Speaker 2>back to January seventh, I would certainly hear at KFI

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<v Speaker 2>that day, and I know a lot of you were

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<v Speaker 2>glued to the news because we knew it was dry

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<v Speaker 2>and we had the Santa Ana winds and fire conditions

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<v Speaker 2>Rebuild and this new report they released, they say weather

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<v Speaker 2>conditions were predicted in advance. These winds were also forecasted

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<v Speaker 2>days in advance. They say between January three and January seven,

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<v Speaker 2>multiple agencies, including the National Weather Service, utilities City of Malibu,

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<v Speaker 2>issued early warnings about strong Santa Ana winds, extreme fire danger,

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<v Speaker 2>and pre emptive power shut offs. They say this reinforces

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<v Speaker 2>that the event was predictable and that emergency preparations had

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<v Speaker 2>already been initiated. This group Fire Rebuild, also takes aim

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<v Speaker 2>at the claims of drought conditions. They say drought conditions

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<v Speaker 2>were normal for the region. The preceding drought, while ongoing,

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<v Speaker 2>also followed well known southern California climate cycles. Two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and sixty six day dry spell before the fire was

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<v Speaker 2>neither record breaking nor anomalous, and similar patterns of heavy

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<v Speaker 2>rainfall followed by prolonged drought have occurred repeatedly in the

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<v Speaker 2>last decade. They say that it was a false claim

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<v Speaker 2>that vegetation growth from prior rainfall made this fire uniquely unmanageable. Lastly,

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<v Speaker 2>they reached the conclusion that the fire that started on

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<v Speaker 2>January seventh occurred under weather and climate conditions that were

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<v Speaker 2>not only historically common, but also widely forecasted and manageable.

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<v Speaker 2>Neither wind speeds nor drought conditions were extreme or record breaking,

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<v Speaker 2>and no evidence supports the notion that climate change conditions

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<v Speaker 2>were extreme or record breaking. Excuse me played or direct

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<v Speaker 2>role in this event. They say, instead, the only aspect

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<v Speaker 2>of this fire that can be considered truly unprecedented was

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<v Speaker 2>the failure to contain it, despite the availability of early warnings,

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<v Speaker 2>known fire behavior patterns, and decades of historical precedent. They

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<v Speaker 2>go on to say, misrepresenting the fire as a product

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<v Speaker 2>of uncontrollable or climate driven forces undermines the accountability of

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<v Speaker 2>fire management agencies and public safety planning, especially when the

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<v Speaker 2>data makes clear that this was a foreseeable and manageable emergency.

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<v Speaker 2>Your thoughts on that are welcome. Open up the iHeartRadio app,

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<v Speaker 2>of your comments in our last segment. Coming up, I've

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<v Speaker 2>got a guest coming up for you, who lives in

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<v Speaker 2>the Palisades is also angry with the government response, specifically

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<v Speaker 2>around debris removal. Now, we did hear some protests early

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<v Speaker 2>on in this process that folks living near the landfills

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<v Speaker 2>didn't want this debris moving through their neighborhoods and towards

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<v Speaker 2>those landfills. Our next guest, who you may know from

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<v Speaker 2>Undercover Billionaire, says there's a better way to do this,

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<v Speaker 2>but no one's listening to her, so she'll join us 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>K I AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI

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<v Speaker 2>News with you till nine o'clock tonight. The Army Corps

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<v Speaker 2>of Engineers has begun wrapping up its work removing debris

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<v Speaker 2>in Pacific Palisades, but that doesn't mean all the wildfire

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<v Speaker 2>debris is gone. Aline Colotti is a real estate developer,

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<v Speaker 2>a farmer, and you may recognize her from Undercover Billionaire.

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<v Speaker 2>She says she's got a solution to all this toxic

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<v Speaker 2>debris piled up. But she also says the clock is ticking.

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<v Speaker 3>And she joins us.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Eline Colotti, thanks so much for being with KFI today.

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<v Speaker 6>Hi, how are you, Michael. It's so good to Steeven.

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<v Speaker 6>Thanks for having me on.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's good to have you with us. You live

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<v Speaker 2>in the Palisades. Let's just start there. What was the

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<v Speaker 2>situation like for you?

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<v Speaker 6>You really want to start with that. Let's lead with

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<v Speaker 6>the Palisades. It's rough going over there. It's like living

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<v Speaker 6>in Gaza. It's pretty crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, what do you mean by that?

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I mean, I don't think people understand. It's a

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<v Speaker 6>complete wipeout of the community. There's no schools, there's no

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<v Speaker 6>grocery stores, there's no gas station. There's one gas station.

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<v Speaker 6>The banks are gone, there's one bank. All the community's gone.

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<v Speaker 6>There's I know, they're time about getting back to things.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, thank god for the high school. Those high

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<v Speaker 6>school kids are super into coming back, but there's nowhere

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<v Speaker 6>for them to live. So it's just insane. I can't

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<v Speaker 6>really quite describe it. Also, it's a bustling, busy community,

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<v Speaker 6>you know. I was just saying last night God, I

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<v Speaker 6>were really having dinner at Angelini, Like there's it's all gone.

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<v Speaker 6>So even what's left is gone because it's all closed.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been wondering this because as a reporter, I was

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<v Speaker 2>in the Palisades covering this disaster.

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<v Speaker 3>I've seen the aftermath of it. It is shocking.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't live there, though, I didn't really experience the

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<v Speaker 2>community the way someone like you did and your neighbors did,

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<v Speaker 2>or people who work there did, or even if you're

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<v Speaker 2>a commuter who passes through there on the regular. The

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<v Speaker 2>impact for me is obviously different, even though I can

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<v Speaker 2>kind of understand the devastation, but not intimately like you, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wondering this is a question that I've had for folks.

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<v Speaker 2>When anyone loses their house in a fire somewhere in

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<v Speaker 2>the city, a candle, cigarette, something causes a fire, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a terrible experience. I'm wondering what it must be like

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<v Speaker 2>for everyone to lose their homes in a fire like that.

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<v Speaker 2>How is it different than that individual situation that might

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<v Speaker 2>happen across town somewhere.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I think the most devastating thing for me, because

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<v Speaker 6>first of all, I've never seen anything like this and

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<v Speaker 6>I've seen a lot. I'm construction wise, I've seen huge,

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<v Speaker 6>big construction, but the community's gone, and when community's gone,

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<v Speaker 6>communication is gone, and so it's very difficult to sort

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<v Speaker 6>of circle the wagons and have conversations that are forward

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<v Speaker 6>facing and can get you to the next level. And

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<v Speaker 6>even the news media isn't hanging around the palisades anymore.

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<v Speaker 6>Like it was a big glam for a little bit,

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<v Speaker 6>but now it's like a little bit like Gaza and

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<v Speaker 6>a little bit like martial law. I can't how to explain.

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<v Speaker 6>Every entrance is blocked and it's either police. It was

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<v Speaker 6>army Corps and National guardment that's all kind of changed.

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<v Speaker 6>Now it's really police and they've also hired private security.

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<v Speaker 6>And it's uncomfortable. But if you don't have it, you

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<v Speaker 6>have help. Bridge and theft and it's people can't leave

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<v Speaker 6>their trucks there at night, Like there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 6>workers and there's tools and trucks and things like that.

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<v Speaker 6>It's not just the housing and people that are there

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<v Speaker 6>to help. They can't get in and out because the traffic.

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<v Speaker 6>So you know, I've also learned a lot about like

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<v Speaker 6>PCCh is really a bloodline to Malibu. You cut pch Off,

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<v Speaker 6>you kill Malibu, which we did, sixty percent of the

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<v Speaker 6>people out, like Nobu had to be let. I mean,

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<v Speaker 6>it's crazy what we did to Malibu. And while I

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<v Speaker 6>know they've reopened it, at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 6>like it's better when it's closed for progress because you

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<v Speaker 6>can move faster. So we've got a lot of adjustments

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<v Speaker 6>to do to get through this whole process and survive

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<v Speaker 6>with something.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to talk about the state of the economy

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<v Speaker 2>But first let's talk more about the Army Corps because

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<v Speaker 2>their deadline is here. They're pulling out. These are the

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<v Speaker 2>what are your concerns about the Army Corps taking off?

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<v Speaker 6>Well, the most important thing to remember about the Army

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<v Speaker 6>and they punch through it like an army would do.

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<v Speaker 6>It's one, two, three, four, we're gone. So as the

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<v Speaker 6>done with their optimse their work is complete, and they're

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<v Speaker 6>not like another contractor would they give you a change

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<v Speaker 6>order and just hang around and just keep milking the system.

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<v Speaker 6>There's a million places that the Army Corps engineers is

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<v Speaker 6>And when we're on our own, along with them leaving

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<v Speaker 2>When you say opt in, you're talking about the folks

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<v Speaker 2>who had the opportunity to say, yes, Army Corps, we

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<v Speaker 6>That is correct, That's exactly what often meant.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, And so how has it gone? Has it been smooth?

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<v Speaker 6>Well? The math is all over the place. I'm not

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<v Speaker 6>sure really, Like I've been told a lot of different

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<v Speaker 6>things by Army Corps and etc. And government officials and

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<v Speaker 6>official notes. So this is my best assessment. By the

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<v Speaker 6>end of March, they had forty eight hundred opt ins,

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<v Speaker 6>so they extended fifteen days, and during that fifteen days

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<v Speaker 6>they got additional opt ins. Maybe they got two thousand more,

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<v Speaker 6>but it wasn't ten thousand. And they have cleaned those

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<v Speaker 6>lots and those are single phase, you know, simple lots.

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<v Speaker 6>So those are lots that are small, flat, easy to

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<v Speaker 6>get in because the second lots were tasked to later.

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<v Speaker 6>So a lot is not always a lot is a

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<v Speaker 6>lot Okay? When they count lots, they're counting hillside, flat,

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<v Speaker 6>big and small. The majority of the lots of opted

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<v Speaker 6>in were the smaller lot us, the tiny lots. Remember

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<v Speaker 6>they only do the envelope, so there's all this other debris.

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<v Speaker 6>My opinion is they did an incredible job. They're an

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<v Speaker 6>amazing outfit. But we are about thirty percent cleared.

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<v Speaker 2>And of that leftover uncleared area. What does that mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Because even though you know I was there, our listeners,

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<v Speaker 2>people who watch TV news, they've seen the images, we

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<v Speaker 2>again to be up close to it. What does it

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<v Speaker 2>mean to have seventy percent not cleared?

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<v Speaker 6>That means we have a big problem. I mean, obviously,

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<v Speaker 6>if seventy percent is not cleared and Army Corps leaves.

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<v Speaker 6>Along with them leaving, their organization goes, their task management goes,

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<v Speaker 6>their mobilization goes. They're hauling route goes. They're hauling route

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<v Speaker 6>takes debris to certain dumps. It's attached to Army corps.

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<v Speaker 6>When you're in a business of picking up trash, you

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<v Speaker 6>to obtain a hauling route. It's usually done through a hearing,

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<v Speaker 6>and that hearing will designate which roads you go on

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<v Speaker 6>to what dump you're going to with the armcre leaving.

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<v Speaker 6>That also leaves. That's not to say that there isn't

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<v Speaker 6>incredible relationships with certain companies with certain jumps. That exists,

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<v Speaker 6>and some people will will have no problem, but independent contractors,

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<v Speaker 6>like eighty thousand of them will not have a place

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<v Speaker 2>And we already know that there are dumps that can

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<v Speaker 2>take some of this debris here locally, there are neighbors

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<v Speaker 2>of those landfills who are saying, please don't bring this here.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't want this. We feel for our neighbors in

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<v Speaker 2>the impacted fire zones, but please don't bring that garbage here.

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<v Speaker 3>We can't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got an idea, and it sounds kind of old school.

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<v Speaker 2>It's trains.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I mean, if you think if you think railroads

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<v Speaker 6>old school, I think railroad is the future of transportation

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<v Speaker 6>and supply chain. We just ignore it because it's a

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<v Speaker 6>lot of work, it's cumbersome. But here's the problem, Azusa, Calabasas,

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<v Speaker 6>film are all of the places where we're taking are

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<v Speaker 6>trash don't want it. They don't want it, and they

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<v Speaker 6>don't want it because they don't know how clean it is.

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<v Speaker 6>Certain environmental restrictions were waived by Caraenvass in order to

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<v Speaker 6>expedite the removal of this debris that was done on

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<v Speaker 6>behalf of the Army Corps engineers so that they could,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, they could get it out quicker. Great, I

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<v Speaker 6>understand that. But if it isn't clean, why are we

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<v Speaker 6>putting it in Calabasas. That's ridiculous. They say that these

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<v Speaker 6>lawsuits that have been filed will eclipse the cost of

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<v Speaker 6>removing the debris at a further distance away. So we

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<v Speaker 6>shouldn't be mincing words. We should just do this other

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<v Speaker 6>program without thinking about it, because what it will do

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<v Speaker 6>is it will minimize the damage that's done to these

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<v Speaker 6>other communities from our debris, and anything we can do

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<v Speaker 6>to mitigate that we should be doing.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to talk more about your plan involving trains

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<v Speaker 2>coming up.

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

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<v Speaker 2>A six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. This

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<v Speaker 2>We continue now with Elane Colate. She says she has

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<v Speaker 2>a better idea for how to get rid of all

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<v Speaker 2>that wildfire debris still piled up in the Palisades. Elaine,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks for sticking around. Before we went to break, we

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<v Speaker 2>were talking about trains and I like trains too, like

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<v Speaker 2>I take the Metro pretty frequently. Took at the Long

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<v Speaker 2>Beach Show last weekend, had a great time. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I live downtown, I'm on the on the train pretty frequently.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never been on a freight train, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's what you're talking about here. And when last we

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<v Speaker 2>left you, we were discussing the possibility of not using

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<v Speaker 2>the local landfills for the debris removal from the local

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<v Speaker 2>fire zones and possibly loading it on a train and

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<v Speaker 2>sending it out. Now we saw the reaction locally, Elaine,

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<v Speaker 2>what place on this planet would be willing to have

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<v Speaker 6>Oh well, come on, now, you know there's plenty of

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<v Speaker 6>people that will take it for money. It's just about

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<v Speaker 6>paying for it. The problem that we have, and we're

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<v Speaker 6>going to continue to have it in California, is that

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<v Speaker 6>it's kind of the you know, good old boys club.

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<v Speaker 6>The Democratic you know regime of California is a good

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<v Speaker 6>old boys club. They we we don't see it that way,

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<v Speaker 6>you know. We think they're here to help us, and

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<v Speaker 6>the reality is of the hill to help themselves. We've seen

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<v Speaker 6>so much, let's help ourselves from our government officials instead

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<v Speaker 6>of helping the real community. And a perfect example of

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<v Speaker 6>that is dumping debris and local landfilles. What are we doing?

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<v Speaker 6>There are plenty of landfills that we could take it to.

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<v Speaker 6>And one by the way that I found is six

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<v Speaker 6>hundred million cubic feet and it's not open. It's closed

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<v Speaker 6>and empty. That's not just enough for our landfill. That's

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<v Speaker 6>enough for the Tijuana River cloud clean up.

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<v Speaker 3>That's in California.

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<v Speaker 6>It is. It's over by Glamous and Imperial Valley, missis

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<v Speaker 6>ski area over there where where by the way, it

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<v Speaker 6>can handle this kind of debris. Moreover, it's rail served. Now,

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<v Speaker 6>once it gets rail served, it gets more complicated to

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<v Speaker 6>get in and out. You got to pay more. But

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<v Speaker 6>it's away from us, and we have a lay down yard.

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<v Speaker 6>Do you know what a lay down yard is?

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<v Speaker 3>No? No, I don't, Golotti, I don't.

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<v Speaker 6>We got to start using a lay down yard that's

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<v Speaker 6>rail served, because what we're doing then is we're touching

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<v Speaker 6>it less. We don't want to touch it so many times.

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<v Speaker 6>We don't want to take it off, put it up,

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<v Speaker 6>take it off, because that costs a lot of money.

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<v Speaker 6>We want the trucks to be able to go to

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<v Speaker 6>a laydown yard that goes to rail. And there's one

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<v Speaker 6>half miles from Maltadena. It's thirty four point eight miles

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<v Speaker 6>from the ground zero in Palisades Malibu, and it's all

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<v Speaker 6>highway and it gets them off the roads. It gets

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<v Speaker 6>us out of the infrastructure, it stops destroying things. It

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<v Speaker 6>allows us to do it faster. There's no reason not

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<v Speaker 6>to do it except getting the big guns at the

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<v Speaker 6>top to listen. And the reason they don't want to

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<v Speaker 6>listen is because they don't know what they are doing.

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<v Speaker 6>As long as they don't know what they are doing,

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<v Speaker 6>they don't even know the questions.

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<v Speaker 2>To ask my understanding is you are taking this to

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<v Speaker 2>the big guns at the top, including Governor Gavin Newsom.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have a relationship with him? Are you able

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<v Speaker 2>to get in front of him with this idea?

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<v Speaker 6>He has it in his email box and it was

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<v Speaker 6>given to him by somebody who has a very good

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<v Speaker 6>relationship with him, and he knows it's there. He has

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<v Speaker 6>to take the time to read it. And if he

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<v Speaker 6>explain it to him. I mean, it's clear that like

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<v Speaker 6>it's complicated. I get that, but it's doable. And just

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<v Speaker 6>because something's complicated, if you are the leader of the state,

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<v Speaker 6>it is your job to lead and that means you

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<v Speaker 6>delegate that thing to the right people and have it

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<v Speaker 6>explained to you like you're too It's okay if he

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<v Speaker 6>Kevin Newsom, I got this email in my email box.

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<v Speaker 6>This sounds great, but I don't understand it. Who do

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<v Speaker 6>I go to to talk to. Let's get this girl

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<v Speaker 6>in here, Let's get to the right people and let's

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<v Speaker 6>see if we can do this. That's what and you

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<v Speaker 6>should be doing it too, sweet, Like right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, what's the response from your neighbors, Elaine, about this

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<v Speaker 2>proposal that you have, because you spelled out it seems

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<v Speaker 2>to make sense. We'll get to why the government hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>acted on it momentarily. But have you been able to

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<v Speaker 2>sell it to your neighbors? Are they on board?

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, my neighbors. All the people that I know and

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<v Speaker 6>work with would will. Absolutely, they'll task it, They'll help

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<v Speaker 6>do it. The problem is is that it's a massive

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<v Speaker 6>undertaking if you don't have support from community leaders. Tracy

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<v Speaker 6>Parks is our council woman. She was good on homeless

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<v Speaker 6>in Venice. She shifted her energy to something she knows

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<v Speaker 6>good intentions, but construction and this kind of a disaster,

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<v Speaker 6>and she they're not doing that. Karen Bass. I can't

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<v Speaker 6>even get into Karen Karen Bass like the whole thing

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<v Speaker 6>in the jetway. I've said it like it's a leadership issue,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, it's not. She came late to the party.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't blame her for the fire it's like a

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<v Speaker 6>lot of people. I don't have any course in that race,

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<v Speaker 6>but what I am saying is right now, get surrounds

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<v Speaker 6>yourself by the right people. You know, call up the

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<v Speaker 6>right people. And when people are coming to you and saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 6>flag white lie, I can help you. Over here, here's

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<v Speaker 6>some refuge Go to them, Walk to them and ask them,

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<v Speaker 6>how can you help me? Ask the questions. That's what

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<v Speaker 6>they're not doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Eline Colati is a Palisades resident, a real estate developer,

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<v Speaker 2>a farmer, owner of Big Z Ranch, and you might

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<v Speaker 2>also know her from Undercover Billionaire, and she is our

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<v Speaker 2>guest right now on Michael Monks Reports here on KF

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<v Speaker 2>I do want to talk about Mayor Karen Bass, not

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<v Speaker 2>just the early days, but what's happening now with the mayor.

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<v Speaker 2>You are seeing more public comments from her social media

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<v Speaker 2>posts from her basically saying, look, we're moving well in

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<v Speaker 2>the Palisades recovery process. The permits are flowing, the construction

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<v Speaker 2>is happening. I can tell by the look on your

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<v Speaker 2>face you kind of dispute that characterization.

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<v Speaker 6>It's just sinsannity. First of all, she has no idea

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<v Speaker 6>what's ahead of us. She doesn't have any knowledge of

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<v Speaker 6>what's a hud. Are we going to get it all back?

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<v Speaker 2>But she's talking about the red tape, she's cutting the

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<v Speaker 2>red tape.

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<v Speaker 6>I have no idea. She doesn't have a clue. She

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<v Speaker 6>has no idea what it takes to rebuild a city, Like,

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<v Speaker 6>what does that take at the level that you're gonna

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<v Speaker 6>have to rebuild. She doesn't understand mobilization. She doesn't know

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<v Speaker 6>what a critical path schedule is. She doesn't know what

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<v Speaker 6>a schedule of values is. They don't know the difference

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<v Speaker 6>between repair and infrastructure and improve infrastructure. And on top

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<v Speaker 6>of all of that, let's put a sugar on the top,

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<v Speaker 6>little sugar cube on top. We don't have any money.

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<v Speaker 6>We have no money. So if you don't have any

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<v Speaker 6>money and you don't have any know how you know

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<v Speaker 6>what means? You have no power. You have no power.

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<v Speaker 6>She has the power of the bully pulpit. She can talk,

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<v Speaker 6>but it's all nonsense. They have no idea what they're

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<v Speaker 6>up against. They need people. The best guy really to

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<v Speaker 6>be there now would have been Rick Carriso. But Dad,

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<v Speaker 6>we have somebody who has no skill set for this,

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<v Speaker 6>and she needs to just step down and let somebody

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<v Speaker 6>else handle it. Give him the mayorial job for the cleanup.

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<v Speaker 6>Just go to him and say let's do it, or

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<v Speaker 6>give it to me, or give it to somebody who

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<v Speaker 6>knows how to do this. I know she kind of

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<v Speaker 6>went out and tried to hire that guy sober Up,

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<v Speaker 6>but that's not You got to hire somebody who really

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<v Speaker 6>understands how to delegate. This is a CEO job of

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<v Speaker 6>the biggest construction company in the world. She's like ron tutor.

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<v Speaker 6>She doesn't she doesn't understand what's in front of her.

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<v Speaker 2>Elaine Coulotti, real estate developer, farmer and undercover billionaire. Elaine,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks so much for talking to us today. We appreciate you.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Up next, the Eagletz had Big Bear finally take flight,

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<v Speaker 2>and we got more bad news for the Hollywood film

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<v Speaker 2>industry from right here in Hollywood.

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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>How that John Coblt never mince his words, does he? Crypt?

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<v Speaker 2>This is Michael Monks reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's finish things up on really what was a nice,

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful evening here in Los Angeles County, certainly around Burbank

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<v Speaker 2>a little warm. We're gonna see some cooler temperatures over

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<v Speaker 2>the next several days. But the National Weather Service in

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<v Speaker 2>LA has given us another update on those storms that

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<v Speaker 2>moved through Ventura and Santa Barbara County. They say it

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<v Speaker 2>was quite the lightning show today across Ventura in Santa

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<v Speaker 2>Barbara Counties. They show on their Twitter page their ex

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<v Speaker 2>account if you want to look them up. At NWS

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles, They've got an image from Google Earth showing

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<v Speaker 2>all of the lightning strikes. They say there were twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred cloud to ground strikes observed today in those

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<v Speaker 2>two counties. They say overall, very impressed day and that

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<v Speaker 2>the threat of showers and thunderstorms will continue overnight, so

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<v Speaker 2>stay safe, stay dry out there got a comment on

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<v Speaker 2>my Twitter, by the way, follow me on X Instagram

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<v Speaker 2>TikTok if you like Mike Monk's La at Mike monks

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<v Speaker 2>LA that's m I c nks LA. One comment on

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<v Speaker 2>X says Elaine, our previous guest, Elaine Colada, you talked

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<v Speaker 2>about the debris removal in the palisage. This person says Elaine,

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<v Speaker 2>comparing the Palisades to Gaza is mind blowing. But a

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<v Speaker 2>more favorable comment about Elaine has come from listener Denise.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, hell yeah, this woman is so impressive.

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<v Speaker 8>I love her.

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<v Speaker 7>Please put her in a position to run something, do something,

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<v Speaker 7>change something.

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<v Speaker 4>This is wow.

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<v Speaker 7>I love seeing a woman this smart, this possessed, this knowledgeable.

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<v Speaker 7>Let's go.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure Elaine will be delighted to hear that comment

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<v Speaker 2>from you, Denise. And and we've talked about a lot

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<v Speaker 2>over the past couple of hours, and our friend doctor

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<v Speaker 2>Ron in Huntington Beach is winging in on the public

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<v Speaker 2>bank proposed by three members of the Los Angeles City Council.

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<v Speaker 9>Hi, Mike, doctor Ron from Huneken Beach. This whole thing

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<v Speaker 9>about the city making its own bank, it reminds me

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<v Speaker 9>of a couple of years ago when we all realized

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<v Speaker 9>that the marijuana businesses couldn't use regular banks. I don't

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<v Speaker 9>know if that's still the situation, but here's a way

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<v Speaker 9>that the state and the city can watch out retaches

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<v Speaker 9>by depositing all of the marijuana business intel. Just the thought.

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<v Speaker 6>Have a great day.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for that, doctor Ron.

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<v Speaker 2>We do appreciate you listening and taking the time to participate. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>at the top of the show, you heard me talk

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<v Speaker 2>about Catalina Island. Last week, I solicited tips from a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of you on what I should do, how I

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<v Speaker 2>should get there, where to go once I'm there. And

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<v Speaker 2>that was because my family was visiting this week and

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<v Speaker 2>we were going to head over, and then we got

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<v Speaker 2>the Long Beach to look at the ferry and just

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<v Speaker 2>realize that the town was dead that day. I guess

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<v Speaker 2>everybody was worn out from a very busy Memorial Day

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<v Speaker 2>weekend and we kind of had all the coast along

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<v Speaker 2>Long Beach's you know, main entertainment area to ourselves and

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<v Speaker 2>decided that the hour long ferry ride there, another hour back,

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<v Speaker 2>an hour to and from on the metro to downtown.

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<v Speaker 3>It was just a lot and we didn't go.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm so sorry because you guys are so great,

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<v Speaker 2>But I have bookmarked all your comments. I really did

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<v Speaker 2>document everything. The spouse and I are going to head

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<v Speaker 2>over there at some point this summer because I'm excited

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<v Speaker 2>to see it. And we got a comment about something

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<v Speaker 2>else that we can do on Catalina Island.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, months, you do a good job.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>Listen, you were talking about Katleena Island. This is where

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<v Speaker 4>you go. I've been going there for years. You go

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<v Speaker 4>to Hamilton Cove. You'll get it's a condo, it's overlooking

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<v Speaker 4>the Orishen beautiful.

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<v Speaker 3>You'll get a.

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<v Speaker 4>Golf cart and a little expensive, but it's worth it

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<v Speaker 4>if you I spend a couple of nights there, so

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<v Speaker 4>check it out. Beware of stairs.

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<v Speaker 2>That sounds like a great tip, and we will certainly

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<v Speaker 2>beware of the stairs. Also at the top of the show,

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<v Speaker 2>we talked about Santa Monica residents upset with WAMO, the

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<v Speaker 2>driverless cars that you can see on Los Angeles streets

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<v Speaker 2>and other streets around the county, and they go to

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<v Speaker 2>rest at night at Santa Monica, and some folks there

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<v Speaker 2>are really upset the noise these cars make when they're

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<v Speaker 2>going into their bed. And played some information on there.

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<v Speaker 2>I made a little remark that I'm not that sympathetic

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<v Speaker 2>to Santa Monica because I live in downtown a lad.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd much rather hear whatever this noise is, which is grating.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a loud, disgusting noise, But I live downtown

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<v Speaker 2>and I hear these terrible screams from homeless people people

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<v Speaker 2>having mental health crises, and I suggested that my situation

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<v Speaker 2>was worse. I did get a comment on my Instagram

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<v Speaker 2>that says, you're wrong about Santa Monica. My friends live

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<v Speaker 2>in a building where they get poisoned daily and have

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<v Speaker 2>been getting sick daily for eight years. The city knows

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<v Speaker 2>everything and does nothing. Homeless people scream all night, and

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred people are trying to sue the city because

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<v Speaker 2>homeless people have physically assaulted them, destroyed their businesses, and

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<v Speaker 2>crime is destroying everything. All this while local leaders pose

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<v Speaker 2>for photographs knowing all the marine life that were decimated

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<v Speaker 2>by fire, debris and repulsive catastrophic pollution. Look at Harris

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<v Speaker 2>Silver or Santa Monica Coalition if you want the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend's eyes were burned by indoor chemical exposure and wildfires.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what a heart looks like, and gives the

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<v Speaker 2>heart emoji and says please send it out to Santa

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<v Speaker 2>Monica City Council. Our friend required two brain surgeries after

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<v Speaker 2>a homeless person hit them on the head. And that

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<v Speaker 2>is a very fair comment to my flippant remark earlier

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<v Speaker 2>in the show. The homeless crisis is all over the place,

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<v Speaker 2>and Santa Monica has certainly been devastated by what this

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<v Speaker 2>situation has caused.

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<v Speaker 3>There as well.

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<v Speaker 2>You heard in the newscast from Heather Brooker this breaking store.

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<v Speaker 2>Two police officers in Baldwin Park had been shot in

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<v Speaker 2>the forty two hundred block of Philhurst Avenue. That's according

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<v Speaker 2>to the La County Fire Department. One of those officers

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<v Speaker 2>was taken to a hospital by air, the other by

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<v Speaker 2>ground ambulance. Some video from k COW shows a large

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<v Speaker 2>law enforcement presence in the residential neighborhood. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>keep an eye on that and keep it tuned to KFI.

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<v Speaker 2>Heather Brooker will update you throughout the evening on that

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<v Speaker 2>developing story as well. Something I have talked to Heather

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<v Speaker 2>Brooker about multiple times, even on this program is her

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<v Speaker 2>Hollywood theme. You know, she just comes in here when

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<v Speaker 2>she's not busy making You know, you may recognize her

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<v Speaker 2>from TV's the Office.

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<v Speaker 3>I always love that you that you bring that up.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm obsessed with it because literally no one would recognize

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<v Speaker 8>me from the office.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, and I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 2>I like to tear this wound open, because actresses like

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<v Speaker 2>you dream of these opportunities, like you work your tail off.

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<v Speaker 2>You have all this talent, and Goodness knows you're talented,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you get a on the Office and you

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<v Speaker 2>got cut. But they loved you so much, because why

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't they. They brought you back for another episode.

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<v Speaker 8>Only two they cut you again, cut me again twice.

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<v Speaker 8>But here's my one redemption of this amazing experience that

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<v Speaker 8>I had on the Office. It's now airing on streaming

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<v Speaker 8>on Peacock, so you could watch both of my scenes

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<v Speaker 8>from both episodes of the Office. So I still am there.

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<v Speaker 8>It lived to tell another to see another day. And

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<v Speaker 8>I also still get residuals for it. Praise be Yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>that's great. I'm glad.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're the richest person in the office right now,

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<v Speaker 2>So well done for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, you do you get the blue envelopes or the

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<v Speaker 3>blue envelopes?

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<v Speaker 7>Is that?

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<v Speaker 4>No?

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<v Speaker 8>They just come on regular old white envelopes. Some of

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<v Speaker 8>the international ones come in pink envelopes.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh that's fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And you never really know how much is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be in those envelopes, right, It's always exciting. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>you're you're excited by what you see and sometimes maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a little.

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<v Speaker 3>Disappointed, mostly disappointed. It's seventy three cents.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, it's those episodes are so old, especially with

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<v Speaker 8>the Office, They're so old. But yeah, you're worrying, like

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<v Speaker 8>the five six bucks. You know, people think actors were

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<v Speaker 8>making millions. I mean I was not on Friends. I

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<v Speaker 8>was not a serious regular on Friends. Okay, I'm not

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<v Speaker 8>set for life, but I certainly you know, might see

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<v Speaker 8>at five bucks in the mail.

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<v Speaker 3>Every now and then, you know, sure, of course.

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<v Speaker 2>And look, Hollywood is not as lucrative as it used

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<v Speaker 2>to be for a lot of actors, mainly because the

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<v Speaker 2>landscape of how we consume television has changed. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>even necessarily watch it on a television. There aren't twenty

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<v Speaker 2>two episodes a season. There aren't lucrative syndication deals and

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<v Speaker 2>reruns playing all over the place where actors, even somebody

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<v Speaker 2>like like you who gets like a one off role

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<v Speaker 2>on an episode, will cash residual checks for a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>But the companies themselves and the production environment is also

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<v Speaker 2>decimated and struggling. Right now, there's another new report from

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<v Speaker 2>the Milken Institute Heather, and it basically says what we've

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<v Speaker 2>talked about before. We've heard it from the industry. We've

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<v Speaker 2>heard it from the politicians. It's too expensive to make

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<v Speaker 2>entertainment and the entertainment capital of the world.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, I mean I read this and I kind of

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<v Speaker 8>was like, duh uh, it's true. This is a story

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<v Speaker 8>we've been this is something we've been talking about for ages.

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<v Speaker 8>It's expensive to make movies here, so filmmakers are going elsewhere.

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<v Speaker 8>And I think the reason that this report, at least

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<v Speaker 8>what I got from it, is shining a light on

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<v Speaker 8>this is because we need to figure out this is

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<v Speaker 8>like an emergency situation for this industry, to figure out

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<v Speaker 8>how we can make it more affordable, how we can

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<v Speaker 8>make it more attractive to keep this industry here, keep

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<v Speaker 8>jobs here, and keep people wanting to film in California.

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<v Speaker 8>It's why we've got that proposed seven hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 8>million dollar tax credit that is in you know, in

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<v Speaker 8>the California legislature.

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<v Speaker 6>Right now, it's kind of on hold.

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<v Speaker 3>There.

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<v Speaker 8>Haven't really done much with it in the past couple

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<v Speaker 8>of weeks. I've been keeping an eye on it, and

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<v Speaker 8>it's just sitting in the committees. And it's why here locally,

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<v Speaker 8>Karen Bass just a few weeks ago came out and

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<v Speaker 8>said we need to cut fees that hasn't happened yet.

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<v Speaker 3>No, let's talk about those fees.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is this paper from the Milkin Institute

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<v Speaker 2>says LA's permit application for making film or TV three

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<v Speaker 2>seven hundred and twenty four dollars, while the fee in

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<v Speaker 2>New York City's one thousand dollars. In London it's five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and forty dollars. In Atlanta it's four hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's just so expensive to do anything. And

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<v Speaker 2>here you leave your house, seventy bucks falls out of

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<v Speaker 2>your pocket just for breathing the air. But to build

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<v Speaker 2>a house, to fill up your gas tank, and really

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<v Speaker 2>to make the thing that made Los Angeles an international

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<v Speaker 2>destination the Hollywood industry, it's too expensive to do that

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<v Speaker 2>as well. Listen, you're gonna need more walk on rolls

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<v Speaker 2>to buy us some dinner around here. I know, I

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<v Speaker 2>can tell you this, Heather, I understand why the two

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<v Speaker 2>eglits in Big Bear are ready to leave Southern California.

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<v Speaker 2>They are close to bailing out of their nest. We

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<v Speaker 2>learn today that these two eglits, what are their names?

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<v Speaker 2>It's a Sonny and Gizmo, the kids of Jackie and

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<v Speaker 2>Shadow there in Big Bear. They're girls, they're sisters, they're ladies,

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<v Speaker 2>and they have taken flight very minimally. They look like

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<v Speaker 2>they're sleeping right now.

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<v Speaker 8>They've been sleeping all day there it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they've been flapping and they're tired from it. I

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<v Speaker 2>understand completely. But keep an eye because their major first

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<v Speaker 2>flight is apparently nigh. It is nigh, So keep an

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<v Speaker 2>eye on their live cam if this is something that

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<v Speaker 2>you've been obsessed with, like so many across California and

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<v Speaker 2>the friends of Big Bear Valley dot org always keeps

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<v Speaker 2>a daily log so you can see what's been brought

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<v Speaker 2>in to eat and what Jackie and Shadow are up to,

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<v Speaker 2>and what these two little sisters are doing as they

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<v Speaker 2>prepare to take on the world. Well, we've had a

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<v Speaker 2>great time doing Michael Monks Reports with you today. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me thank Kenneth for this comment.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you, mister Monk's great job covering the real issues.

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<v Speaker 4>Love the show, Keep it up.

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