Speaker 1: As America celebrates two hundred and fifty years of independence
Speaker 1: this July fourth weekend, California politicians have decided to shun patriotism,
Speaker 1: banning flags and worse, holding Independence Day commemorations that marginalize Americans.
Speaker 1: Coming up, We've got two examples of just how low
Speaker 1: they've gone. This is not America, this is divisiveness. Somehow,
Speaker 1: fourth of July has become about the alphabet soup woke
Speaker 1: identity politics. I'm Carl Demio, chairman of Reformed California and
Speaker 1: a California State representative, and I hope you are having
Speaker 1: a marvelous weekend celebrating freedom and celebrating everything good about
Speaker 1: America this July fourth weekend. Unfortunately, many Californians, and particularly
Speaker 1: our liberal politicians, hate America, and they're showing that once
Speaker 1: again through the policies and activities that they're engaging in
Speaker 1: this weekend. I've got two examples, and both of them
Speaker 1: come from San Diego County, the county I represent in
Speaker 1: the California State Assembly. Let me tell you about San Diego.
Speaker 1: We used to be known as a very patriotic county.
Speaker 1: We've got many military bases and veterans who live in
Speaker 1: our county. You've got Camp Pendleton in the north to
Speaker 1: the naval stations in our Naval Bay. We absolutely are
Speaker 1: associated with the military and patriotism in San Diego County.
Speaker 1: But in San Diego County we are seeing an appalling
Speaker 1: attack on patriotism this July fourth weekend. One of the
Speaker 1: attacks comes in the form of the karens on A
Speaker 1: Homeowners Association in San Marcos, which is a city in
Speaker 1: San Diego County, and the other attack. Wait till I
Speaker 1: share with you the agenda for the July fourth Independence
Speaker 1: Day celebration that the County of San Diego is hosting.
Speaker 1: It's appalling. Let's first talk about this homeowners association. Everyone
Speaker 1: has problems with their HOA because the people who run
Speaker 1: for an HOA board. Again, I'm painting in a broad brush.
Speaker 1: I'm sure there are some HOA board members, and yes
Speaker 1: they are volunteers, and they, I'm sure or on some
Speaker 1: levels well intended and do good work. But some of
Speaker 1: the hoas are completely bat blank crazy, filled with leftists
Speaker 1: who want to tell everyone how to live their lives,
Speaker 1: what they can do with their property, and they take
Speaker 1: it to an extreme. That's exactly what's going on in
Speaker 1: San Marcos with a homeowner's association threatening residents who are
Speaker 1: simply flying the American flag. This weekend, Fox News HOA
Speaker 1: threatens American flag flying homeowners as they fight for old
Speaker 1: glory before the nation's two hundred and fiftieth birthday. And
Speaker 1: this is all happening at an HA called the Ambience
Speaker 1: Owners Association, that's the HA. They sent out letters to
Speaker 1: several residents threatening to find them for having a flag
Speaker 1: on their home. Now, here's a picture and where the
Speaker 1: flag is positioned. It is a flag that's on a
Speaker 1: pole extending above a garage in this person's home. And
Speaker 1: as I saw this photo and I did an interview
Speaker 1: with Fox News in the California Post on this matter,
Speaker 1: I said, I can tell you right now that flag
Speaker 1: is actually protected under state law. Under California state law,
Speaker 1: we passed a loss several years ago when this originally
Speaker 1: started coming up, saying hoa's are not allowed to restrict
Speaker 1: freedom of speech banners as long as they are not
Speaker 1: larger than a certain size. You can have size restrictions.
Speaker 1: And by the way, that flag is within the size limitation,
Speaker 1: so you can't have like a fifty foot banner on
Speaker 1: your property. But you can have a flag or a
Speaker 1: banner within a certain size limitation, and that one certainly
Speaker 1: fits the California state law. The second thing is the
Speaker 1: HOA could prohibit you from placing a flag or a
Speaker 1: banner or a political sign in common areas. Now, the
Speaker 1: HOA says that because someone can see the flag, it's
Speaker 1: a common area. BS, go get yourself a lawyer. HOA,
Speaker 1: you don't know what you're talking about. State law defines
Speaker 1: common areas as the common area owned and maintained by
Speaker 1: the HOA, and so that would be, for example, maybe
Speaker 1: a park or a slope that's maintained for the common
Speaker 1: enjoyment or common use. That flag is on the actual
Speaker 1: house of this couple that got this threatening letter with
Speaker 1: the threat of fines if they continue to fly their flag.
Speaker 1: So this HOA is completely not complying with state law.
Speaker 1: And so a meeting was held this week where the
Speaker 1: Homeowners Association said that they are being attacked with random,
Speaker 1: anonymous texts and they say that they're being docked, and
Speaker 1: they decided not to even discuss the flag issue this weekend.
Speaker 1: So this is hanging over the heads of these homeowners
Speaker 1: because the HIA is refusing to back down. Instead, they
Speaker 1: say we're going to look at this in sixty days. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: potentially these homeowners, if they want to celebrate the Fourth
Speaker 1: of July, are racking up fines because the HIA decided
Speaker 1: to punt on the issue. Here's another picture of the
Speaker 1: of the home. Again, this is the unit owned by
Speaker 1: this couple and the this is the flag extending from
Speaker 1: their individual unit. They have every right to do this.
Speaker 1: If there was a common area somewhere else in the development,
Speaker 1: then there may be an issue. There would be an issue.
Speaker 1: The ha could say you're not allowed to do that
Speaker 1: because everyone should be able to enjoy this seating area.
Speaker 1: But someone cannot jump on this person's home and say, well,
Speaker 1: this is a common area, I'm sitting here. No, that's
Speaker 1: their property, that's their structure, and this flag is affixed
Speaker 1: to the structure. So it's happening in San Diego County.
Speaker 1: But the hell's wrong with these HAA members. The second
Speaker 1: example I want to give you from San Diego again,
Speaker 1: patriotic county, lots of military bases, comes in the form
Speaker 1: of the County of San Diego government official Fourth of
Speaker 1: July program Bill Wells Mayor of Alcohol rightfully calls them out.
Speaker 1: Here is the agenda from three to five forty five
Speaker 1: there's a setup in soundcheck five to six o'clock media
Speaker 1: statements by the elected officials five to six guest of
Speaker 1: rival networking five forty five, Tribal intimate blessing, Welcoming to Land,
Speaker 1: six o'clock Welcoming and Land acknowledgement, Board of Supervisors six ten,
Speaker 1: Tribal invocation six twenty National and Black National Anthem six
Speaker 1: thirty five local tribal community stories seven o'clock, Latino community
Speaker 1: Stories seven twenty five Asian American, Hawaiian American Pacific Islander
Speaker 1: community Stories. Seven to fifty LGBTQYA, NBCCZBS community Stories, A
Speaker 1: twenty five Black and African community stories eight fifty closing remarks,
Speaker 1: at least they've got nine oh five fireworks. Notice anything
Speaker 1: missing there? Why don't know? Maybe an American story, maybe
Speaker 1: you know, patriotism discussions or testimonials. This is not America.
Speaker 1: This is divisiveness. Somehow, Fourth of July has become about
Speaker 1: the alphabet soup, woke, identity, politics, everything that divides us,
Speaker 1: rather than points out how we're different versus everything that
Speaker 1: should unite us, because while there's a lot of adjectives
Speaker 1: that could describe all of us demonstrating differences, the great
Speaker 1: unifying adjective is that we're all Americans. But that's what
Speaker 1: the Bord of Supervisors in Sandy Ago County neglects to
Speaker 1: focus on. This is appalling again. I'm not saying that
Speaker 1: these groups aren't important. I don't want to be disrespectful.
Speaker 1: I wish them well. But Fourth of July is not
Speaker 1: about the differences. It's about America, the unifying concepts, the
Speaker 1: concepts of freedom and patriotism. But not in San Diego anymore,
Speaker 1: not in our military county. Shame on the board of
Speaker 1: supervisors that was taken over by Democrats a few years ago.
Speaker 1: And this is a crap that were offered again. I
Speaker 1: guess I could celebrate the fact that we still get
Speaker 1: fireworks because liberals don't like fireworks. Climate change in all
Speaker 1: amidst carbon in the atmosphere. On this fourth of July,
Speaker 1: I encourage all of us in California to celebrate America,
Speaker 1: but to take back our state, take back every single
Speaker 1: one of our counties, take back our hoas from these
Speaker 1: insane liberals. It's time to have common sense, So go
Speaker 1: to the website Reform California dot org because that's the
Speaker 1: only fight in town. Not like we have a California
Speaker 1: Republican party that's actually doing any good work. We've got
Speaker 1: to do this on our own, and so I urge
Speaker 1: you this fourth of July, celebrate freedom, acknowledge our patriotism,
Speaker 1: value this great country, and commit to making sure that
Speaker 1: California gets back in line with celebrating our country as well.
Speaker 1: Go to Reform California dot org to join the fight.
Speaker 1: Until next time, I'm Carl Tomio, chairman of Reform California
Speaker 1: and a California state representative. Thanks for watching and I
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