WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:04.200 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:07.960 Saturdays, it is time to on one. 3 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:12.199 The week's been hot. Time to ease my mind. 4 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:14.599 Turn on my radio. 5 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.839 Just inside. Tiffany Hobbs got. 6 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:26.000 Me feel fine. Yay Saturday, KFI AM s forty live 7 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:29.839 everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Tiffany Hobbs here with you. 8 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.000 It is Saturdays with Tiffany. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to the program. 9 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.560 The city, the city definitely has its moments right as 10 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:39.799 you look outside. 11 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:42.200 We had stormy weather this morning. 12 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:46.119 I woke up and went, what it's April, But April showers, right, 13 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:49.520 and then we do get our May flowers in the 14 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.640 sense of we do see the brighter side of things. 15 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.840 We can go from gray and gloomy to sunny and 16 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:58.280 beautiful like it was earlier today. 17 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:01.000 And you know, on behalf of everyone in Los Angeles. 18 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:03.240 You know what we have to say now, now that's rain, 19 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:05.640 what do we have to say? Yeah, we needed this, 20 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:08.079 we needed this, we needed this, we needed. 21 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.239 This, And I'm sure we'll hear that a few more 22 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:11.959 times before the end of the weekend. 23 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:12.319 Right. 24 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.760 It reminds me the rain and then the aftermath with 25 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:19.920 a beautiful sky that things can in fact get better, 26 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.159 and we're going to actually start today's show off. 27 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:24.400 We're going to start the show off. 28 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:28.200 With something that has gotten better for a whole lot 29 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:32.640 of kids in the Palisades area. We're talking about Palisades 30 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:36.319 High School. Specifically, they went back to school for the 31 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:42.439 first time since those January fires practically destroyed their campus, 32 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:46.560 and they didn't go back to Palisades original site. Of course, 33 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:50.239 we now know that that was practically decimated and again 34 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:53.719 the forecast for when it will be rebuilt is showing 35 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:58.439 a multi year project. But they were able, these students 36 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:02.760 to come back together at their new repurposed building, and 37 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:08.080 that building is the old Seers Building in downtown Santa Monica, 38 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:12.240 and this now ends their very first week back at 39 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.439 that building. And these kids have been through a hell 40 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:18.080 of a lot, a hell of a lot, but it's 41 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:21.360 good news after a tough start to the year. And 42 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:24.360 we have one of those students on tonight with us. 43 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:26.560 Her name is Jean Haney. 44 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:30.080 She's a senior and the daughter of my buddy Marvin, 45 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:33.159 and she is here. She's going to talk to us 46 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:37.439 about what Palisades students like herself have gone through and 47 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:41.639 what this first week back has been like, because can 48 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:45.000 you imagine she was a senior, she's a senior now 49 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:49.159 she's spent the last few months doing remote learning. And 50 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:52.000 then you think about these kids and what they've dealt 51 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.960 with the last five years since the COVID closures. These 52 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.159 are the students who had remote learning be a cornerstone 53 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.840 of their education of their entire school year from twenty 54 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:06.680 twenty to about twenty twenty two. 55 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:09.919 In all honesty, so this is a lot. This is a. 56 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:13.479 Lot, and they're getting a restart. We're going to talk 57 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.719 to Jeane just in a moment. 58 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:17.960 I think she is. She ready for US Raoul. She's 59 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:19.759 on Geen Hani. 60 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:24.879 Basketball player extraordinaire, senior at Palisades High School and all 61 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:26.479 around cool kid. 62 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:31.039 Welcome to KFI. 63 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.039 Thank you, thank you for having me. 64 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:33.560 You are so welcome. 65 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:36.159 The last time I saw you, and you might not 66 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:40.639 remember this, you were probably eleven or twelve, and I 67 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:43.360 got to see you then and I saw a bright student, 68 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.759 really really sweet young lady. And now you are a 69 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:51.560 senior embarking on the final push, the final stretch of 70 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:56.080 your senior year. Congrats on practically being finished with high school. 71 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:58.680 Gene, Thank you so much. 72 00:03:58.960 --> 00:03:59.639 You're welcome. 73 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:04.159 As we said, it's been an unprecedented year. It's a 74 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:06.800 term that we've used far too much in the last 75 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:10.159 five years. Unprecedented because these things keep happening that are 76 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:13.960 out of the norm. After dealing with those COVID closures 77 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.360 when you were in middle school, and now this tell 78 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:21.680 me about those first few days in January with the fire. 79 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:23.120 How did you find out? 80 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.199 Oh, so I found out about the fires. Actually, even 81 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:30.959 though we were on winter break. I was at school 82 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:35.319 when the fires started because we had basketball practice, and 83 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:38.120 I remember driving up to Med School and just seeing 84 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:41.439 this big cloud of smoggers humongous. I was in the 85 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:44.199 car with all of my teammates and we get out 86 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:46.120 the car and they're telling us, Oh, it's fine, like 87 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:48.079 you can just go to the gym. So we go 88 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.160 to the gym, and then like practice hadn't even started. 89 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.759 We were just putting on our basketwatches, and then they 90 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.839 tell us you have to evacuate the fires. They're getting 91 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:59.720 too close, and they're making sure everyone has rides and 92 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:01.279 making sure everyone is. 93 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:02.920 Out of the palace. Stage is crazy. 94 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:06.319 Wow, It definitely sounds chaotic, and there's been lots of 95 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:10.639 stories about what people experienced, but we haven't heard very 96 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:13.839 many stories from students like yourself. 97 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:15.839 And you're on the basketball team. 98 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.720 You got some skills, my friend, And how did this 99 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:22.160 affect your team with practices and games? 100 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:27.519 Well, our games were affected. We honestly couldn't have any 101 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.199 home games. So all the other schools we just played 102 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:35.040 at their gymnasiums and they were honestly really kind giving 103 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:38.759 us backpack school supplies. All the schools that we played 104 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:42.319 were very helpful, especially Fairfax and UNI. 105 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:43.920 They were all very kind letting us u. 106 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:49.199 Their gyms practices we had at Brentwood. Brentwood Basketball has 107 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:53.600 been so helpful, letting us practice their joint practices. 108 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.639 Whatever we needed. They were always there to help. 109 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.319 And our teammates we were just there for each other 110 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:02.079 emotionally and just there together. 111 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.000 It's just yeah, beautiful, beautiful. 112 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.839 And you guys spent months doing remote school, so when 113 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.839 you resumed after Christmas break winter break, you guys immediately 114 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:15.680 went online after kind of working out the kings and 115 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:18.199 figuring out how you were going to do it. When 116 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:21.040 did you hear of the possibility of starting at the 117 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:22.000 Sears building. 118 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:24.639 I heard about it. 119 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.199 Maybe it was after the first month of us being 120 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:32.079 online because they were looking for other locations anywhere we 121 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:35.399 could have school. I know there was talk about West 122 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:39.439 La College and getting trailers out there for our classrooms, 123 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:43.199 but I mean Indiana. Ultimately they decided on Sears just 124 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:44.759 because it was easier. 125 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:48.399 And do you think it actually has been easier since 126 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:51.319 you've been there? Has it been easy to navigate? Has 127 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:55.279 it been easy for you to find your classes kind 128 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:57.319 of reacclimate to the environment. 129 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:01.879 Honestly, yes, Like the first day of school, I had 130 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:04.959 all of my classes, and at. 131 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:08.000 First it was tough because they didn't really draw a 132 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:08.879 map or anything. 133 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.519 But with the help of ASB and like the security guards, 134 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:14.639 we were able to find all our classes. And it's 135 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:18.000 pretty easy to locate them. There's only four floors including 136 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:21.480 the basement, and it's just a circle, so all the 137 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.199 classoms are pretty close to each other. 138 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:25.600 And you got that nice small right there and the 139 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:28.639 third street promenade right so you guys can live and 140 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:30.160 head over there and have a good time. 141 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:30.480 Right. 142 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:35.480 Campus lunch off campus lunch is really amazing, so many options. 143 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:36.439 It's delicious. 144 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.519 Oh Gene, that makes me so happy to hear that 145 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:43.120 not only is your first week back a welcoming one, 146 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:46.920 but that it is giving you so much joy and optimism, 147 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.360 and you and all of your fellow students deserve that. 148 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:51.879 Thank you so much. 149 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:55.040 Thank you, Gene, and we wish you collectively from our 150 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.360 station and all of LA and Orange Coli and everyone 151 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:00.560 who's listening a wonderful scene your year. 152 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:02.839 Thank you so much. It means a lot. 153 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:04.480 You are so welcome, sweetie. 154 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:07.079 We've been talking to Gene Haney, she's a senior at 155 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.560 Palisades High School, and she just gave us a bit 156 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:12.680 of a rundown on how that first week back after 157 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:16.639 the fires actually went as they acclimated to the Seers 158 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:20.199 Building in downtown Santa Monica. When we come back, we're 159 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:23.800 going to talk more about how malls around Orange County 160 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:29.360 specifically are being repurposed to be used as apartments and 161 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:35.039 entertainment centers. So and speaking about these malls, these department buildings, 162 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:39.879 they can't just sit dormant forever, and now local city legislation, 163 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:43.440 local city leaders are using these buildings for housing and 164 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.919 other ways that can benefit the community. And we'll talk 165 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:48.720 about all of that on the other side of the 166 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.320 break it's KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the 167 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:53.399 iHeartRadio app. 168 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:54.679 Its Saturdays with Tiffany. 169 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:59.039 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 170 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:04.559 Six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Welcome back 171 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:07.360 to Saturdays with Tiffany and a beautiful Saturday it is. 172 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:09.639 We just talked to Gene Haney. 173 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:14.080 She's a senior at Palisades High School and as we 174 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:18.559 now know, Palisades doesn't have their home school operational because 175 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:21.200 of the fires, and they have since moved to that 176 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:25.799 Sears building in downtown Santa Monica near the Third Street promenade, 177 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:29.159 and they just finished their first week back. So we 178 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:33.080 heard from Jane about her experience as a senior, as 179 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:36.600 a basketball player, big star on campus that gene Haney 180 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:40.720 and how that experience has been and fortunately she said 181 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:43.600 it's been great. She even said they get to go 182 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:47.639 off campus for lunch. So some perks definitely being there 183 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:51.480 over at that Seers building. And in talking about malls, 184 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:57.159 malls around the country, department stores that stand alone promenades, 185 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:01.480 all of these places are struggling to keep to get 186 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:03.279 and to keep foot traffic. 187 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:04.879 The decline is. 188 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:07.919 Evident whenever you walk into a mall, I know when 189 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:11.200 I do, it feels like a relic of years past, 190 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:12.960 and yet I love it. 191 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:14.679 I love the nostalgia of malls. 192 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:18.399 I love the feel of malls, the size, the accessibility, 193 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.320 everything that goes along with malls. 194 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:21.200 I love. 195 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:25.440 But I am in the minority because malls are failing well. 196 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:30.159 Vacant malls around the country, and specifically in Orange County, 197 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:34.000 are being repurposed for housing and entertainment. 198 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:35.000 Let's hear more about that. 199 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:40.600 This morning, the sound of an excavator echo through what's 200 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:44.559 left of the Orange mall, specifically the former JC Penny. 201 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:47.399 The mall shut down a year ago. Now just two 202 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:51.120 structures remain, a crumbling shell of JC Penny and an 203 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:52.000 empty Sear's. 204 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:54.200 A lot of our residents have a lot of memories 205 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:56.519 that are wrapped up in this amazing property. 206 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:00.200 But unfortunately, with changes in the retail landscape, this has 207 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:01.320 become a blighted building. 208 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:04.000 Aaron Schols what the city says, what was once a 209 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:07.960 dying mall is now a site of transformation. The owner, 210 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:11.960 Integral Communities, plans to redevelop JAZ Penny into a mixed 211 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:12.559 use space. 212 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:14.759 Our plan is to bring residential here. 213 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:16.440 We're still working with the city. 214 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:21.559 It's a ways off twenty miles west. The Westminster Mall 215 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:25.360 is eerily quiet. Lights are on, but most stores are gone. 216 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:29.360 The city is also eyed. Redevelopment proposals from the mall's 217 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:30.679 owners are under review. 218 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:32.440 Motion carries five zero. 219 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:35.960 One proposal to add three thousand residential units just cleared 220 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:38.720 the Planning Commission and now heads to the City Council. 221 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:42.480 And it's not just here, dead and dying. Malls across 222 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:46.559 the country are being reimagined and everything from Chula Vista 223 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:50.240 to to Brea to Crenshaw, I mean and name a location, 224 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:54.360 you can find some redevelopment activity centered. 225 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:54.559 Around the mall. 226 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:58.559 But Scott wild A real Estate consultants, as malls aren't dying, 227 00:11:58.840 --> 00:11:59.600 they're evolving. 228 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:01.679 Still experiences that people get when they go to the 229 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:03.480 mall that you just can't replicate anywhere else. 230 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:05.200 It's a part of the landscape that I think is 231 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:06.159 going to be here. 232 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:09.200 But mixed use portions of that are the way of 233 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:09.960 the future. 234 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:11.039 And I think that's what you should. 235 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:13.720 Expect going forward. Nationwide, more than two hundred malls have 236 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:17.519 added housing on sites once home to department stores. That's 237 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:21.480 according to Georgia Tech professor Ellen Dunham Jones, who studies 238 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:22.600 small redevelopment. 239 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:25.960 All right, so in talking about malls, as you can hear, 240 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:28.120 we don't want to just let them late dormant. 241 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:28.799 We want to. 242 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:33.639 Repurpose them because they are huge swaths of land and 243 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:37.080 they have the resources, they have the infrastructure already built 244 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:40.799 in to be able to make them usable. I'm hoping 245 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:44.840 that that is something that can be repurposed more in 246 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:48.679 the future, especially with our homeless problem. Hello, no surprise 247 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:54.200 to anyone. And in speaking even more about our homeless problem, 248 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.639 remember that situation with the trees being chopped down in 249 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:03.080 downtown LA. A person going around with a chainsaw and 250 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:08.360 chopping down trees and really messing up the visual landscape 251 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:13.120 of downtown LA and the Westlake district. Well, he's been 252 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:17.519 caught and unfortunately he is a part of the homeless population. 253 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:21.559 Suspect now facing charges of felony vandalism. I witnessed user 254 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:24.200 port Leo Stalwarth is live in downtown LA where police 255 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:26.879 officials just released details on this arreth. 256 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:30.799 Well, my friend, detectives released everything except on motive. I 257 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:33.720 haven't covered a story this bizarre. I gotta be honest 258 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:35.519 with you, since old Yeller was a puff. Yeah, it's 259 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:38.559 been a minute, okay. And in terms of detectives, they 260 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:40.720 are searching for a motive, they don't have one. I 261 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:45.360 just mentioned that. Here's more. Detectives say multiple trees chopped 262 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.840 down since mid last week in downtown LA and it 263 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.519 was not part of some city cleanup or other project. 264 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:54.799 Police napping a suspect, forty five year old Samuel Groft, 265 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:57.759 who was arrested yesterday, which was Earth Day. 266 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:04.120 How ironic arrested on Earth Day? Right? The stories right themselves? 267 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:06.639 What is that? What is poetic justice is what it's called. 268 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:09.960 It is poetic justice in every sense of the word. 269 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:12.879 And you know, but it doesn't change the fact that 270 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:14.679 these trees are now gone. 271 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:15.039 You know. 272 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:18.000 Of course, we can celebrate that the person has been found, 273 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:22.799 and that's great, and I also worry about copycats because 274 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:25.600 we know that our city loves a copy cat. But 275 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:28.679 now what then goes in place of those trees that 276 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.480 are gone? And I know Mayor Bass has pledged, she's 277 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:35.399 pledged that trees will be those trees will all be replaced. 278 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:37.799 But it's kind of one of those things where you 279 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.960 go don't hold your breath, because who knows how long 280 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:43.919 that's going to take. But the optics are so important 281 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:48.480 that those trees probably will will be replaced quicker than say, 282 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:51.159 in other areas that aren't getting the same sort of coverage, 283 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:54.960 wouldn't you say, Andrew, Yeah, yeah, easy, easy yeah. When 284 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:58.320 we come back, we're going to talk more about city projects, 285 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.759 and this one does not have the same sort of 286 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:06.639 happy ending. Unfortunately. This one is in fact perpetrated or 287 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:10.360 orchestrate it by our city leadership under Mayor Bass, and 288 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:15.039 it has to do with Los Angeles unfortunately being victim 289 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:18.679 to these budget cuts that Mayor Bass described in the 290 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:21.600 press conference earlier this week, because we are in a 291 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:24.720 huge deficit in the City of Los Angeles, and in 292 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:29.120 this case, these budget cuts are going to affect many, many, many, 293 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:35.279 many departments, including Los Angeles Animal Services. So I'll tell 294 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:39.080 you what's actually going to happen, who is standing up 295 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:42.159 and trying to fight back, and what we can expect 296 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:45.720 unfortunately in the near future, if these proposed budget cuts 297 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:49.159 go through. All of that and more. On the other 298 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:51.840 side of the break, it's KFI AM six forty live 299 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:55.120 everywhere on the iHeartRadio app Saturdays with Tiffany here with 300 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:58.240 you until seven pm on this beautiful Saturday. 301 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.840 You're listening to KFI six forty on demand k if 302 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.480 I Am. 303 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:07.320 Six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app Saturdays with 304 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:11.840 Tiffany Okay Raoul Okay Raoul on the board with the music. 305 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:14.639 I feel like I'm in like a like at a festival, 306 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:17.639 but there's not nearly enough smoke in the air for 307 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.320 me to be able to, you know, fully enjoy this 308 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.399 sort of music. This comes with a drink and some 309 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:28.519 extracurricular activity, if you will. And if you do do that, 310 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:31.799 then I suggest you do that for our next story, 311 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:34.519 because you might need something to bring you down from 312 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:38.000 the anxiety this may cause if you are an animal 313 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:42.080 lover like myself. And a few weeks ago, about a 314 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:45.279 month ago in fact, we had Judy Mancuso of Social 315 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:50.159 Compassion and Legislation, remember her. She was on talking about 316 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:55.480 the legislation that her organization has enacted has created to 317 00:16:55.639 --> 00:17:01.240 respond to the fires, specifically in other disasters in terms 318 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:04.599 of being able to make sure that animals are searched 319 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:10.039 for during and after disasters with ample time, not just 320 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:13.640 to rush and move on to the next thing or 321 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:16.720 form of cleanup or recovery, but to make sure that 322 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:21.680 these animals on properties are able to be recovered. And 323 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:27.000 they have posted at nauseum social compassion and legislation about 324 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:32.079 this next story. This next story comes from Mayor Bass 325 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:36.640 and Mayor Basses saying that because the city of Los 326 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:42.440 Angeles is broke and beyond broke, we are boroke two 327 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:43.559 syllables boroke. 328 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:46.599 We will need to cut. 329 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:50.880 They will need to cut many different departments and many 330 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:56.839 different facets of different departments as well, including Los Angeles 331 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:58.599 Animal Services. 332 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:00.359 And what does that amount two? 333 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.720 Well, it amounts to the closure of lots and lots 334 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:06.079 of shelters and LA. 335 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:09.920 Mayor Karen Bass's proposed budget could hit LA Animal Services hard. 336 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:14.160 Tonight, animal advocates are speaking to Fox Lovin's Genus Silva. 337 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:18.359 These budget cuts are a knee jerk reaction. 338 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:21.400 This is not leadership. 339 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:27.559 Leadership finds ways to increase revenue. Animal advocates are pushing 340 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.519 back against proposed budget cuts from Mayor Karen Bass. 341 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:35.640 What is going on is disgusting and we need to 342 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.480 do something about this. 343 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:38.519 This we cannot let we cannot allow this to happen. 344 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:42.079 Susie Ross, a volunteer at a local animal shelter, and 345 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:45.920 Renee Rustin, founder of Starred Rescue Exam, are both alarmed 346 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.799 by this letter from the Interim General Manager of the 347 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:53.640 Department of Animal Services. The letter outlines the serious consequences 348 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:57.319 of the mayor's proposed budget cuts, including the closure of 349 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:02.359 three animal shelters, Harbor West Los Angeles and West Valley. 350 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:05.799 It also details that one third of the department's positions 351 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:10.359 fifty seven filled jobs and sixty five vacant ones, will 352 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.279 be eliminated. 353 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:16.240 This shelter system is so overburdened and to cut the 354 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:19.400 budget and fire staff members is. 355 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:28.000 Ludicrous, perfect absolutely and then some this is a terrible 356 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:32.519 consequence of not having any money. And it seems that 357 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:38.319 again our most vulnerable in our population will fall victim 358 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:42.359 to these sorts of cuts, in these sorts of quote 359 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:47.359 unquote helpful strategies, and who is it helping? Who is 360 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:51.160 it helping when it in fact is hurting or it 361 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:54.920 has the potential to hurt so many So, just to 362 00:19:55.079 --> 00:20:00.000 recap what you heard, LA Animal Services may be one 363 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:04.680 one of the departments hit the absolute hardest, hit the 364 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:10.759 absolute hardest, and three shelters. At least three shelters would 365 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:15.720 be closed. That would result in an uptick in animals 366 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:19.079 being put to sleep. There's just not the manpower, just 367 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:24.240 not the staffing ability to be able to maintain something 368 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:27.039 like this at this size. And if all of this 369 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:31.119 does in fact go down, there will be money saved, yes, 370 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:35.920 but at what cost? And they're looking at about sixteen 371 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:41.960 hundred layoffs in total to mitigate the one billion dollar 372 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:46.000 budget deficit one billion dollars? 373 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:49.720 How are we paying for the Olympics? Can someone tell 374 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.519 me if. 375 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:53.079 We are in the hole one billion dollars And that's 376 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:56.480 a conservative estimate, because if it's one billion they're telling 377 00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:59.200 us it's probably two billion really on the books. And 378 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:02.200 then some how are we able to then pay for 379 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:05.240 the Olympics and all of these things that are supposed 380 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:09.000 to welcome thousands and thousands and thousands of people in 381 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:13.839 tourism over the next few years. I don't know Laasla 382 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:19.279 Animal Services would see a nearly five million dollar cut. 383 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:23.799 Have you been to an animal shelter lately? They seem 384 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:26.720 like they're already dealing with the cuts. And that's the 385 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:30.200 that's just their status quo, that's their baseline. They are 386 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:36.079 often understaffed, there are long lines, long wait times, Facilities 387 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:39.920 aren't always the most modernized or updated. Resources aren't the 388 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:43.200 most plentiful. And if you've visited any sort of La 389 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:47.319 Animal Services shelter, God bless them. They're doing the best 390 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:50.519 they can with what they have. But it already seems 391 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.680 like they don't have a lot. 392 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:53.000 So to cut. 393 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:57.480 Even more than to close fully these shelters would be 394 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:02.359 absolutely devastated. And that is also according to City Controller 395 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:06.559 Kenneth Mehea, who says that this is something that should 396 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:13.880 not happen. What shelters would close, the Harbor Shelter, West 397 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:21.680 LA and West Valley Shelters, Harbor, West LA and West 398 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.519 Valley Shelters would close. 399 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.039 In total. 400 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:28.079 That means that sixty two employees would be laid off. 401 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:30.720