Nithya Raman's Past Controversial Comments (02/12)
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But it's still with something that she had presented and wanted and could have greatly affected, especially those of us who lived in Venice. No, no, I know. But, I mean, I just say that. I didn't remember it. That she was connected with Mike Bonnan from day one. I think she should tell everybody what they need to know. But that it was so whacked out. Even the rest of the whacked out council didn't go for it. Yeah, this was early on when they were bringing these progressive policies and folks weren't paying as close attention because it wasn't happening in their backyard. And I have to say the one thing that I kept saying, you know this as a journalist, if we don't pay close attention to this and report on it, the only thing that's going to happen is they're going to continue to present these policies and do more to what we've seen destroy the city. And that's exactly what is happening. She voted against relocating homeless encampets away from schools, which is really so shocking, so overwhelmingly awful. I mean, encampments in front of schools, and she said, no, we shouldn't move them. Why does she think the way she does?
Well, I don't know why she thinks the way she does, but when she was voting on that, I was going to schools in her districts talking to parents about how concerned they were when these encampments were talking about kids who were experiencing PTSD, by the way. They thought they were seeing monsters. They can't process or weren't processing what was happening when people are running around screaming in front of them and like real life situations that impact the families who would go to school there. I remember there was a bad encampment in front of an elementary school in Los Felas where they had tents right in front leading up to the entrance. You know, they were blocking the sidewalks. And there were gang members selling guns and drugs to the homeless people out of the tents. And not only that, I actually door knocked in that area, and a lot of the community members were afraid to talk to me because of retaliation. They felt trapped. They didn't know where to go. They would continue to reach out to Nipia Rahman's office with no success, as we know. But they were rightfully fearful of... Speaking to the press, they didn't want their names in the media, but also they wanted something to happen about the situation. It was a very dangerous situation. Retaliation from who? The homeless people? Yes, yes. So they were afraid to speak on camera. They were afraid to complain publicly about what was going on because they thought the homeless people were going to come after them. Yes. And then they would reach out to Nitya's office, the accountant woman's office, with no success. She, blatantly ignored. She's notorious for not responding to anybody who complains about anything. Yeah, including the media. And the constituents. I mean, you could write an email. You could go to her office. You can call her up, text her. It doesn't matter. You get no response. Well, even when she would show up on a Zoom meeting, it was drop in, drop out. That was also a big complaint that it felt dismissive they would say to me when she would go to a meeting. What is her background? Harvard, MIT grad.
She's like Bonin. They both have Harvard degrees. Actually, like a lot of these DSA, they have a very high level expensive degrees. Yeah. And the DSA, Democratic Socialists of America. She's one of four council members belonging to this. And this is separate from the Democrats. This is its own organization with its own manifesto and set of proposals. Is it not? It is. And we should be clear that they denounce the Democrats. They don't believe in being a Democrat. They are a democratic society. So far left socialist is what they identify with. But she has a really nice house I saw. She does have a nice house. It's like a $2 million house. And do you remember her last election she ran against Ethan Weaver who lived in a studio rent controlled apartment? It was interesting to see the dynamics because she does have an expensive degree, an expensive house, wears expensive clothes. And her candidate was, you know, lived in a studio apartment, works for the city, city attorney, but still you could just see the difference of the two candidates. I don't know how you can say you're of the people and be with the people, but live one lifestyle and do something else. You had a story recently. Actually, it just came out, well, it came out today, right? Or at least was reprinted today. On this activist group called S-A-J-E. Strategic Actions for Just Economy, and a committee chaired by Nithya Raman is going to pay this group $6.5 million. They're described as a radical activist group. What is this SAGE organization about? Why did they get $6.5 million? run for a tenant rights group, which they do do some of that work. But a majority, if you go on their Instagram of public publishing, what they do is anti-Olympics, anti-police. They also donate to LA Forward. And if you do your homework on LA Forward, LA Forward is the arm that supports a lot of these DSA members financially. to get them into office. So there's a connection there with them as well too. What's interesting about this contract, this $6.6 million contract is that it's a type of contract where they don't have to hand in receipts. So it's really hard to follow a paper trail. Yes, I know, right? This is our tax money. And the city's broke. And the fire department's half funded. The police department's two-thirds funded. And she's got $6 million for this lefty activist group that doesn't have to show what they're spending the money on.
Yes. You just summed it up. Really? This was part of a $177 million package, I want to say, to multiple organizations receive these grants. But Sage is the one that we just, well, we're picking now, but we're continuing down this trail, following up with all of these groups and all of the money to see how. How and where it's being spent? We've got four months until the primary election, and I want to have you back on. Thank you for taking some time with us to tell us about Nithya Raman Roman. All right, Jamie Page. I listen to your podcast every morning because I don't always get it at three. That's all right. 24 hours a day. That's what it's there for. All right, thanks. Jamie Page from California Post. Summer is here, which means we all want to look and feel our best. A GLP 1 may be right. right for you. Visit orderly meds.com to learn more about which gLP1 you could be eligible for. Getting started is fast, easy, and happens virtually through telemedicine from licensed professionals. Check it out for yourself. Go to orderly meds.com slash podcast. That's orderly meds.com slash podcast. Taking care of yourself feels great. Compat of medications are not FDA-approved eligibility required and determined by a licensed provider. Individual results may vary. See website for details. This is Tony A.O. from The Real Report with Tony A.O. and Uncle Murder. You ever notice how everything keeps going up, rents going up, streaming services are going up? Even your favorite burrito spot suddenly thinks salsa should cost extra. But with Boost Mobile, you and your phone bill don't have to play the Willis Go Up Soon game because Boost Mobile has an unlimited talk, text, and data plan at a price that'll never go up. It's the same price you'll pay for life, meaning you're said to never worry about your bill increasing again for as long as you're on the plan. While the world keeps finding new ways, to nickel and dime you, Boost Mobile gives you unlimited wireless at one set price for life. Imagine something in your budget actually staying the same. You'll pay the same for unlimited wireless when you're posting mirror selfies in your 20s and when you're posting mirror selfies in retirement. Some things never change. Switch now for unlimited wireless at a price that will never go up, only at Boost Mobile. After 30 gigabytes, customers may experience slower speeds. Customers will pay $25 a month as long as they remain active on a boost. a limited plan. Campus life is full of compromises, tiny dorms, zero closet space. But with HomeSense, you can overpack stylish bedding, storage, and decor without overspending. HomeSense, the home of no compromise, part of the Home Goods family. Some people like working twice as hard just to stay right where they are. And in Ohio, we really don't get it. Because to us, owning a home in your 30s, working in tech without the traffic, and still being able to make it to your kids' soccer game, sounds pretty good. In fact, Ohio is the second most affordable state to buy a home. Your Move. Learn more at Your Move.com.
You're listening to John Cobalt on demand from KFI AM 640. We are moving to 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday. And there's a new show that's going to be wedged in between noon and three o'clock. And that is going to be the team of Michael Monks from KFI News and Chris Merrill, who is frequently guest hosted all day and night here. So it's Monks and Merrill. And the two of them are going to be in studio coming up in just a few minutes after Debra's news. We just were talking with Jamie Page, who writes for the California Post now, and she wrote for the West Side Current and other places. And she's been covering Nithya Raman for a long time. And we went through, you know, all her greatest hits. One thing I wanted to mention, because I forgot about this one. And this was in one of Jamie Page's stories in the California Post, is that you remember this one in 2023? Nithya Raman blamed Toyota for all the catalytic converters that were being stolen. There was a motion to make it illegal to possess a catalytic converter. Because who would carry one on their body unless you've just stolen one? And this is some kind of the way. They're like pollution control, noise control, something like that. I don't know what they're for. Anyway, it's mandated, so everybody's got to have one. And it's illegal to possess a catalytic converter. Yeah, I think it's pollution control. She voted against it. She didn't want the thieves. to be prosecuted for stealing a catalytic converter. She didn't want the thieves prosecuted. She voted against it. And this is just less than three years ago. And she blamed Toyota for the theft of the catalytic converters. In this case, I think one of the things that infuriates me is that we have a company, Toyota, whatever, who makes the Prius that essentially has a device on their cars, which is super easy to remove. It's basically the value of a MacBook, right? And they put it in place. It's incredibly easy to access in your car. And the thefts related to this issue have essentially are given to us to bear instead of Toyota having to manufacture a car that is not so easy to be stolen. which is a real word salad jumble there. But I think what she's saying is it's Toyota's fault that Nithya Raman doesn't want to prosecute thieves who are caught with catalytic converters. Remember that after? Was it last year? Who got shot to death in downtown L.A.? Early hours of the morning? Because I think he was a soap opera actor. Because he caught the thieves stealing the catalytic converter three in the morning.
Johnny Wachter. Johnny Wachter, that's right. When the City Council voted on a four-year contract with the LA Police Protective League, that's the Police Union, 2023, Rahman was only one of three members to a vote against a contract offering 14% raises over four years to new officers. 14% over four years? Well, that comes to 3.5% per year. She said it would be an enormous fiscal impact that would prevent the city from funding alternative responses to homelessness and mental health calls. She also voted in 2021 against a measure to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers. She says, well, that only lead to the shuffling of encampments from place to place. So you can't move. encampments filled with mental patients and vagrants away from schools. You can't pay police officers relatively small raises. You have to go after Toyota because they made a catalytic converter that the thieves steal. Wow. But what did Jamie Page said? First thing Nithya Raman did teamed with Mike Bonnan. So that if the city wanted to remove encampments, people could only leave if they volunteer to leave. This is every disgusting, a policy imaginable that makes the city worse to live in. Yeah, yeah, let the thieves steal the car parts. Yeah, let the crazy people live in front of a school and sell drugs and guns. Yeah, cops don't get paid. In fact, let's go back to her tweet. June 12th, 2020, she said, defund the police. There you have it. She's the rising progressive star, says the New York Times. We'll talk with Michael Monks and Chris Merrill next. You're listening to John Cobalt on demand from KFI AM 640. Welcome, and Tuesday's going to be a big day because we've got a shakeup here at KFI. And this show is going to move to afternoons 3 to 6. Hanway is moving from 6 to 10. And we welcome a brand new show. Not new people, but a new show. Michael Monks from KFI News. And Chris Merrill, who's been on KFI. How many years you've been filling in for everybody else? You know, I was looking back. I have some of notes from 2013, so it's been a while. It's been a long time, yeah. So both real familiar to the KFI audience, and they are teaming up, and they're going to be on noon to three every day. And you're going to... Job is to provide me with a leader. We're going to do our best to get the audience engaged so they stick around for you. We engage you enrage. I think we got a nice formula. You know what? That's pretty good for a billboard. Yeah. All right. So.
Well, you have hosted talk shows before in... I was on... In Cincinnati. I was born in Louisville. Yes, yes. But I was at the NPR station in Cincinnati for three years and hosted their daily news show, which is a bit of a different vibe. I was going to say, you've adjusted really well. Yeah, well, because I've always considered myself somewhere in between public radio and commercial AM radio. And I think that's where you find me now is that I like the news. I like to go in deep in the news. But I like to have fun about it too. Yeah. And like, let's get fired up about it. So somewhere in the middle there's kind of my home base. And so KFI has been great for that because they've, they've given me the opportunity to explore that. And plus, I've gotten to watch you. I've gotten to watch Conway, Gary and Shannon. Don't follow what we do. There's no way I can emulate it or mimic it even, but learning, you know, how you work. the stories, how you use your voice, and how you choose content and how listeners respond to you. He just yell. This has been a great graduate program. And Chris, you work a lot even when you're not on KFI, San Diego and Phoenix. I mean, tell people your whole story. Yes, I grew up in a real small town in Northern Michigan, and it's kind of that. You know, just climbing the ladder very slowly from one place to the next. From there to I did some satellite music radio in the early 2000s and then to Lawrence, Kansas, where I had my first talk show and we're coming up on 20 years. What goes on in Lawrence, Kansas to talk about? How long was your show? Kansas basketball. It was two hours. Oh, sports show? No. No, no, but we talk about that, obviously. You know, so on a Tuesday in the winter in Lawrence, Kansas. Yeah. You know, it's the same stuff that you did. That you do. You dive... Except with Gavin Newsom? I mean, to a degree, it's not Gavin. It's different names, but it's a city council that's approving zoning stuff that is like, what are you doing? And you had the marginally employed hippies in the downtown that were all upset that somebody was trying to build an apartment complex 10 miles from their home. So it was really fun to dive into very, very local, local, local, local get down into that. And I love doing that. And from there, I was able to kind of, you know, go to Kansas City and then to San Diego. Phoenix and they get fired and then get fired and then get fired and then back to Phoenix but you get fired why is it for sometimes it's the right sizing sometimes it's just like you know it just doesn't it's just that you're not part of the vision for the station that was the last one You know, what you're doing is just not really where we think we're going to go. Yeah, we're going in a different direction. Yeah, exactly right. Yeah, it's just not part of it. Yeah, so. Fine. Go down the toilet. We've had a lot of different directions here lately. Right. It's really good to have you guys. So, I mean, how'd you guys get together? You know, we had the opportunity to work together during the onset of the immigration protests in downtown L.A. So they brought Chris, because this was happening on a weekend. They brought Chris in, and he was doing it remotely while. monitoring the local stuff. He was still in Phoenix. In my pajamas. Yeah. It's not an exaggeration. So he's anchoring the main thing, basically, from our airwaves, and I'm down in the depths of it. You may recall I got tear gas during one of these things. In fact, I heard that. I heard you guys on. That was really good. Yeah. So he was the guy I was on with when that happened. So we were on for a couple of hours then, and then I think the boss, Brian Long, who likes us both.
and wants to keep us both happy, gave us sort of an opportunity. We didn't realize what was happening, I don't think, but he put his on on election night. And so we were both. here doing, well, he was still again in Phoenix, but I was in your chair. Were you still in your pajamas? No, you were in your pajamas. I was rarely wear pants. When we met, I was in my pajamas, he was getting tear gas. Oh, please. So we're coming at this from different experiences, you see. He's going to bring that sort of no-nonsense banter and great understanding of the world, and then I will be crawling out of the depths of it. Yeah. So it's going to be a fun conversation. You know, Chris, you know where he lives. I do. Yeah, and I won't go. Have you asked him why? I keep asking him why he wouldn't tell me. Yeah. Honestly, and this is going to sound terrible, I think, but I'll let it come out my mouth anyway. When you're in this business, it's scary. You never know when your time is going to come, so it's nice to look out your window and see people that are worse off than you are. And the people you were looking down on in the tents. That's exactly what I'm talking about. All former KFI hosts. It's the last set of guys that came through here. Poor Ken. That's where you. Did you say hi to Ken like I told you? I tried. He was having some sort of a manic episode. So what's going to be the focus of this show? If there is a focus, you don't have to happen. You know, well, we dive into local issues. And then the idea here is, and it's something, kind of what you do, is that we dive into it and we go a little bit deeper, and then a little bit deeper, and then a little bit deeper. And what's that next angle, right? Right. And so I think that it's going to be an opportunity for people who start listening at noon to go, oh, okay, well, that's interesting. Oh, and now they're going this way. And the next thing you know, it's 1 o'clock, and they go, wow, now I know everything there is to know about why. You know, Karen Bass is being challenged by her biggest supporter, right? Right. Obviously, you know, you've been covering that very, very carefully. But, you know, we want to just keep going a little bit deeper, a little bit deeper, and a little bit deeper, to engage before you enrage. Not that I quote Rush Libbaugh very often, but he did say something 20, 25 years ago that stuck on my head when he came up with the concept of the drive-by media. Yeah. And I didn't really get it at first. And as time has gone on, it's become more and more apparent. But it is that they cover a story just for a day or three days or a week. And then it's dropped. It disappears. And that always stuck in my head as a motivation to do the show the way I do it. And the way you guys, I think, want to do it, is to keep at something. Yeah. And not only that, but I'm also thinking in today's climate. It's not even just a day. It's how long the TikTok lasts. Right. I know. There's a minute, a half long. But now the drive-by is getting shorter and shorter. Right. Yeah. So, I mean, and plus you, Michael, you've been immersed on a daily basis in the minutia of how this works. I mean, you've seen these people.
Yeah, you know, carry on at the city council meetings and the board of supervisor meetings, you've seen a lot of things that people aren't supposed to see. Exactly. And even when we come on to do a segment here or there, you've got so much going on. We can't even really get into all of it, you know, so I've got a lot of stories that I think could be important to explore more deeply, especially once we start to move out of LA County-centric stuff so much. Like, let's get people on from San Bernardino, Orange County, Riverside County, Ventura County, and dive it because it's still California crazy. Up and down the place. And there's no shortage of content here. You've been here a long time now. And you know that this is just the gift that keeps giving for people that talk about current events. And while it's important to be serious and the treat. issues seriously. Boy, you can have some fun on it here. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And there's a lot of KFI listeners out there. Yeah. Riverside and San Bernardino down on Orange County. Yeah. I mean, that's where a lot of them are. Well, listen, I wish you guys the best of luck. I think you already sound great together. And I'm looking forward to this. Thanks. You know, so I've never seen you so happy. It's kind of making me feel strange. like tingly straight I don't know I mean he's been smiling for six days and it's just it's not the cobalt I've grown to love well you happen to come in at an odd time now life is going back to normal all right don't Make me keep talking because I'll get in all kinds of trouble. All right. Drag you guys down with me. No, no, not today. All right. Yeah, you're just getting started. Okay. So Tuesday at noon, Tuesday at noon to three. Just before the co-bell show. It is the debut of Monks. Monks and Merrill. Monks and Chris Merrill. All right. All right. It's very exciting. You'll be listening to them. Summer is here, which means we all want to look and feel our best. A GLP1 may be right for you. Visit orderly meds.com to learn more about which GLP1 you could be eligible for. Getting started. It is fast, easy, and happens virtually through telemedicine from licensed professionals. Check it out for yourself. Go to orderly meds.com slash podcast. That's orderly meds.com slash podcast. Taking care of yourself feels great. Compat of medications are not FDA-approved eligibility required and determined by a licensed provider. Individual results may vary. See website for details. This is Tony A.O. from The Real Report with Tony A.O. and Uncle Murder. You ever notice how everything keeps going up, rents going up, streaming services are going up? Even your favorite burrito spot suddenly thinks salsa should cost extra. But with Boost Mobile, you and your phone bill don't have to play the Willis Go Up Soon game because Boost Mobile has an unlimited talk, text, and data plan at a price that'll never go up. It's the same price you'll pay for life, meaning you're said to never worry about your bill increasing again for as long as you're on the plan. While the world keeps finding new ways, to nickel and dime you, Boost Mobile gives you unlimited wireless at one set price for life. Imagine something in your budget actually staying the same. You'll pay the same for unlimited wireless when you're posting mirror selfies in your 20s and when you're posting mirror selfies in retirement. Some things never change. Switch now for unlimited wireless at a price that will never go up, only at Boost Mobile. After 30 gigabytes, customers may experience slower speeds. Customers will pay $25 a month as long as they remain active on a boost.
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That's why they are deflecting. That's why they're trying to talk about the Epstein files. That's currently happening in his home state. Nothing about the Epstein story endangers me or you or your family or my family. Nothing. But the 4,561 criminal illegal aliens that the California government has harbored here. And all those murders, assaults, burglaries, sexual predators, weapons charges, drug charges, all that stuff, the robberies, all that stuff harms all of us, makes us afraid if we don't get outright injured and maimed and were killed. That's what matters in our life here. But all the Democrats in this state want to protect the perpetrators of all the crimes she listed. They had sanctuary here. Legal protected sanctuary from Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass, and everything else. All right. We come back. Well, I'm not. Conway's coming in next. I just forget where I am. I'm really going to be lost. Once we go back to our other time slots. Vince Fong is going to come on tomorrow. We were going to have them on today, but it'll be tomorrow at the 3 o'clock hour. And we're going to talk about that half billion dollars in change orders. that Gavin Newsom is paying this high-speed rail construction company. Fong wants to know specifically how much federal money is involved. Everybody wants to know, how could you end up with a half a billion in change orders? So we'll be doing that tomorrow in the 3 o'clock hour. Vince Fong will be here. And Conway's next. Remember, our show moves to 3 o'clock on Tuesday. Conway moves to 6 o'clock on Tuesday. Monks and Merrill debuts at noon on Tuesday. And Michael Crozier has the news now, live in the KFI 24-hour newsroom. Hey, you've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 640 from 1 to 4 p.m. every Monday through Friday. And, of course, anytime on demand on the IHeart Radio app. Summer is here. At orderly meds, we know this time is a reminder that life is full of new beginnings. Whether you're celebrating the nice weather, starting a new chapter, planning a vacation, or simply looking ahead to what's next. This season can be the perfect time to invest in yourself and your health. If you've struggled with weight loss and are curious about GLP1 medications, orderly meds can help you learn about your options. Through a simple virtual process, you can connect with licensed medical professionals who can determine whether treatment may be appropriate for you. Getting started is fast, convenient, and happens online from the comfort of home. This summer, consider a new approach to feeling your best.
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