Homeless Problem Out Of Control (07/22)

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vagrant mental patient apartment building on your block. That's what it's all about. Behind all the legalese and the, uh, and all the jargon and all the, uh, all the, all the, all those, all the woke terminology is, hey, you rich people, you middle class people, you're not entitled to neighborhood integrity. If we want to stick crazy drug addicts and mental patients and staff them up in an eight-story building, we're going to do that. We're going to force you. And they've passed. A number of laws to try to facilitate that. Huntington Beach has always been resistant. Other towns have been resistant. And then they take to court and they got their progressive judges who back up the state. But as a practical matter, it's wrong. It's extremely intrusive. It's destructive. And it's their version of communism. We have to have equity. Everybody has to live in the same conditions. Yes, you people are not, no matter how hard you worked, no matter how much you saved your money, you're not entitled to a peaceful neighborhood at the beach. You've got to bring in the vagrants and mental patients who are going to completely foul your existence. Anyway, Michael Bill Gates said that Huntington Beach is the 23rd largest city in California, and it's also often the safest city.

They have few homeless people, and they deal with them quickly. I'm going to play you this clip from our interview because it really struck me. I was thinking about this last night. This is what you do. I believe there is no other way to do it. And, well, just listen to it. And what we did in Huntington Beach is, look, Huntington Beach has the potential for high crime and high homeless as any other state. Like I said, it's the 23rd largest with 200,000 residents and 15 million visitors a year. It's a beach town community. We should be a magnet for homeless people. What we did in Huntington Beach, though, is we cracked down on crime and we enforced all of the laws on the books, including the vagrancy laws. We reduced our homeless population by over 60%. And, John, to your point, we got them off of the street and into California. county level services. Let me talk about the whole chain that a homeless person, the path they take. If they're found laying in a park on the beach, on the street, in Huntington Beach, what do they do for this guy? Like what's the next stop and the next stop after that? So for our enforcement involves police and caseworkers. We go out. We build a rapport over a few different contacts with each individual homeless person. So we build a rapport and we basically then approach them with a choice. Look, you can either go into a shelter here in Huntington Beach and then on to county services and get the help you need or you're going to jail. They get a choice. It's binary. You're going to go to jail or you get off the street. But staying on the street is unacceptable and it's illegal. really what it boils down to. I further asked him, okay, what's the percentage of success here? Well, 60% of those approached pick services, mental health, drug addiction, whatever the issue is. Another 20% take up Huntington Beach's offer of a plane or a bus ticket because many of them want to go back home to their families and have for quite a while. That takes care of 80%. And then you have 20% to go to jail. Now, it didn't have time, but I will ask him next time, what's the process for the 20% that go to jail? But they're not going to let him go back on the street or on the beach or in the park. And this is the only way to deal with it. You approach them a few times with a friendly outreach worker. And you lay down the rules of engagement. We want to help you. We are not letting you die in the street, not in Huntington Beach. Karen Bass lets you die in L.A. It's not going to happen here. And then you have the police involved. Because you need someone to force you, to force the issue. Police are intimidating and they have a gun. and you have to make a homeless person in their drug-addled mental patient haze that there's no other route to go. This works. It's the only way it works. There is no other solution. There never has been. This is how your town and my town growing up were kept clean and vagrant-free. This is why this issue didn't exist.

in 99% of the country, our whole lives. Because in every town, the police came, they either said move along, go somewhere else. Eventually it was, we can get you help. And we spend billions on help. Somebody said, we don't have the beds. We don't have the resources. Complete lie. What Bill Gates says is what I've been saying later in the interview is that the reason they don't do this is because there's too many people making a tremendous amount of money on this. So if they actually got these people off the street and got them off the drugs or treated their mental illness, they'd all be out of business. And there's billions of dollars that they're all sharing. It's like the woman I told you about last hour is Kenya Krooms. What was your name? Yeah. Kenya Kroom. She got $5 million in tax money. She's paying herself $250,000 a year. She's paying herself a salary for running a shelter, then having that shelter buy food from another company she owns. To provide the food and the beverages. We've talked about a thousand of these rackets. They're rackets. It's organized crime. It's a scam. They don't help anybody. They don't get anybody off the street. They don't help anybody's addiction. They don't help anybody's mental illness. And they all know this, too. They can fake their outrage, fake their compassion, come up with their arguments and talking points. It's nonsense. What Bill Gates laid out there is the only way that's ever worked, the only way that will work. They do this in Los Angeles, and much of the homeless problem will disappear very quickly. It's not an intractable problem, which is something I read, I think, in the LA Times today. It's not an intractable problem. It's a very tractable problem. You just do what I just laid out, what Michael Bill Gates laid out, period. And every time this comes up, we have to go back to that paradigm there. Give them a choice of treatment. Bus ticket home for jail. Then this all dissipates, disappears. There's no short... Let's be real. Living on campus comes with plenty of compromises. Tiny dorm rooms, zero closet space, a roommate who does yoga at 3 a.m. But lucky for you? That's where the settling ends. With homesense. Premium betting, stylish storage, standout decor. All at prices that encourage overpacking, not overspending. HomeSense, the home of no compromise. Part of the Home Goods family.

But Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is saying we're not giving, we're not sending Medicaid dollars out the door until we have confidence they're being spent lawfully and appropriately. And I'm going to explain to you this scam. You ever hear of in-home supportive services? This is a program that will pay you, as often it's a family member, to help. your elderly family member or disabled family member at home instead of moving them into a facility. You get paid. And over the past two years, an investigation done by Dr. Oz, he runs the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, he found California spending for in-home services was twice. the rate of the average of the rest of the entire nation. You take the other 49 states and average it out. California is twice the rate. It's not twice the dollars because you're going to say, well, California is bigger than everywhere else. Yeah, it's twice the rate. And he said if it smells like fraud, we're not paying for it anymore. And that's what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. And California has to... substantiate their claims for this past audit. They also did this in Minnesota. They froze $200 million in Minnesota, obviously, is overwhelmed with fraud. And Waltz and Tim Walz, the governor there in Newsever, practically the same person when it comes to idiocy. Now, here's how it works. And this comes from... a gentleman quoted here. And his name is Haywood Talcove. He's CEO of a company called LexisNexis Risk Solutions. He's a fraud expert. And he says taxpayers in California ought to be outraged. There is no oversight in California. Anytime you have a program like this where it's self-reported, there's virtually no auditing, no one gets caught. The probability of fraud is very, very high. He thinks 20% of this program is fraud. And according to Talcove, it's a piece of cake for fraudsters. Steal the money. All you have to do is submit an application claiming you need in-home care for a relative, designate yourself as a caregiver, and then persuade a licensed healthcare professional to falsely certify their need for care in exchange for a cut. And those scam artists are everywhere. There's all kinds of people with titles and degrees, their doctors, their technicians, they're I don't know what. But what they do and say, yeah, yeah, John over here has his dad, his dad needs help, and I'll certify this. And then, you know, you give 10 or 20% to this medical professional. Doesn't have to be a doctor. And you can have a fake person.

All this medical professional has to do is say, in writing, that your fake person that doesn't exist needs home health care. And give them a little cut, and Talcoff says that's how it goes. And the state doesn't have the technology, doesn't have the people, doesn't have the systems to validate it. Talcoff says, California. does not have an incentive to verify the 500,000 recipients in this program. 500,000 people are claiming they're taking care of relatives in the house. Probably 100,000 at least are fake people, getting fake medical care. But it's been signed off by a professional. The professional gets a cut. You take home the rest. And... Yeah, this is federal money that's funneled through the state. Gavin Newsom doesn't care. He lies about it. And Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmeda says, no more. You're cut off. You're listening to John Cobalt on demand from KFI AM 640.

Yep, IAM 640 live everywhere on the IHeart Radio app. John Cobalt's show. We're live on YouTube right now. Moist Line is Friday 877 Moist 86, 877 Moist 86. We use the talkback feature on the I Heart Radio app. Have you seen the video The Leopard who attacked the liquor store employee in India? I sent it to you. Oh, you said, that's right, you did. So yes, I've seen it. Sorry about that. Oh, it's okay. Is that the wildest thing? Oh, it's crazy. This guy's working like at a back office at a liquor store and this leopard comes wandering in and jumps the guy. Can you imagine? And they start wrestling and the leopard's hanging on his back and he starts fighting the guy. And the leopard takes him and throws him to the ground. He also attacked another bystander there. The leopard was captured and taken back to the wild. Yes, as it should be. They didn't shoot him. Here, that would be a dead leopard. Oh, yeah. A firing squad. Somebody would be wearing a new leopard coat. Oh, yeah. You know, it's funny after he attacked him, then he went and crawled underneath the desk. He was tired. It was a big workout. God. They are strong. Now, I got an animal thing here that's really upsetting, and I hate to do this to you. But. We've been waiting to see if we could get Joey Tucci on today and we're going to have them on tomorrow. Oh, no. You're not describing that, are you? Yeah. Yeah, I have to because I can't believe that they're still allowing this to happen. There's something like terribly wrong with Karen Bass. Joey Tuchio, he has this organization. It starts with one. And they're trying to rescue dogs who are being experimented with and tortured and killed on Skid Row. And they help a lot of animals in the area. And he posted this today online that a dog in L.A. was videotaped on a balcony. His mouth was tied shut. His legs were paralyzed. He has infections. He's skeletal. A rescue went in and rushed the dog to the hospital, somebody from an organization. And now the authorities are forcing the dog be returned to the abuser. Okay, that makes zero sense. You have got to get Jim McDonald on the air and ask what the hell is going on. Why would you do that? You don't return a dog that's being tortured? That makes, what are we missing here? That's, this must be their policy. It can't be. Not if an animal is abused? No. So we wrote to Joey to see if he'd come on the air and to give us more detail. And he wrote back with this and he will come on tomorrow. And he said there's a video posted about a dog on a balcony in downtown with his mouth tied shut and animal control did nothing.

So a rescue group called Compton Paw Patrol, I've heard of them, went and rushed the dog to the emergency room, paralyzed, malnourished, severe infections, didn't have the muscle even to go to the bathroom. Oh, no. And the dog was forced to go back to the abusers. This is on the heels of another instance where another dog was on a balcony for days and the balcony was covered. In urine and feces, animal control again did nothing. The dog remains with that abuser as well. Even after immense public outrage, both these instances close to Skid Row. I don't know what to say. We just had Julianne a few days ago. We've had them on since April. I would not return that animal. He's gotten television coverage. He's posted tons of videos and photos. And these stories are all over the place. And Karen Bass and Jim McDonald cannot be moved in any way. We're going to keep reading these and keep pointing out that it's Karen Bass and her police chief, Jim McDonald. John, you abuse an animal. You never get that animal back. They get returned immediately. That's their policy. How can that be? That's the stupidest policy I've ever heard. No. And can you get anybody in the media to ask McDonald, ask, ask, why would they do this? Like, why would you do this? What's the upside of this? I mean, the way this dog was described. No, you don't need to do it again. That's case closed right there. You just look at the condition of the animal. And it's clear that they're being badly. Tortured. Mistreated. Suffering. Outdoors on the balcony. And then returned for more abuse. Yeah. What's wrong with them? I could come up with a whole bunch of descriptors and adjectives, but what's the point here? I wish we could just go and help and rescue these animals. I get the feeling we'd get arrested. Okay, so somebody will bail us out. Oh, God, no, I don't want to go to jail, though. I'm not bailing you out. I know, Eric. I wouldn't ask you. You're not going to get anybody to bail you out. Yeah, the producer of the show, Ray. Chaos is good. It's good for business. Woo! Deborah, send us some pictures. The other inmates may ask that you leave. Oh, yeah, I wouldn't shut up for a second. Your voice echoing over. Awful. The metal walls there. 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.

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It took weeks before the residents got vouchers so they could go to hotels or Airbnbs. And it was... So he had the event in the heat, and, you know, everybody was choking on the odors. I don't know how in five weeks you only get rid of 4% of the meat. But he was showcasing it as a great example of the colossal absolute failure of our... government system, which is all Democratic, all progressive Democratic from top to bottom. We talked to him about all this. So that's on the podcast, first hour, first half hour. And then you can also watch the show on YouTube, the recording of it. That'll be right after six as well. Well, here's some good news. You remember the guy that taxpayer-financed anti-ice riot that was instigated by Churla and cheered on by Karen Bass last, oh, it would be June of 2025 now? Well, there was a guy who threw chunks of cinderblock at a federal agent during the Churla Bass riot. And his name is Jacob Daniel Taranzas, 30 years old. And what he did, well, he was wearing a mask. And he had a shield. And he was standing behind trees to cover himself. And he threw rocks and cinder blocks at federal agents. Well, he got caught and he got arrested. And now he's going to serve 10 months. in prison for striking a U.S. Border Patrol agent with concrete. Because one of the chunks of concrete hit a Border Patrol agent in the shin, and he got a bloody gash. Now, this guy, Jacob Daniel Taranzas, looks like a gang member. He's got colorful neck tattoos all around his neck. He's 30, although he looks like a teenager. Bad news. I don't know if he's, well, I guess he's probably here legally, otherwise they would have had him deported. But this is, I mean, these are terrorists. You're picking up a concrete and you're throwing them at Border Patrol agents. I don't care about the rhetoric and the protests. Sorry, Border Patrol is doing its job. That's what the law says. They're doing the right thing. And the illegal aliens who are protesting and rioting are criminals and they should be put in prison or they should be deported. And that's the law. And too bad if you don't like it. And I think there would be zero tolerance for all this. Fortunately, we have Bill Ossaly. He's the federal prosecutor. And he says, throwing Tarasus in prison ought to send a message to anybody else who harms federal agents. If you attack federal agents, you'll be facing time in federal prison. Federal prison is going to be very unpleasant for this jackass. And he's going to hold accountable anybody. And you know what?

It's funny. It's like the whole thing was a fake protest. It was all funded by these nonprofit groups like Churla, who's gotten over $40 million of our tax money. And when Karen Bass was holding a press conference, she read a hotline number. And it was the Churla number. And it was if you see any Border Patrol action, call this number. And then Churla would send these terrorists over to interfere with ICE, cause a riot, get into some kind of altercation. And Bass was promoting this, which is disgusting. Just horrible. She should be enforcing the law. All the laws. Anything illegal happening in the city, whether it's city, state, federal law, she should not be encouraging, rioting. She should not be giving out hotline phone numbers. And the whole thing's paid for with our tax money. Churla is very, has gotten very fat and wealthy on your hard work, everybody's hard work. It's incredibly, massively corrupt around here. I don't know any other place like it. Anyway, there's Tarasas, his tattoos. He's all, he's going to prison now, federal prison. And I hope he has a very unhappy time there. And I hope he has emotionally unstable cellmates. because he looks like a delicate one. All right, we got, we're done here, and we got Andy Reesmeier in for Conway, and a podcast coming out in a few minutes. You can listen to Steve Hilton, get interviewed, and we'll see you tomorrow. We've got Michael Crozier, who's got the news, live in the KFI-hour newsroom. You've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 640 from 3 to 6 p.m. every Monday through Friday. And of course, anytime on demand on the IHeart Radio app. KFI AM 64. More stimulating talk. Let's be real. Living on campus comes with plenty of compromises. Tiny dorm rooms, zero closet space, a roommate who does yoga at 3 a.m. But lucky for you? That's where the settling ends. With Home Sense, premium betting, stylish storage, standout decor. All at prices that encourage overpacking, not overspending. HomeSense, the home of no compromise. Part of the Home Goods family. How do you want to spend your day? At Brightview Senior Living communities, you decide and will take care of the rest. Pamper yourself at the salon and pursue your creative passions. Toast with your friends at Happy Hour and savor chef prepared meals. Close out the day with a concert just down the hall from your apartment. Or simply relax. The choice is yours. Enjoy the comforts of home and the security of award-winning care. Discover the possibilities at Brightview Senior Living.com.

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