October 26, 2025 • 35 mins
SNAP (food stamp) benefits may run out for a lot of residents in Southern California because of the federal government shutdown; Mayor Bass says downtown LA should be more like downtown Chicago and seems surprised people even live in DTLA; Polls look good for supporters of Prop 50 but not so good for the former California gubernatorial race frontrunner; the Inland Empire rates itself as "struggling" in new research from UC Riverside.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
We've got another hour together, another hour to celebrate together.
The Dodgers have evened up the series with the Toronto
Blue Jays winning five to one in Toronto tonight, Yamamoto
pitching a complete game, second time in a row in
the postseason, and now the series comes to Los Angeles
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even at one apiece. Three games scheduled Monday Tuesday Wednesday,
three games needed to win the World Series. The World
Series could be won right here in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
All those games are at five o'clock. You can hear
all the action always on our sister station, AM five
to seventy LA. Sports coming up in this hour. A
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lot to get to because even though we're all watching
sports on Saturday, the news doesn't stop. Mayor basspoke to
a group of downtown Los Angeles residents, and some of
our responses to their questions and concerns were really shocking
to me. So I'm going to share them with you
to see if you feel the same way. Am I
off base for feeling like our answers were very strange.
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We'll also look at some polling that shows good news
for supporters of Prop. Fifty who want to see the
congressional districts in California drawn more favorably for Democrats. But
there's also some good news for Republicans in the governor's race.
And there's a new survey showing that the misery level
and the inland empire is up. So we'll get to
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all of that, But right now, the federal government shutdown
has continued. There does not appear at this point to
be an end in sight, and now folks are going
to start feeling it.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Some already have.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
We've had reports on our airwaves about air traffic controllers,
for example, who are working still but not getting paid
and needing to go to food banks, and their food
banks popping up at airports here in California to help
get these air traffic controllers through so they can feed
themselves in their families. But now a lot more people
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in your own backyard are going to find themselves in
need of assistance. La County in particular, is very nervous
about this situation, so the Board of Supervisors has tried
to prepare as some federal funding will start to run
out and La County gets a ton a federal funding
because so many people here are on government assistants, either
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through cow Fresh benefits to support food or medical to
support their healthcare, or cow Works to receive cash assistance,
and all that stuff is an absolute jeopardy right now
because of the federal government shut down. Nearly two million
residents in La and Orange Counties could face food in
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security starting next month, which by the way, starts next week.
The federal government shutdown will impact the disbursement of cow
Fresh payments starting next week. There are nearly one and
a half million residents of La County who receive cow
Fresh benefits. That's that's more than ten percent. In Orange County,
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more than three hundred and ten thousand residents receive the benefits,
and all across the country, this nearly month long shutdown
means at minimum a delay and benefits food stamps basically snapped.
It will hurt forty two million Americans, including five and
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a half million across the state of California. Now, there
are also concerns at the local level about forthcoming work
requirements in order to continue to receive certain benefits. Now,
the Board of supervisors this week addressed this issue with
their concerns. Here is Supervisor Hilda Soleise.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
We know that evidence shows that work requirements do not
increase employment. The vast majority of beneficiaries are already working
or have a good reason not to work, such as
struggling with health issues, disabilities, or being a caregiver for
someone in their immediate family. Work requirements will lead to
significant coverage losses due to burdensome administrative barriers, putting a
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bigger strain on our county social safety net.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
The Board of Supervisors voted this week to expand what
it calls workfare and volunteer opportunities with the county itself
as well as community organizations to help welfare recipients meet
those work requirements. Here is Supervisor Lindsay Horvaff.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
The changes under HR one will cause people to lose
health coverage, to get sick, to overcrowd our emergency rooms,
and even go hungry. It will make life harder for
those who already struggle the most, and as many as
one point five million Angelinos are at risk of losing
medical when new work requirements take effect on January first,
twenty twenty seven. As of last month, over nine hundred
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eighty thousand households relying on CalFresh, include more than four
hundred and sixty thousand children in food and secure homes,
and we don't know yet how many will lose benefits
due to these new requirements.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Supervisor Solease and Supervisor Horvath introduced a motion that was
adopted by the Board that directs the Department of Public
Social Services and other agencies to begin preparing to assist
residents in danger of losing access to their benefits. It
also calls for the expansion of workfare and volunteer opportunities
with county departments and with community organizations to help people
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meet the work and volunteer requirements.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
I appreciate that the state is able to cover cal
works through December, but the loss of November cal Fresh
benefits means families and individuals across Los Angeles County will
go without food, relying heavily on food banks, uncertain of
where their next meal might come from. And so I
know our district too, is also receiving calls from constituents
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who are scared, who are looking for help, and I
believe this is only the beginning.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
And there are a lot of people, as noted that
face losing these benefits right as the holidays are coming.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
As Supervisor Catherine Barger says.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
The fact that we've got the holidays coming up and
it's time now for us to begin giving. I know
I'm one of those frustrated people before Halloween that see
Christmas you know Carol's being played, But I think it's
time for us to step up our game and ask
people to open their hearts in their checkbooks sooner rather
than later. Although I guess now Bevenmo right, it's not
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checkbooks anymore.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
I just dated myself.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
So basically, if if you can, she's asking for donations
to help feed people in Los Angeles County who risk
losing their benefits because of the federal government shutdown. Supervisor
Barger's office says the county Department of Public Social Services
has already been reaching out to Cowfresh recipients to make
sure that these recipients are aware of this situation and
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telling those people with immediate needs to contact local food banks.
In Orange County, officials there have urged Cowfresh recipients to
call two to one one or visit two to one
onec dot org to learn about food housing and utility resources.
They also urged recipients to keep meeting all of the
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programs reporting requirements to ensure their benefits resume quickly when
the shutdown ends. Now, the Social Services Agency in Orange
County receives, on average, or it should say issues on average,
sixty two million dollars a month in cow fresh benefits.
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That agency says this will not only have an impact
on the families and individuals receiving benefits, but also the
local economy. For every dollar of benefits spent at local
retailers accepting ebt up to one dollar and fifty cents
as generated, that's their claim. So starting next Saturday, as
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the new month begins, if the federal government is still
shut down, and maybe even if it reopens, because it's
so close to the deadline, a lot of people in
southern California are going to be without their benefits.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on the talkback button,
and we will place some of your comments as the
show rolls on up next. Residents of downtown Los Angeles
have expressed their, let's say, concerns about the condition of
the Central Business district covered in human waste A lot
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of homeless around, a lot of homeless people suffering from
mental health crises who are frankly kind of scary to
be around. It's dirty down there, it's smelly down there,
it's filthy down there. There are a lot of vacancies
in the commercial spaces. The Downtown La Residence Association put
out a survey from residents and business owners expressing these concerns,
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detailing wish ones are most important. We talked about that
on this show a few weeks ago. That group managed
to get a meeting with La Mayor Bassi virtual one.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I attended it.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
I pulled a couple of clips because I was pretty
shocked at some of the Mayor's responses to this Downtown
Los Angeles residence group. And I'm going to play some
of those for you next and you can tell me
if I'm off base for being surprised.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
So keep it right here. As Michael Monks Reports continues.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Dodgers won tonight five to one over Toronto. So now
the Dodgers have one, the Blue Jays have one, and
they'll be in Los Angeles on Monday for the next
three games. And that means the World Series could be
won right here in La if the Dodgers win all
three games. Of course, Toronto wins all three games as well.
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Catch all the action on our sister station A five
seventy LA Sports. If you listen to this show enough
on Saturday nights, you know, I spend an inordinate amount
of time talking about downtown A Downtown Los Angeles, And
it may be a little selfish because I live there,
But the truth of the matter is downtown LA is
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extremely important to Southern California, Los Angeles specifically, but the region,
because LA is the most important city obviously in Southern California,
downtown is the most important part of it. So if
it's failing, it sets a bad tone for the rest
of the city.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
And right now it's pretty much failing.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
A lot of folks say that it was on the
up and up, and it did look to be on
the up and up for much of the twenty tens,
and then COVID came along and it was hit particularly
hard because downtown LA relies a lot on workers coming
to the office and using the services down there and
supporting the small businesses, eating at the restaurants and When
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that went away, the streets filled up with a different
kind of clientele. The Downtown Los Angeles Residents Association put
out a survey that we talked about here a few
weeks ago, with some of the representatives from that group
detailing their main concerns, which include crime. It includes the
mental breakdowns that some of these homeless folks downtown are having.
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I mean, I live down there, I seat every day.
You see individuals walking down the street, screaming at somebody
that is not there, punching somebody who is not there,
and I mean passionate telenovela level arguments with no one.
So it just creates a very scary environment. They've called
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on the city to remedy this, and one of the
main things they asked for is more police on foot.
They've also asked for a meeting with La Mayor Bass
and they got their wish. They had a virtual meeting
with La Mayor Bass. I attended it, and I just
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happened to be a little bit surprised by some of
her responses. And I'm gonna play some for you just
to give you the idea. I know that La is
a big city. There are many of you who are
either from LA or live in LA, or you're here
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in southern California.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
You know LA.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
But you're going to know parts of LA better than others, right.
I mean that's true of any large city. You can't
know everything.
Speaker 7 (13:07):
Well.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
You might be able to point to various neighborhoods on
the map, but what do you know about their character?
What do you know about their personality? I think most
people know about downtown. That's the one part of the
city that is probably more likely than others to bring
you there if you're not from there. Crypto's there, theaters
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are there, shopping is their work might be there. But
here is what Mayor Bass said in the early moments
of this meeting with the Downtown LA Residents Association.
Speaker 8 (13:44):
But I'll tell you there's some downtowns that look superb.
I was in last year when I went to the
Democratic Convention in Chicago. You know, the mayors know each other,
of course, and I reached down to Mayor Johnson afterwards
and I said, I am so jealous. Downtown Chicago is pristine,
and that's what we should strive for too.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
That's what we should strive for too.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
A clean downtown like Chicago has, if only I knew
somebody who could make some calls or issue some directives,
you know, the mayor's offices at City Hall, which also
happens to be located in downtown Los Angeles. I just
thought that that particular response was surprising because she didn't
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back it up with any plan, Like I went to
Chicago for the Democratic National Convention.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
And just feel jealous about it.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Not that had some meetings, took some notes, then came
here and met with some downtown stakeholders, as they like
to say, organizations.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
It's not true at all. She didn't do anything. And
the next thing that she said was even more surprising
to me.
Speaker 8 (15:03):
You know, I'm born and raised here, so I certainly
remember when no one lived downtown, the idea that there's
ninety thousand people that live downtown. And I have to
tell you that one of my fascinations is looking at
all of these high rises and it's like, who lives
in these places? Who are they? How many of them
is corporate housing? How many, you know is what is
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the community? So I would love to get to know.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
You who lives there. Ninety thousand people live in downtown
Los Angeles, And the mayor said to these residents. I
don't know who any of you are. I look at
these buildings and think who's moving into these places.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
The mayor works downtown every day. It's where City Hall is.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
You have many of the problems facing downtown overall right
outside City Hall's door. There are literal homeless camps outside
LA City Hall. There is graffiti on LA City Hall.
There is trash all around LA City Hall. But this
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all seemed to be a bit of a surprise to
Mayor Bass in this meeting with the Downtown LA Residents Association.
One thing she agreed to was getting to work on
the police being on foot patrols down there. I don't
know what that will look like, don't know what the
timeline is, but she did seem like she could make
that happen. But when it will happen is unclear. I'm
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sure I will let you know as we continue to
chronicle downtown Los Angeles. But just absolutely to me shocking
remark from the mayor to express such confusion about the
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neighborhood where she works, the most important neighborhood in the
city that she governs. Your thoughts are welcome. Open up
the iHeartRadio app. Click on that talkback button, and we'll
play some In the final couple of segments that we
have together.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Up next, we're going to talk about a new poll
that's out.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
It's good news for supporters of Prop fifty who want
to see the congressional districts in California redrawn to favorite Democrats.
It's also good news for a Republican candidate for governor
next year. We'll get into that next, as well as
a new survey reflecting some misery on the rise in
the Inland Empire. As Michael Monks Reports continues.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
You're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
This is Michael Monks Reports.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News, celebrating on this Saturday
night with all of you as the Dodgers win Game
two of the World Series in Toronto five to one
over the Blue Jays to even the series at a
game a piece. Both teams teams come to La for
Game three on Monday. Game four is Tuesday, and then
Game five is Wednesday, and that is the day that
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the World Series could be one if either of those
teams win the next three. So be ready to celebrate,
be ready for I don't know is there going to
be more traffic because of the games. It's going to
be less because people are going to stay home from
work to prepare for these games. They all start at
five o'clock, So does that mean people will be leaving
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work early to get to wherever they're going to go
to watch the game, to get to Dodger Stadium to
see the game in person. I'd appreciate some advice, as
I usually work until about five here in Burbank and
drive in the direction of the stadium. Would like to
avoid that mess if I can, because I'll listen to
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the game on a five seventy LA Sports of course.
So what should we expect for traffic with the game
starting at five o'clock Monday, Tuesday Wednesday. You can weigh
in on the iHeartRadio app by clicking on the talk
back button. We've got some folks who want to talk
about Mayor Bass's comments about downtown Los Angeles when she
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says she'd like to see look more like downtown Chicago.
Speaker 9 (19:17):
Hey, Michael Bass is full of it, because yeah, Downtown's
beautiful right there on the coast the Great Lakes, but
go a little south. It is a complete wreck, man.
It is an absolute disaster zone. You just have to
take a look at the.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Photos appreciate that call. Chicago is lovely. Downtown, they get
a lot of people visiting. You know, the Miracle Mile,
the Great Lakes are gorgeous. If you've never been to
the Great Lakes, they're lovely.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
It's you know.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
I think one of the marketing slogans is it's basically
like the ocean without without sharks, without the salts. It's
a great place. Chicago has its well documented problems, as
noted by the caller Crime. I mean, they have issues
similar to Los Angeles, but one thing they don't have
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a problem with is keeping downtown busy, occupied and clean.
I've been there several times. It's lovely, it really is.
But in Los Angeles, the city has its problems, and
downtown is part of it. There's like nothing that the
city is doing. There are plenty of groups trying, but
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the city itself, as indicated by the mayor's responses in
our previous segment, doesn't even know that people live in
downtown Los Angeles. Let's hear from Eduardo.
Speaker 10 (20:46):
Yeah, Michael, this is Eduardo. I live for I lived
in Chicago for fifty plus years and I moved to
Tampa Bay because of the high crime, lovelessness, high tax,
it's pretty low, high unemployment. What is Mayor Bath thinking
she has a mental illness?
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Well, you're you're you're right, you're putting out. I can't
tell you that you're right about Mayor Baths.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
That's that's not for me to say you're right.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
About Chicago's issues.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
And I think that's That's sort of the point here
is that Chicago has its problems. Los Angeles has its problems.
Some of them overlap, some of them are very similar
by large cities struggling to figure out how to govern
itself better. But downtown Chicago is clean and downtown Los
Angeles is not. There are all the major retailers, all
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the major retailers are in downtown Chicago, and the sidewalks
are wide and clean and walkable. The transit is useful
and abundant and and locals use it. It's cleaner, and
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that's really where the good comparisons kind of in. Right, Yeah,
you get beyond downtown, you're going to find Chicago's warts.
But the point here is that downtown Chicago looks nice
because they make it look nice, and Los Angeles does
not take its downtown as seriously, my goodness, excuse me.
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We got an election coming up. One issue on the ballot,
proposition fifty. Do you or do you not want to
see California's congressional maps redrawn. A new poll out of
Emerson College, just a couple of weeks before we go
to the polls officially and get these results, shows that, Yeah,
California wants this. It looks like it's going to pass overwhelmingly.
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If this poll is any indication if the election were
held today, fifty seven percent say yes, thirty seven percent
say no. And if you're a die hard and keeping
track of the return ballots and Democrats are really really
voting and Republicans aren't as much. So the Republican opposition
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to this has not waged a successful campaign at all.
This is going to cruise to victory, and the congressional
maps will be redrawn, likely to favor Democrats. You never
know in an election, of course, but they're going to
be drawn in a way that are supposed to favorite Democrats,
and you'll see more Democrats in the House in twenty
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twenty seven when that new Congress takes office.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
They also polled.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
These voters on gubernatorial candidates though, and this is where
there's some good news for Republicans. The Republicans will probably
be disappointed by the results of Proposition fifty, but they've
got a couple of Republican candidates for governor who it's
still early, it's a crowded field, but these are.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
A couple of guys who are in the mix. In fact, Republicans,
Ve Hilton leads the entire field.
Speaker 11 (24:02):
Now.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Katie Porter, the former congresswoman out of Orange County, has
fallen to second. Of course, she had a rough couple
of weeks in the media after misbehaving, getting angry and
some interviews and then other videos resurfacing of how she
loses her temper with certain frequency that's hurt her. And
now Steve Hilton, the former Fox personality, the Republican candidate
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for California governor, is in first place with sixteen percent
of the vote. Sixteen percent of the vote. Katie Porter
is in second now with fifteen percent, but in third
place is Riverside County sheriff and Republican Chad Bianco with
eleven percent. Former La Mayor Antonio via Ragosa is in
fourth with five percent. As his former US Secretary in
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the Biden administration, Javier Bessera. He also has five percent,
and the rest of the candidates are below that. So
the top three candidates are two Republicans and Katie Porter.
Now you may wonder if you know if Republican can
win in California. But what does this poll indicate. Maybe
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the Democrats don't have the candidate yet that is exciting
voters here, and you may have Republicans find an opening.
Certainly bad news for Katie Porter after a rough week.
The poll also asked folks about whether they view certain
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individuals favorably or unfavorably. Fifty four percent of California voters,
according to this Emerson poll, do view governor knew him favorably.
He's got a forty one percent unfavorable rating. They asked
about former President Barack Obama because he has put out
some ads in supportive proposition. Fifty sixty two percent of
voters in California still have a favorable view of President Obama.
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They also asked about former governor and of course, Blockbuster actor,
Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has a favorability rating of forty three
percent and an unfavorable rating of thirty three percent. But
they also ask voters whether you are unsure you've never
heard of them. That came out at a staggering twenty
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five percent. Now, maybe that's made up of folks who
said unsure. I don't know how it feel about Arnold
Schwarzenegger right now, but I can't imagine twenty five percent
never hearing of Arnold Schwarzenegger. We do have that election
coming up. It's right around the corner. People are already voting,
of course in California, and it does look like it's
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going to be a good day for supporters of Proposition
fifty who want to see California's congressional district's redrawn. We're
gonna talk about a new report coming out of the
Inland Empire that shows folks there say they're struggling and suffering.
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And we've also lost a Hollywood television legend from the
Golden Age era. We'll talk about that next as Michael
Monks Reports finishes up.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
We're wrapping up this Saturday night in southern California night
that the Dodgers won five to one in Toronto, and
now the series is tied one to one and Game
three is here in LA on Monday at five o'clock.
Here that game on our sister station, i AM five
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to seventy LA Sports. We'll also play some of your comments. Now,
let's hear from Frank, who's weighing in on Prop fifty
in that poll showing it looks likely to pass.
Speaker 12 (27:55):
Republicans are crying about California restructuring their you know, congressional
layout or whatever. But that's only happening because Republicans started
doing it in Texas.
Speaker 13 (28:12):
First.
Speaker 12 (28:14):
This is a countermeasure to something that Republicans did. Have
Republicans not done this or not try to do this
in Texas and other states.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
I think what he goes on to say is that
it's hypocritical if you support what Texas is doing but
oppose what California is doing, and really vice versa, because
you know this is going to get ugly or other
states are going to start doing this. I think Frank
is correct that California has sold this well. The supporters
of it, the governor, have sold this well as saying
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we need to do this because Texas is doing that.
The circumstances that motivated Texas are a little bit different,
but it is certainly partisan gerrymandering that's taking place in
that state as well. And a few more of you
are weighing in on that political poll that came out,
and let me just make sure I get everybody in
the correct order, and wish you came Here's Kathy.
Speaker 13 (29:07):
This is for Michael Monks. I love your shows.
Speaker 3 (29:11):
Thank you.
Speaker 13 (29:11):
I listen on Saturday nights because you tell it like
it is. You play clips of Karen who doesn't know
her you know what from a hole in the ground,
and it just shows how stupid she is. And I
wish people who needed to hear that would listen. I'm
not sure they are. Thank you for your excellent reporting.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
Thank you, Kathy. I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
I do try to present things as they happen, not
without I editorialize a little bit on that downtown thing
because I was so blown away by the mayor's comments,
but otherwise it's just here's what happened, and here's what
the local officials had to say about it. Let's hear
from Tom next.
Speaker 7 (29:55):
Kaated Corridor has no place in politics. When she was
gonna drop out because of Kamala running against her for
governor possibly, she said, no, you can't just jump in
and jump out of politics because of who's running. You
have to have some sort of strength and backbone period.
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Plus she just doesn't get.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Along with people. Thank you Tom for that call. And
let's go now to Bridget.
Speaker 11 (30:31):
The Michael Mont the number one seven o'clock show in
La well probably anywhere.
Speaker 10 (30:40):
Just know that I love what you do.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
I love your delivery. I love when you sit in
as an anchor.
Speaker 11 (30:47):
I wish you could be on five days a week,
but who would deliver the news the way you do.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
I love the work that you do.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Bridget, thank you so much. That was very kind. And
that's also a good way to get on the air.
And I can tell you listen to the Conway Show
because he's my biggest hype man, always talking about the
number one show in LA at seven o'clock on Saturdays.
And now let's hear from this who is this Victor?
Speaker 3 (31:14):
Hey, Michael Victor from Riverside. Love the show, Street Savvy Smart.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
You're one of the few stations that keeps the politicians honest.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Keep up the great work.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
Hey, that means a lot, Victor. Thanks to all of
you for listening to us tonight. There was some sad
news out of Hollywood today. Take a listen to these
clips from a Lassie and my goodness, what was the
other show Lost in Space? And see if you can
recognize the actress.
Speaker 11 (31:41):
Lasty's part of this family and she's just going to
have to learn to accept it. There's no room in
this house for two stubborn females. Major That thirty billion
dollars is just as much my money as it is yours.
And I don't like to waste it either, but I'd
gladly waste a hundred times that much to say guard
(32:02):
my family. Now, I say we turned back. Don't you
have an opinion? No?
Speaker 9 (32:08):
I don't, not until we've checked every component inside out,
know exactly how we stand.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
And then and then I'll let the computer make the
final decision.
Speaker 11 (32:16):
And will the computer also take into consideration Amend's love
and concern for his family or has all that been
put into cold storage for the duration.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
That's actress June Lockhart, known as the mother on the
TV series Lassie and Lost in Space. She died today
in Santa Monica at the age of one hundred and one.
Last item, I talk a bit about the Inland Empire
from from time to time on here when there's this
news coming out that just shows folks out there are
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like Sam Bernardino was rated like the dirtiest city, even
dirtier than Los Angeles in some trash company survey. And
now there's more bad news out of the IE, which
I do happen to like very much. I think the
architecture in San Bernardino on Riverside gorgeous. I'm a city guy.
I love those two big cities out there. They're beautiful.
But research out of UC Riverside has shown that well being,
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the way that people feel in Ealand Empire, is way
behind national levels. A majority of residents say they are
struggling to get by. In this survey, participants were asked
to rate their current and future lives on a scale
of zero to ten they would place they would place
their response in three categories. They'll be thriving or they
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are thriving. They will be struggling or they are struggling,
or they will be suffering or they are suffering. And
more than half of respondents out in the IE, fifty
three percent say they were struggling, six percent say they
were suffering. According to the study, the folks who say
they were thriving tend to have more money, more education,
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they tend to be married, and they tend to go
to church. Our friends at KTLA reported on this and
found fifty eight percent say they were struggling, six percent
were suffering. In Riverside County, more than one third of
women expected their lives to worsen over the next five years,
compared with just nine percent who said the same in
San Bernardino. Apparently, healthcare was a big, big gap for folks.
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Forty percent of uninsured women say that cost is their
main barrier to getting healthcare. Thirty percent of pre kindergarten
age girls were enrolled in early education program. Sixteen percent
of adult women lacked a high school diploma, and those
without diplomas earned a median income of twenty six thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (34:37):
You see.
Speaker 2 (34:38):
Riverside officials say there were some hopeful findings despite the
financial challenges plaguing IE residents. The studies also found that
roughly one third of them reported a strong sense of
community belonging chin up Ie chin up and Happy Halloween
to all of you. As a rolls around, I know
you'll be watching the World Series starting Monday, then Tuesday
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and Wednesday, all all games at five o'clock on AM
five seventy LA Sports, and you can count on all
the previews and recaps in our news here at KFI.
I'll be back all next week bringing you the news
on your favorite shows in our newscast, and then next
Saturday night, back in this seat to talk about the
week that was and the week that will be on
Michael Monks Reports. My thanks to Oliver Boone, our technical director,
(35:22):
in Brigitta Diagostino, our news anchor. Tonight, we'll talk again
next Saturday right here
Speaker 1 (35:28):
KFI AM six forty on demand
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
We've got another hour together, another hour to celebrate together.
The Dodgers have evened up the series with the Toronto
Blue Jays winning five to one in Toronto tonight, Yamamoto
pitching a complete game, second time in a row in
the postseason, and now the series comes to Los Angeles
(00:29):
even at one apiece. Three games scheduled Monday Tuesday Wednesday,
three games needed to win the World Series. The World
Series could be won right here in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
All those games are at five o'clock. You can hear
all the action always on our sister station, AM five
to seventy LA. Sports coming up in this hour. A
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lot to get to because even though we're all watching
sports on Saturday, the news doesn't stop. Mayor basspoke to
a group of downtown Los Angeles residents, and some of
our responses to their questions and concerns were really shocking
to me. So I'm going to share them with you
to see if you feel the same way. Am I
off base for feeling like our answers were very strange.
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We'll also look at some polling that shows good news
for supporters of Prop. Fifty who want to see the
congressional districts in California drawn more favorably for Democrats. But
there's also some good news for Republicans in the governor's race.
And there's a new survey showing that the misery level
and the inland empire is up. So we'll get to
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all of that, But right now, the federal government shutdown
has continued. There does not appear at this point to
be an end in sight, and now folks are going
to start feeling it.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Some already have.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
We've had reports on our airwaves about air traffic controllers,
for example, who are working still but not getting paid
and needing to go to food banks, and their food
banks popping up at airports here in California to help
get these air traffic controllers through so they can feed
themselves in their families. But now a lot more people
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in your own backyard are going to find themselves in
need of assistance. La County in particular, is very nervous
about this situation, so the Board of Supervisors has tried
to prepare as some federal funding will start to run
out and La County gets a ton a federal funding
because so many people here are on government assistants, either
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through cow Fresh benefits to support food or medical to
support their healthcare, or cow Works to receive cash assistance,
and all that stuff is an absolute jeopardy right now
because of the federal government shut down. Nearly two million
residents in La and Orange Counties could face food in
(02:58):
security starting next month, which by the way, starts next week.
The federal government shutdown will impact the disbursement of cow
Fresh payments starting next week. There are nearly one and
a half million residents of La County who receive cow
Fresh benefits. That's that's more than ten percent. In Orange County,
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more than three hundred and ten thousand residents receive the benefits,
and all across the country, this nearly month long shutdown
means at minimum a delay and benefits food stamps basically snapped.
It will hurt forty two million Americans, including five and
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a half million across the state of California. Now, there
are also concerns at the local level about forthcoming work
requirements in order to continue to receive certain benefits. Now,
the Board of supervisors this week addressed this issue with
their concerns. Here is Supervisor Hilda Soleise.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
We know that evidence shows that work requirements do not
increase employment. The vast majority of beneficiaries are already working
or have a good reason not to work, such as
struggling with health issues, disabilities, or being a caregiver for
someone in their immediate family. Work requirements will lead to
significant coverage losses due to burdensome administrative barriers, putting a
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bigger strain on our county social safety net.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
The Board of Supervisors voted this week to expand what
it calls workfare and volunteer opportunities with the county itself
as well as community organizations to help welfare recipients meet
those work requirements. Here is Supervisor Lindsay Horvaff.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
The changes under HR one will cause people to lose
health coverage, to get sick, to overcrowd our emergency rooms,
and even go hungry. It will make life harder for
those who already struggle the most, and as many as
one point five million Angelinos are at risk of losing
medical when new work requirements take effect on January first,
twenty twenty seven. As of last month, over nine hundred
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eighty thousand households relying on CalFresh, include more than four
hundred and sixty thousand children in food and secure homes,
and we don't know yet how many will lose benefits
due to these new requirements.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Supervisor Solease and Supervisor Horvath introduced a motion that was
adopted by the Board that directs the Department of Public
Social Services and other agencies to begin preparing to assist
residents in danger of losing access to their benefits. It
also calls for the expansion of workfare and volunteer opportunities
with county departments and with community organizations to help people
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meet the work and volunteer requirements.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
I appreciate that the state is able to cover cal
works through December, but the loss of November cal Fresh
benefits means families and individuals across Los Angeles County will
go without food, relying heavily on food banks, uncertain of
where their next meal might come from. And so I
know our district too, is also receiving calls from constituents
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who are scared, who are looking for help, and I
believe this is only the beginning.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
And there are a lot of people, as noted that
face losing these benefits right as the holidays are coming.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
As Supervisor Catherine Barger says.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
The fact that we've got the holidays coming up and
it's time now for us to begin giving. I know
I'm one of those frustrated people before Halloween that see
Christmas you know Carol's being played, But I think it's
time for us to step up our game and ask
people to open their hearts in their checkbooks sooner rather
than later. Although I guess now Bevenmo right, it's not
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checkbooks anymore.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
I just dated myself.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
So basically, if if you can, she's asking for donations
to help feed people in Los Angeles County who risk
losing their benefits because of the federal government shutdown. Supervisor
Barger's office says the county Department of Public Social Services
has already been reaching out to Cowfresh recipients to make
sure that these recipients are aware of this situation and
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telling those people with immediate needs to contact local food banks.
In Orange County, officials there have urged Cowfresh recipients to
call two to one one or visit two to one
onec dot org to learn about food housing and utility resources.
They also urged recipients to keep meeting all of the
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programs reporting requirements to ensure their benefits resume quickly when
the shutdown ends. Now, the Social Services Agency in Orange
County receives, on average, or it should say issues on average,
sixty two million dollars a month in cow fresh benefits.
(08:03):
That agency says this will not only have an impact
on the families and individuals receiving benefits, but also the
local economy. For every dollar of benefits spent at local
retailers accepting ebt up to one dollar and fifty cents
as generated, that's their claim. So starting next Saturday, as
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the new month begins, if the federal government is still
shut down, and maybe even if it reopens, because it's
so close to the deadline, a lot of people in
southern California are going to be without their benefits.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Open up the iHeartRadio app, click on the talkback button,
and we will place some of your comments as the
show rolls on up next. Residents of downtown Los Angeles
have expressed their, let's say, concerns about the condition of
the Central Business district covered in human waste A lot
(09:03):
of homeless around, a lot of homeless people suffering from
mental health crises who are frankly kind of scary to
be around. It's dirty down there, it's smelly down there,
it's filthy down there. There are a lot of vacancies
in the commercial spaces. The Downtown La Residence Association put
out a survey from residents and business owners expressing these concerns,
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detailing wish ones are most important. We talked about that
on this show a few weeks ago. That group managed
to get a meeting with La Mayor Bassi virtual one.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I attended it.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
I pulled a couple of clips because I was pretty
shocked at some of the Mayor's responses to this Downtown
Los Angeles residence group. And I'm going to play some
of those for you next and you can tell me
if I'm off base for being surprised.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
So keep it right here. As Michael Monks Reports continues.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Dodgers won tonight five to one over Toronto. So now
the Dodgers have one, the Blue Jays have one, and
they'll be in Los Angeles on Monday for the next
three games. And that means the World Series could be
won right here in La if the Dodgers win all
three games. Of course, Toronto wins all three games as well.
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Catch all the action on our sister station A five
seventy LA Sports. If you listen to this show enough
on Saturday nights, you know, I spend an inordinate amount
of time talking about downtown A Downtown Los Angeles, And
it may be a little selfish because I live there,
But the truth of the matter is downtown LA is
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extremely important to Southern California, Los Angeles specifically, but the region,
because LA is the most important city obviously in Southern California,
downtown is the most important part of it. So if
it's failing, it sets a bad tone for the rest
of the city.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
And right now it's pretty much failing.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
A lot of folks say that it was on the
up and up, and it did look to be on
the up and up for much of the twenty tens,
and then COVID came along and it was hit particularly
hard because downtown LA relies a lot on workers coming
to the office and using the services down there and
supporting the small businesses, eating at the restaurants and When
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that went away, the streets filled up with a different
kind of clientele. The Downtown Los Angeles Residents Association put
out a survey that we talked about here a few
weeks ago, with some of the representatives from that group
detailing their main concerns, which include crime. It includes the
mental breakdowns that some of these homeless folks downtown are having.
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I mean, I live down there, I seat every day.
You see individuals walking down the street, screaming at somebody
that is not there, punching somebody who is not there,
and I mean passionate telenovela level arguments with no one.
So it just creates a very scary environment. They've called
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on the city to remedy this, and one of the
main things they asked for is more police on foot.
They've also asked for a meeting with La Mayor Bass
and they got their wish. They had a virtual meeting
with La Mayor Bass. I attended it, and I just
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happened to be a little bit surprised by some of
her responses. And I'm gonna play some for you just
to give you the idea. I know that La is
a big city. There are many of you who are
either from LA or live in LA, or you're here
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in southern California.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
You know LA.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
But you're going to know parts of LA better than others, right.
I mean that's true of any large city. You can't
know everything.
Speaker 7 (13:07):
Well.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
You might be able to point to various neighborhoods on
the map, but what do you know about their character?
What do you know about their personality? I think most
people know about downtown. That's the one part of the
city that is probably more likely than others to bring
you there if you're not from there. Crypto's there, theaters
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are there, shopping is their work might be there. But
here is what Mayor Bass said in the early moments
of this meeting with the Downtown LA Residents Association.
Speaker 8 (13:44):
But I'll tell you there's some downtowns that look superb.
I was in last year when I went to the
Democratic Convention in Chicago. You know, the mayors know each other,
of course, and I reached down to Mayor Johnson afterwards
and I said, I am so jealous. Downtown Chicago is pristine,
and that's what we should strive for too.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
That's what we should strive for too.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
A clean downtown like Chicago has, if only I knew
somebody who could make some calls or issue some directives,
you know, the mayor's offices at City Hall, which also
happens to be located in downtown Los Angeles. I just
thought that that particular response was surprising because she didn't
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back it up with any plan, Like I went to
Chicago for the Democratic National Convention.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
And just feel jealous about it.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Not that had some meetings, took some notes, then came
here and met with some downtown stakeholders, as they like
to say, organizations.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
It's not true at all. She didn't do anything. And
the next thing that she said was even more surprising
to me.
Speaker 8 (15:03):
You know, I'm born and raised here, so I certainly
remember when no one lived downtown, the idea that there's
ninety thousand people that live downtown. And I have to
tell you that one of my fascinations is looking at
all of these high rises and it's like, who lives
in these places? Who are they? How many of them
is corporate housing? How many, you know is what is
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the community? So I would love to get to know.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
You who lives there. Ninety thousand people live in downtown
Los Angeles, And the mayor said to these residents. I
don't know who any of you are. I look at
these buildings and think who's moving into these places.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
The mayor works downtown every day. It's where City Hall is.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
You have many of the problems facing downtown overall right
outside City Hall's door. There are literal homeless camps outside
LA City Hall. There is graffiti on LA City Hall.
There is trash all around LA City Hall. But this
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all seemed to be a bit of a surprise to
Mayor Bass in this meeting with the Downtown LA Residents Association.
One thing she agreed to was getting to work on
the police being on foot patrols down there. I don't
know what that will look like, don't know what the
timeline is, but she did seem like she could make
that happen. But when it will happen is unclear. I'm
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sure I will let you know as we continue to
chronicle downtown Los Angeles. But just absolutely to me shocking
remark from the mayor to express such confusion about the
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neighborhood where she works, the most important neighborhood in the
city that she governs. Your thoughts are welcome. Open up
the iHeartRadio app. Click on that talkback button, and we'll
play some In the final couple of segments that we
have together.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Up next, we're going to talk about a new poll
that's out.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
It's good news for supporters of Prop fifty who want
to see the congressional districts in California redrawn to favorite Democrats.
It's also good news for a Republican candidate for governor
next year. We'll get into that next, as well as
a new survey reflecting some misery on the rise in
the Inland Empire. As Michael Monks Reports continues.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
You're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand.
Speaker 3 (17:45):
This is Michael Monks Reports.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News, celebrating on this Saturday
night with all of you as the Dodgers win Game
two of the World Series in Toronto five to one
over the Blue Jays to even the series at a
game a piece. Both teams teams come to La for
Game three on Monday. Game four is Tuesday, and then
Game five is Wednesday, and that is the day that
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the World Series could be one if either of those
teams win the next three. So be ready to celebrate,
be ready for I don't know is there going to
be more traffic because of the games. It's going to
be less because people are going to stay home from
work to prepare for these games. They all start at
five o'clock, So does that mean people will be leaving
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work early to get to wherever they're going to go
to watch the game, to get to Dodger Stadium to
see the game in person. I'd appreciate some advice, as
I usually work until about five here in Burbank and
drive in the direction of the stadium. Would like to
avoid that mess if I can, because I'll listen to
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the game on a five seventy LA Sports of course.
So what should we expect for traffic with the game
starting at five o'clock Monday, Tuesday Wednesday. You can weigh
in on the iHeartRadio app by clicking on the talk
back button. We've got some folks who want to talk
about Mayor Bass's comments about downtown Los Angeles when she
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says she'd like to see look more like downtown Chicago.
Speaker 9 (19:17):
Hey, Michael Bass is full of it, because yeah, Downtown's
beautiful right there on the coast the Great Lakes, but
go a little south. It is a complete wreck, man.
It is an absolute disaster zone. You just have to
take a look at the.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Photos appreciate that call. Chicago is lovely. Downtown, they get
a lot of people visiting. You know, the Miracle Mile,
the Great Lakes are gorgeous. If you've never been to
the Great Lakes, they're lovely.
Speaker 3 (19:48):
It's you know.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
I think one of the marketing slogans is it's basically
like the ocean without without sharks, without the salts. It's
a great place. Chicago has its well documented problems, as
noted by the caller Crime. I mean, they have issues
similar to Los Angeles, but one thing they don't have
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a problem with is keeping downtown busy, occupied and clean.
I've been there several times. It's lovely, it really is.
But in Los Angeles, the city has its problems, and
downtown is part of it. There's like nothing that the
city is doing. There are plenty of groups trying, but
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the city itself, as indicated by the mayor's responses in
our previous segment, doesn't even know that people live in
downtown Los Angeles. Let's hear from Eduardo.
Speaker 10 (20:46):
Yeah, Michael, this is Eduardo. I live for I lived
in Chicago for fifty plus years and I moved to
Tampa Bay because of the high crime, lovelessness, high tax,
it's pretty low, high unemployment. What is Mayor Bath thinking
she has a mental illness?
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Well, you're you're you're right, you're putting out. I can't
tell you that you're right about Mayor Baths.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
That's that's not for me to say you're right.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
About Chicago's issues.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
And I think that's That's sort of the point here
is that Chicago has its problems. Los Angeles has its problems.
Some of them overlap, some of them are very similar
by large cities struggling to figure out how to govern
itself better. But downtown Chicago is clean and downtown Los
Angeles is not. There are all the major retailers, all
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the major retailers are in downtown Chicago, and the sidewalks
are wide and clean and walkable. The transit is useful
and abundant and and locals use it. It's cleaner, and
(22:02):
that's really where the good comparisons kind of in. Right, Yeah,
you get beyond downtown, you're going to find Chicago's warts.
But the point here is that downtown Chicago looks nice
because they make it look nice, and Los Angeles does
not take its downtown as seriously, my goodness, excuse me.
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We got an election coming up. One issue on the ballot,
proposition fifty. Do you or do you not want to
see California's congressional maps redrawn. A new poll out of
Emerson College, just a couple of weeks before we go
to the polls officially and get these results, shows that, Yeah,
California wants this. It looks like it's going to pass overwhelmingly.
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If this poll is any indication if the election were
held today, fifty seven percent say yes, thirty seven percent
say no. And if you're a die hard and keeping
track of the return ballots and Democrats are really really
voting and Republicans aren't as much. So the Republican opposition
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to this has not waged a successful campaign at all.
This is going to cruise to victory, and the congressional
maps will be redrawn, likely to favor Democrats. You never
know in an election, of course, but they're going to
be drawn in a way that are supposed to favorite Democrats,
and you'll see more Democrats in the House in twenty
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twenty seven when that new Congress takes office.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
They also polled.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
These voters on gubernatorial candidates though, and this is where
there's some good news for Republicans. The Republicans will probably
be disappointed by the results of Proposition fifty, but they've
got a couple of Republican candidates for governor who it's
still early, it's a crowded field, but these are.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
A couple of guys who are in the mix. In fact, Republicans,
Ve Hilton leads the entire field.
Speaker 11 (24:02):
Now.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Katie Porter, the former congresswoman out of Orange County, has
fallen to second. Of course, she had a rough couple
of weeks in the media after misbehaving, getting angry and
some interviews and then other videos resurfacing of how she
loses her temper with certain frequency that's hurt her. And
now Steve Hilton, the former Fox personality, the Republican candidate
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for California governor, is in first place with sixteen percent
of the vote. Sixteen percent of the vote. Katie Porter
is in second now with fifteen percent, but in third
place is Riverside County sheriff and Republican Chad Bianco with
eleven percent. Former La Mayor Antonio via Ragosa is in
fourth with five percent. As his former US Secretary in
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the Biden administration, Javier Bessera. He also has five percent,
and the rest of the candidates are below that. So
the top three candidates are two Republicans and Katie Porter.
Now you may wonder if you know if Republican can
win in California. But what does this poll indicate. Maybe
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the Democrats don't have the candidate yet that is exciting
voters here, and you may have Republicans find an opening.
Certainly bad news for Katie Porter after a rough week.
The poll also asked folks about whether they view certain
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individuals favorably or unfavorably. Fifty four percent of California voters,
according to this Emerson poll, do view governor knew him favorably.
He's got a forty one percent unfavorable rating. They asked
about former President Barack Obama because he has put out
some ads in supportive proposition. Fifty sixty two percent of
voters in California still have a favorable view of President Obama.
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They also asked about former governor and of course, Blockbuster actor,
Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has a favorability rating of forty three
percent and an unfavorable rating of thirty three percent. But
they also ask voters whether you are unsure you've never
heard of them. That came out at a staggering twenty
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five percent. Now, maybe that's made up of folks who
said unsure. I don't know how it feel about Arnold
Schwarzenegger right now, but I can't imagine twenty five percent
never hearing of Arnold Schwarzenegger. We do have that election
coming up. It's right around the corner. People are already voting,
of course in California, and it does look like it's
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going to be a good day for supporters of Proposition
fifty who want to see California's congressional district's redrawn. We're
gonna talk about a new report coming out of the
Inland Empire that shows folks there say they're struggling and suffering.
(27:02):
And we've also lost a Hollywood television legend from the
Golden Age era. We'll talk about that next as Michael
Monks Reports finishes up.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI News.
We're wrapping up this Saturday night in southern California night
that the Dodgers won five to one in Toronto, and
now the series is tied one to one and Game
three is here in LA on Monday at five o'clock.
Here that game on our sister station, i AM five
(27:44):
to seventy LA Sports. We'll also play some of your comments. Now,
let's hear from Frank, who's weighing in on Prop fifty
in that poll showing it looks likely to pass.
Speaker 12 (27:55):
Republicans are crying about California restructuring their you know, congressional
layout or whatever. But that's only happening because Republicans started
doing it in Texas.
Speaker 13 (28:12):
First.
Speaker 12 (28:14):
This is a countermeasure to something that Republicans did. Have
Republicans not done this or not try to do this
in Texas and other states.
Speaker 2 (28:24):
I think what he goes on to say is that
it's hypocritical if you support what Texas is doing but
oppose what California is doing, and really vice versa, because
you know this is going to get ugly or other
states are going to start doing this. I think Frank
is correct that California has sold this well. The supporters
of it, the governor, have sold this well as saying
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we need to do this because Texas is doing that.
The circumstances that motivated Texas are a little bit different,
but it is certainly partisan gerrymandering that's taking place in
that state as well. And a few more of you
are weighing in on that political poll that came out,
and let me just make sure I get everybody in
the correct order, and wish you came Here's Kathy.
Speaker 13 (29:07):
This is for Michael Monks. I love your shows.
Speaker 3 (29:11):
Thank you.
Speaker 13 (29:11):
I listen on Saturday nights because you tell it like
it is. You play clips of Karen who doesn't know
her you know what from a hole in the ground,
and it just shows how stupid she is. And I
wish people who needed to hear that would listen. I'm
not sure they are. Thank you for your excellent reporting.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
Thank you, Kathy. I appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
I do try to present things as they happen, not
without I editorialize a little bit on that downtown thing
because I was so blown away by the mayor's comments,
but otherwise it's just here's what happened, and here's what
the local officials had to say about it. Let's hear
from Tom next.
Speaker 7 (29:55):
Kaated Corridor has no place in politics. When she was
gonna drop out because of Kamala running against her for
governor possibly, she said, no, you can't just jump in
and jump out of politics because of who's running. You
have to have some sort of strength and backbone period.
(30:19):
Plus she just doesn't get.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Along with people. Thank you Tom for that call. And
let's go now to Bridget.
Speaker 11 (30:31):
The Michael Mont the number one seven o'clock show in
La well probably anywhere.
Speaker 10 (30:40):
Just know that I love what you do.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
I love your delivery. I love when you sit in
as an anchor.
Speaker 11 (30:47):
I wish you could be on five days a week,
but who would deliver the news the way you do.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
I love the work that you do.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Bridget, thank you so much. That was very kind. And
that's also a good way to get on the air.
And I can tell you listen to the Conway Show
because he's my biggest hype man, always talking about the
number one show in LA at seven o'clock on Saturdays.
And now let's hear from this who is this Victor?
Speaker 3 (31:14):
Hey, Michael Victor from Riverside. Love the show, Street Savvy Smart.
Speaker 2 (31:19):
You're one of the few stations that keeps the politicians honest.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Keep up the great work.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
Hey, that means a lot, Victor. Thanks to all of
you for listening to us tonight. There was some sad
news out of Hollywood today. Take a listen to these
clips from a Lassie and my goodness, what was the
other show Lost in Space? And see if you can
recognize the actress.
Speaker 11 (31:41):
Lasty's part of this family and she's just going to
have to learn to accept it. There's no room in
this house for two stubborn females. Major That thirty billion
dollars is just as much my money as it is yours.
And I don't like to waste it either, but I'd
gladly waste a hundred times that much to say guard
(32:02):
my family. Now, I say we turned back. Don't you
have an opinion? No?
Speaker 9 (32:08):
I don't, not until we've checked every component inside out,
know exactly how we stand.
Speaker 3 (32:12):
And then and then I'll let the computer make the
final decision.
Speaker 11 (32:16):
And will the computer also take into consideration Amend's love
and concern for his family or has all that been
put into cold storage for the duration.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
That's actress June Lockhart, known as the mother on the
TV series Lassie and Lost in Space. She died today
in Santa Monica at the age of one hundred and one.
Last item, I talk a bit about the Inland Empire
from from time to time on here when there's this
news coming out that just shows folks out there are
(32:45):
like Sam Bernardino was rated like the dirtiest city, even
dirtier than Los Angeles in some trash company survey. And
now there's more bad news out of the IE, which
I do happen to like very much. I think the
architecture in San Bernardino on Riverside gorgeous. I'm a city guy.
I love those two big cities out there. They're beautiful.
But research out of UC Riverside has shown that well being,
(33:08):
the way that people feel in Ealand Empire, is way
behind national levels. A majority of residents say they are
struggling to get by. In this survey, participants were asked
to rate their current and future lives on a scale
of zero to ten they would place they would place
their response in three categories. They'll be thriving or they
(33:32):
are thriving. They will be struggling or they are struggling,
or they will be suffering or they are suffering. And
more than half of respondents out in the IE, fifty
three percent say they were struggling, six percent say they
were suffering. According to the study, the folks who say
they were thriving tend to have more money, more education,
(33:52):
they tend to be married, and they tend to go
to church. Our friends at KTLA reported on this and
found fifty eight percent say they were struggling, six percent
were suffering. In Riverside County, more than one third of
women expected their lives to worsen over the next five years,
compared with just nine percent who said the same in
San Bernardino. Apparently, healthcare was a big, big gap for folks.
(34:18):
Forty percent of uninsured women say that cost is their
main barrier to getting healthcare. Thirty percent of pre kindergarten
age girls were enrolled in early education program. Sixteen percent
of adult women lacked a high school diploma, and those
without diplomas earned a median income of twenty six thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (34:37):
You see.
Speaker 2 (34:38):
Riverside officials say there were some hopeful findings despite the
financial challenges plaguing IE residents. The studies also found that
roughly one third of them reported a strong sense of
community belonging chin up Ie chin up and Happy Halloween
to all of you. As a rolls around, I know
you'll be watching the World Series starting Monday, then Tuesday
(34:59):
and Wednesday, all all games at five o'clock on AM
five seventy LA Sports, and you can count on all
the previews and recaps in our news here at KFI.
I'll be back all next week bringing you the news
on your favorite shows in our newscast, and then next
Saturday night, back in this seat to talk about the
week that was and the week that will be on
Michael Monks Reports. My thanks to Oliver Boone, our technical director,
(35:22):
in Brigitta Diagostino, our news anchor. Tonight, we'll talk again
next Saturday right here
Speaker 1 (35:28):
KFI AM six forty on demand
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