November 9, 2025 • 36 mins
LA County looks to crack down on predatory attorneys seeking to capitalize on fraudulent sex abuse claims; Orange County guides its law enforcement on how to move homeless camps - even if it means arrests; Only 17% of households in California can afford to buy the median-priced home; and the Brady Bunch House may soon be a historic cultural landmark.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm Michael Monks from KFI News. We've got another hour
together on this Saturday night. In southern California. The USC
Trojans big winners over Northwestern today, thirty eight to seventeen.
The twentieth ranked Trojans improved a seven and two. Meanwhile,
at the Rose Bowl, UCLA trailing at halftime against twenty
fifth ranked Nebraska. It's twenty one to seven in favor
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of the corn Huskers. Right now, La County has agreed
to pay four billion dollars to thousands of people who
filed a class action lawsuit saying they were all sexually
abused by staff members of the county government. Now we
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knew that a couple of months ago, a shocking number
the largest sex abuse settlement in American history, surpassing all
of the Catholic Diocese settlements. But then just a couple
of weeks ago, more claims and more settlements, eight hundred
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twenty eight million dollar settlement with four hundred and fourteen
additional plaintiffs who claimed they were victims of childhood's sexual
abuse and probation camps. So now we're over four point
eight billion dollars that the local government has agreed to
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pay out. The La Times uncovered allegations that some of
these claims may be fraudulent and they were not vetted properly.
In fact, they accused one law firm of going down
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to La County social services buildings think about where you
might go to get your food stamp benefits, and finding people,
maybe homeless people, and saying we'll give you a little
bit of cash if you will sign your name to
this saying you were sexually abused. Apparently, some of these
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folks who signed on told the La Times that's what happened.
So one the La County Board of Supervisors now says
we should probably investigate this situation since we're paying four
point eight billion dollars. They also took action this week
to stop solicitations around the government buildings. Now nothing has
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been enacted, they're taking a step towards that. We'll talk
about that in just a moment. But there are also
other attorneys who worked on this case who say there
should be more investigations into the allegations that some plaintiffs
in a separate settlement were paid to make false claims.
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So let's separate these two settlements. You've got the four
billion dollar one that's where these allegations came from, and
then you have this newer one representing about four hundred
people that was settled for eight hundred and twenty eight
million dollars. The attorneys in that eight hundred and twenty
eight million dollars settlement say that four billion dollar one
needs more investigation. Courtney thom who is a former Orange
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County prosecutor of sexual assault cases, said that even before
The La Times broke this story about some plaintiffs allegedly
being paid to make false claims to get payouts under
a state law that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations
on childhood sex abuse, she said her firm was raising
red flags about the fraud. She says, this is plain fraud.
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For months, if not years, before The La Times exposed
this story of false claims paid out by the county,
we called out these claims openly numerous times in court,
and when the Board of Supervisors was confronted with this
scandal publicly, their response was to attack the victims. Why
did the county do no due diligence to investigate those claims?
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This isn't normal and we've never seen it. This is
fraud and corruption on the highest level, and it is
a stain on our profession. She said. Her law firm,
excuse me. Her law firm deposed dozens of former and
current probation officials. The county deposed no one. She says,
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we exposed the fact the county knew about the sexual
abuse of our clients and did nothing. They just passed
the trash and moved the abuser and did nothing. It
became clear that no one in the county gave a
damn about the children entrusted to them. So there are
a couple of things that play here. One, obviously some
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children were abused, and that attorney there, Courtney Thom, says
they deserve justice. On the other hand, a justice is
cheapened by the other settlement that is apparently involving many
many liars. So the board of supervisors, after the fact,
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after agreeing to both of these massive settlements, has agreed
that we should probably investigate. This week they did something else.
They have decided that they would move towards banning lawyers
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from going near these folks who are seeking services. Here's
Supervisor janis Han.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
We are painfully aware of the ongoing allegations of fraud
and the pay to sue tactics used to recruit clients
file US suits against the county. These activities have primarily
occurred outside social service offices and other county buildings, where
there is little to no oversight, making it easy for
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bad actors to approach at risk residents and offer cash payments,
sometimes as much as two hundred dollars in exchange for
filling out forms or providing personal information. As we work
to reconcile what is now the largest sex abuse settlement
in US history, it's clear that our strongest tools for
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fraud prevention lie in our ability to make smart policy
adjustments that respond to the challenges that we face today.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
The law firm that is accused here has denied any wrongdoing,
but the supervisors are moving towards making sure that no
law firm is going around these vulnerable individuals outside county agencies. Here,
Supervisor Han explains what the motion does.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
This motion will direct our county to explore creating a
safe buffer zone ordinance that will number one, stop predatory
vendors or recruiters from targeting at risk residence to prevent
interference with people trying to access county services. Three, coordinate
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enforcement with local cities and law enforcement. Four ensure residents
can access services safely, privately, and with dignity. This motion
is about protecting people, ensuring that every resident who turned
to the county for help can do so in an
environment that is safe, free from exploitation, and worthy of
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their trust. Our goal is to create a buffer zone
around our buildings while still respecting the First Amendment right.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
It is a staggering amount of money, the largest sex
abuse settlement in American history, and it appears to have
not been properly vetted by the stewards of your tax dollars.
And now they're going to work to make sure that
no lawyers come next to anybody waiting in line for
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food stamps. We'll continue to monitor that that story is
not going anywhere. It is going to be affecting La
County residents for a long time because that is such
a substantial sum of money. It is going to hurt
services for years. They anticipate paying for it into the
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twenty fifties. Coming up next, the Mayor of Los Angeles
has lifted her emergency on homelessness. So what does that
mean about the state of homelessness in the city. Meanwhile,
the Orange County Board of Supervisors has new plans for
new law enforcement approach to homeless camps. Talk about that next.
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As Michael Monks Reports continues.
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News will be together till nine o'clock tonight. The Orange
County Board of Supervisors has adopted an ordinance guiding how
law enforcement deals with homeless camps. You might recall a
decision by the US Supreme Court that says municipalities, local
governments they are allowed to get homeless camps off the streets.
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That drew different reactions from different governments, even from different
members of the same governments here locally. But Supervisor Don
Wagner says, we got the help we needed from the
Supreme Court, and what this is doing is making sure
that our sheriff has the tools in the unincorporated areas
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necessary to enforce that decision and to help ultimately the
people who are homeless and the folks who are in
the community and are having to deal with homeless encampments
in their parks and in their place of business. The
ordnance that was approved by the Orange County Board of
Supervisors allows the county to arrest and fine homeless people
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who are camping in county parks or other county properties,
including the flood control channels. That Supreme Court ruling last
year lifted a previous ban on arresting people for sleeping
in public places where no shelter beds were available. Supervisor
Katrina Foley says the ordinance comes from a memorandum of
understanding with the cities of Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, and
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the state and county parks departments. She says there were
no uniform protocols, so the ordinance, she says, is not
meant to just give free reign to dismantle camps. She says,
we also do this with a complement of care coordination
at the side of law enforcement, so that these people
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who need help know that we are here to help.
This ordinance adoption also means that the county can still
be eligible for federal and state funding for homelessness. Supervisor
Foley says it's just one tool in our tool belt
as it related to a lot of our different supports.
We have to end homelessness here in Orange County. We
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are here to help, but we also need to keep
the community safe. We need to keep people from illegal
camping in our parks. Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento was the only
member of the board who voted against it. He said,
I think this county became a model for how you
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address homelessness. The board had adopted a system of care
that involved breaking up camps while providing shelter and other
services under previous law before that Supreme Court ruling. Under
that law, municipalities were required to provide shelter before breaking
up the camps. So now the county system was the
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result of a settlement in federal court. They came out
of a large camp along the Santa Anna River and
throughout downtown Santa Anna and other cities. Sarmiento says, I
certainly appreciated all of the work that was done when
I was mayor in Santa Anna. Unfortunately, we don't want
that dismantled or eroded. So I'm glad to hear that
this is going to continue in some way. But he said,
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the ordinance is a good effort, but I think it's
a departure from what the Catholic Worker settlement with the
county did and invested in. He says, under that old law,
transients were warned before law enforcement would disperse an encampment.
But he says, I have trust and confidence sheriff's deputies
will continue to enforce it in a way that's humane
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and follows the law. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Mayor Bass
has ended her emergency declaration on homelessness. She says the
crisis persists, and don't we know it. The city now
has the tools in place to continue urgent action without
the temporary order she signed on her first day in office,
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She sent a memo to the city council wish over
the past several months had been trying to explore ways
to get rid of the emergency anyway. The council is
asked to extend it repeatedly and it does usually get
the approval with some small dissent. She said in her
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mimo to city council if at any point she would
bring this emergency back if necessary, She says, with the
city firmly pointed in a new direction on homelessness, I
am lifting the official declaration of a state of emergency.
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Let me be clear, the crisis remains, and so does
our urgency. Every day, we will continue to be on
the streets, engaging with people living in encampments and RVs,
bringing people inside safe, and storing neighborhoods across Los Angeles.
She goes on to say, the Mayor does I look
forward to our continued partnership with the City Council and
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thank you for your commitment to serve the people of
Los Angeles. This emergency gave the mayor and other city
officials the authority to expedite contracting and to launch that
inside Safe program, and now, she says, that is no
longer needed now, not just the emergency has been under
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the watchful li of city Council, at least the more
watchful lie. More recently, the inside Safe program has been
scrutinized heavily by council Member Monica Rodriguez, who says these
services are not passed out fairly among council districts, and
also there is no real clear explanation of how much
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it's costing and what we're getting for it. A lot
more questions raised about homeless spending in the city and
the County of Los Angeles. You might recall a famous
old restaurant in MacArthur Park, Langers Deli. It had been
complaining about the conditions around MacArthur Park, which is basically
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an open air drug abuse center full of homelessness, although
it was much cleaner when I was there a few
weeks ago, and I think the owner of Langers says
it's gotten better too, because after threatening to close because
of the conditions of that neighborhood, he says he's at
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least staying open through the twenty twenty eight Olympics. Now,
Norm Langer says, Langers in Los Angeles share a story
that spans generations. As our city prepares to welcome the
world for three unforgettable milestones, the twenty twenty six FIFA
World Cup, the Super Bowl in twenty twenty seven, and
the twenty twenty eight Olympic Games. To continue serving Angelino's
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and visitors from across the globe, he says, Langers isn't
just a restaurant, It's an institution my father al founded
when I was two years old. We're proud to carry
that legacy into one of the most exciting chapters in
Los Angeles history. So no more homeless emergency in LA
and Langers is staying open. Things are starting to look up,
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including news that more Californians can now afford to purchase
a home compared to last year. The number is still
shockingly low, though we'll talk about what that means next.
As Michael Monk's Reports continues.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
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Speaker 2 (16:45):
This is Michael Monk's Reports and Michael Monk's from KFI
News with you on this Saturday night in southern California.
I'm sure many of you listening are among those of
us who dream of owning a home someday, and so
far it's only a dream. California notoriously expensive housing, notoriously
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out of reach for so many people. The California Association
of Realtors has come out with their quarterly update on
how much it costs, on average to buy a home
in this state, and they have reported a little bit
of good news. They say seventeen percent of households in
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California can now afford to purchase the median priced home.
Seventeen percent And why is that good news? It's up
from fifteen percent earlier this year, and up from sixteen
percent from earlier excuse me from this time last year,
seventeen percent of households in California can afford to purchase
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the median priced home. What is the median priced home
in the state of California, you ask, It is a
listing that comes in at eight hundred eighty seven thousand,
three hundred eighty dollars. There is a minimum annual income
of two hundred twenty three thousand, six hundred dollars that
was needed to make monthly payments of five thousand, five
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hundred ninety dollars including principal, interest, taxes, and insurance on
a thirty year fixed rate mortgage. Twenty seven percent of
home buyers were able to purchase the six hundred forty
nine thousand, nine hundred ninety dollars median priced condo or
town home, and that would require a minimum annual income
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of one hundred and sixty three thousand, six hundred dollars
to cover that monthly payment of just over four thousand dollars.
The county called Lassen was the most affordable in the
entire state. Fifty two percent of residents there. Fifty two
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percent of households could afford the median priced home and
the most expensive, or I should say the least affordable
county was Mono. Seven percent of households could afford it,
followed by Monterey as the most the least affordable, and
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then there was a two way tie for third place
between La and Santa Barbara Counties among the least affordable
counties in the entire state. Now, this analysis by the
California Association of Realtors also includes the minimum qualifying income
for each county to be able to afford the median
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home price in the county. Now, the state wide, that
median price was the eight hundred eighty seven thousand dollars
listing that I told you about.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Here.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
In the La Metro area, the median home price is
eight hundred thirty seven thousand, sixty dollars, and the monthly
payment including taxes and insurance would be around five thousand,
two hundred seventy dollars. And that means the minimum qualifying
income for your household would have to be just over
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two hundred ten thousand. In the Inland Empire, the median
home price is a little cheaper. It's five hundred ninety
five thousand dollars and the monthly payment including taxes and
insurance three thousand, seven hundred and fifty dollars, and your
minimum qualifying income would be one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
They do break it down by county. La County alone,
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the median price nine hundred and fifty four thousand dollars,
which would be about a six thousand dollars monthly payment.
Your minimum household income to be able to afford that
would be two hundred forty thousand dollars. In Orange County,
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it's even more. The median home price in Orange County
is exactly one point four million dollars, so your monthly
payment would be eight thousand, eight hundred twenty dollars and
your minimum qualifying income would be three hundred fifty two thousand,
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eight hundred dollars. Let's go to Riverside County. The median
home price six hundred twenty five thousand dollars. You would
need to be making one hundred fifty seven thousand, six
hundred dollars. San Bernardino median price four hundred ninety seven thousand,
eight hundred. That's the almost the least expensive that they
classify Southern California. Second least expensive. San Bernardino median home
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price just under five hundred thousand dollars, so you could
make one hundred twenty five thousand dollars a year and
be at that minimum qualifying income. Ventura County median price
nine hundred twenty six thousand dollars, almost as much as
La County. You need to make about two hundred thirty
three thousand. In San Diego County, the median price is
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also over a million dollars. Just over a million. One million,
nine thousand, five hundred dollars is the median home price
in San Diego, so you need to make about two
hundred and fifty four thousand dollars. Imperial County is the cheapest.
The median listing is four hundred and eighteen thousand, five
hundred dollars, so you could make just over one hundred
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five thousand dollars in order to meet that minimum qualifying standard.
So now statewide, seventeen percent of residents are able to
afford it. What percent of La County residents make that
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minimum amount twelve in Orange County thirteen percent, San Diego
County thirteen percent, Ventura County sixteen percent. The other counties
are around a quarter twenty five percent, Imperials at twenty six,
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Riversides at twenty three. San Bernino, twenty nine percent of
the households make enough to meet the minimum qualifying income
for the median house. That is, it makes it difficult
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to dream, or I should say it makes it easier
to keep a dream a dream rather than a reality.
I don't know if any of you are like me,
like to play on zillo every now and then when
you're bored, you've got nothing else to do, Let's see
what's for sale and my dream neighborhood in Los Angeles
and the butdget just has to be fantasy for now,
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we'll get there. But to think that in Los Angeles
there are only twelve percent of households that could possibly
even afford with the very minimum amount of income the
median priced house ten million people, twelve percent can afford
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to buy a house here, that is tough. But hey,
how about that weather. You cannot beat the weather of
southern California, and therefore we continue to pay exorbitant rent.
Home sales are doing well in Southern California, regardless of
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the price. They rebounded last month in La County and
across California, increasing on both a month to month and
year to year basis. Single family detached homes in La
County rose twenty point nine percent in September compared to
August numbers up thirteen point eight percent year over year.
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In statewide. Across California, September sales were up five percent
from the previous month and more than six percent from
last year. Orange County sales were down a little bit,
but we're still up from a year ago. So in
spite of these high prices, somebody's out there buying houses.
I hope to join you very very soon. There is
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a house that got some attention this week at LA
City Hall, and it is one of the most famous
TV family houses ever to exist, and very soon it
could be a historic cultural landmark in Los Angeles. We'll
take you to Studio City next.
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I just thought you might need something else, you know,
to worry about. Some pretty cute and cool news from
the La Zoo this week.
Speaker 4 (26:30):
It's the first orangutan born at the zoo in more
than fifteen years. The baby boy was born on October
tenth and recently made his public debut with his mother.
The infant can now be seen in the LA Zoo's
read a Rainforest exhibit. Bornian orangutans are categorized as critically
endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Tammy Trihello,
KFI news.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
And when you think about famous houses from television, what
crosses your mind? Wish ones do you think rank among
the most famous? A lot of them are probably in
southern California, even if the show was not set there,
just because of the nature, the fact that Hollywood is here,
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one of those houses that may have crossed your mind
is up for a landmark designation. Here's the story.
Speaker 6 (27:23):
A lovely lady who was bringing a three very lovely girls,
all of them that era gold like their mother the youngest.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
One and girls is the story who was busy with
That's right, the Brady Bunch House here in Los Angeles.
It's in Studio City. The show was never shot there
except for the exteriors. The Brady family never shot anything
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inside of this home, so the inside had always looked different.
But the outside may be culturally significant enough that the
city of Los Angeles may designate it a historic Cultural Landmark,
and that would make it a protected property and would
make it very difficult for whatever to be torn down.
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The inside of the home has since been completely renovated
as part of an HGTV project about a decade ago,
and now the inside does look like what it looked
like on the television show. I learned while watching this
LA Cultural Heritage Commission meeting that Sherwood Schwartz, the creator
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of this show, famous television producer. His daughter, spoke at
the meeting in support of designating this house. She says
her dad had created the character Mike Brady as an
architect because he never saw that profession reflected on television.
People were doctors, people were lawyers, people were cops, but
he had never seen an architect. And he needed to
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find a house that looked like an architect might live there.
And so he went driving around Los Angeles and found
this one in Studio City. The show went on the
air at like sixty eight sixty nine. This house was
about nine or ten years old at that time, and
he said, that's the one, and so all of the
exterior shots from The Brady Bunch were shot at this
house that looked like an architect might live there, this
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beautiful little mid century ranch. At the meeting, in addition
to Sherwood Schwartz's daughter, there was a woman who read
two statements from actresses you may know. One of them
is Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady. Again, this is
not Susan Olsen herself. This is a woman reading a
statement on behalf of Susan Olsen explaining why the Brady
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Bunch house should be saved and landmarked.
Speaker 7 (29:47):
That if a wrecking ball were even taken to that house,
it's like taking a wrecking ball to the American family.
So Brady's represent the ideal family where the children and
parents respect each other mutually and small but important lessons
are learned in every episode. Fortunately, the home was purchased
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by HGTV. As adults, we surviving Brady's, who will always
be known as the Brady Kids, became involved in the
effort to restore the Brady House that make the interior
match the sets that were built on the sound stage
at Paramount Studios. I thought the task was impossible, but
what the geniuses at HGTV.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
We did it. It was actually a miracle.
Speaker 7 (30:31):
But the miracle eye witnessed after the job was completed
was more profound. I realized that the house is America's house.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
So that type of sentiment was shared throughout the meeting
and during the presentation to this commission that this is
more than a TV house. This represents the American families,
represents a moment in time. The current owner of the
house was also there and spoke in favor of landmark
status and architect in Historic preservationist aired this presentation for
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the board to consider. The board did ultimately decide yes,
we will move forward to the next stage of this
so there will be further investigation into the cultural significance
of this property, and it may in fact be designated.
It's a long process. But another statement was read by
another famous actress from that period in TV history. You
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Nora is I dream of Genie. This is a statement
read on behalf of actress Barbara Eden.
Speaker 7 (31:30):
Considering the complete demolition of the old Columbia Ranch and
the loss above vu sad so many of us looked
as relatives. Making sure the Brady House location remains intact
means saving one of the last vessages of bygone era
where the troubles of the day could be solved under
half of an hour. The Brady House is the physical
presence and an element of Americana that reminds us of
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how good we can be, how decent we can be,
how wholesome we can strive to be.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
Again, it's more.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Than a location.
Speaker 7 (31:58):
It's a state of existence, a state of mind that
we can preserve for future generations. This is only this
is the only real chance to make sure our futures
have at least one spot or the sun shines and
smiles always triumph over frowns. Save save the Brady House.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
That's the that's the kind of sentiment that was shared
during this presentation that you would think that the Declaration
of Independence had been signed at this property. But they
spoke so passionately about the Brady Bunch House. So what
happens next is there's a more in depth review by
city staff and then it will come back before the
Cultural Heritage Commission, and then they will vote on this
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whether it should be a cultural landmark, and then after
that it will go to the City Council for final approval.
It's a very lengthy process, but the Brady Bunch House.
I was trying to think of what house I think
of first. If you said name a famous TV house, Regida,
I don't mean catch off Guard. I know we're close
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in age, and I don't say that as an insult.
I think we're pretty close in age. We probably watched
some of the same shows. When I say think of
a TV house, what springs to mind, like a like
an actual house, a house that was featured in a
television show. What do you think of?
Speaker 8 (33:19):
Oh? Well, I've been watching is it the Newsroom on
Apple TV? What is it with Jennifer Annis?
Speaker 3 (33:25):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Like the Morning Show? The Morning Show?
Speaker 8 (33:26):
And I see their houses, and those are not the
houses that I can afford.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
Okay, do they feature Is there something from childhood that
you think of or like when we were younger? Oh yeah,
just like a class like a house that you saw
in TV and you're like, oh, that that's an important
house to me. Oh so home alone. That's a cool house. Yeah,
that's a good one.
Speaker 8 (33:46):
It's very fancy there, though maybe it's not as expensive
as it would be here in California.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
It's in like Chicago, in the area, Chicago area.
Speaker 8 (33:54):
I don't know, something like that.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
Yeah, I think so. You know what I thought of
was Full House, the TV series Full House.
Speaker 9 (34:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
What do they call those the ladies? The pink What
do they call those guys? Victorians? Yeah, well don't they
have a name?
Speaker 4 (34:08):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (34:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
You've been no help Forgida. I'm no thanks again, fired Mario.
You're much younger than we are. What house comes to mind?
Is it like a Blues Clues thing or what close?
Speaker 9 (34:21):
That's a good example though, one that comes to my
I'm pretty sure this was built, though I'm not sure
it's like an actual location.
Speaker 4 (34:29):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (34:30):
The house featured in the original Scream Moving.
Speaker 2 (34:35):
But the one where Drew Barrymore got but you.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
Know the one towards the third act, towards the end
that that house third act, you can tell he's in Hollywood.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
I'm not, I don't.
Speaker 9 (34:45):
I don't remember if it's an actual just a prop
it was built from the ground up, or if it
actually exists. But that's a house that pops up in
my mind.
Speaker 2 (34:51):
All right, Well, there you go. All houses we can't
afford yet, as proven by the recent report from the
California Association of Realtors. If you missed that part of
the show, or any part of this show, you can
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Forty, KFI AM six forty on demand and
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I'm Michael Monks from KFI News. We've got another hour
together on this Saturday night. In southern California. The USC
Trojans big winners over Northwestern today, thirty eight to seventeen.
The twentieth ranked Trojans improved a seven and two. Meanwhile,
at the Rose Bowl, UCLA trailing at halftime against twenty
fifth ranked Nebraska. It's twenty one to seven in favor
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of the corn Huskers. Right now, La County has agreed
to pay four billion dollars to thousands of people who
filed a class action lawsuit saying they were all sexually
abused by staff members of the county government. Now we
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knew that a couple of months ago, a shocking number
the largest sex abuse settlement in American history, surpassing all
of the Catholic Diocese settlements. But then just a couple
of weeks ago, more claims and more settlements, eight hundred
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twenty eight million dollar settlement with four hundred and fourteen
additional plaintiffs who claimed they were victims of childhood's sexual
abuse and probation camps. So now we're over four point
eight billion dollars that the local government has agreed to
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pay out. The La Times uncovered allegations that some of
these claims may be fraudulent and they were not vetted properly.
In fact, they accused one law firm of going down
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to La County social services buildings think about where you
might go to get your food stamp benefits, and finding people,
maybe homeless people, and saying we'll give you a little
bit of cash if you will sign your name to
this saying you were sexually abused. Apparently, some of these
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folks who signed on told the La Times that's what happened.
So one the La County Board of Supervisors now says
we should probably investigate this situation since we're paying four
point eight billion dollars. They also took action this week
to stop solicitations around the government buildings. Now nothing has
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been enacted, they're taking a step towards that. We'll talk
about that in just a moment. But there are also
other attorneys who worked on this case who say there
should be more investigations into the allegations that some plaintiffs
in a separate settlement were paid to make false claims.
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So let's separate these two settlements. You've got the four
billion dollar one that's where these allegations came from, and
then you have this newer one representing about four hundred
people that was settled for eight hundred and twenty eight
million dollars. The attorneys in that eight hundred and twenty
eight million dollars settlement say that four billion dollar one
needs more investigation. Courtney thom who is a former Orange
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County prosecutor of sexual assault cases, said that even before
The La Times broke this story about some plaintiffs allegedly
being paid to make false claims to get payouts under
a state law that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations
on childhood sex abuse, she said her firm was raising
red flags about the fraud. She says, this is plain fraud.
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For months, if not years, before The La Times exposed
this story of false claims paid out by the county,
we called out these claims openly numerous times in court,
and when the Board of Supervisors was confronted with this
scandal publicly, their response was to attack the victims. Why
did the county do no due diligence to investigate those claims?
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This isn't normal and we've never seen it. This is
fraud and corruption on the highest level, and it is
a stain on our profession. She said. Her law firm,
excuse me. Her law firm deposed dozens of former and
current probation officials. The county deposed no one. She says,
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we exposed the fact the county knew about the sexual
abuse of our clients and did nothing. They just passed
the trash and moved the abuser and did nothing. It
became clear that no one in the county gave a
damn about the children entrusted to them. So there are
a couple of things that play here. One, obviously some
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children were abused, and that attorney there, Courtney Thom, says
they deserve justice. On the other hand, a justice is
cheapened by the other settlement that is apparently involving many
many liars. So the board of supervisors, after the fact,
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after agreeing to both of these massive settlements, has agreed
that we should probably investigate. This week they did something else.
They have decided that they would move towards banning lawyers
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from going near these folks who are seeking services. Here's
Supervisor janis Han.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
We are painfully aware of the ongoing allegations of fraud
and the pay to sue tactics used to recruit clients
file US suits against the county. These activities have primarily
occurred outside social service offices and other county buildings, where
there is little to no oversight, making it easy for
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bad actors to approach at risk residents and offer cash payments,
sometimes as much as two hundred dollars in exchange for
filling out forms or providing personal information. As we work
to reconcile what is now the largest sex abuse settlement
in US history, it's clear that our strongest tools for
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fraud prevention lie in our ability to make smart policy
adjustments that respond to the challenges that we face today.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
The law firm that is accused here has denied any wrongdoing,
but the supervisors are moving towards making sure that no
law firm is going around these vulnerable individuals outside county agencies. Here,
Supervisor Han explains what the motion does.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
This motion will direct our county to explore creating a
safe buffer zone ordinance that will number one, stop predatory
vendors or recruiters from targeting at risk residence to prevent
interference with people trying to access county services. Three, coordinate
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enforcement with local cities and law enforcement. Four ensure residents
can access services safely, privately, and with dignity. This motion
is about protecting people, ensuring that every resident who turned
to the county for help can do so in an
environment that is safe, free from exploitation, and worthy of
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their trust. Our goal is to create a buffer zone
around our buildings while still respecting the First Amendment right.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
It is a staggering amount of money, the largest sex
abuse settlement in American history, and it appears to have
not been properly vetted by the stewards of your tax dollars.
And now they're going to work to make sure that
no lawyers come next to anybody waiting in line for
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food stamps. We'll continue to monitor that that story is
not going anywhere. It is going to be affecting La
County residents for a long time because that is such
a substantial sum of money. It is going to hurt
services for years. They anticipate paying for it into the
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twenty fifties. Coming up next, the Mayor of Los Angeles
has lifted her emergency on homelessness. So what does that
mean about the state of homelessness in the city. Meanwhile,
the Orange County Board of Supervisors has new plans for
new law enforcement approach to homeless camps. Talk about that next.
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As Michael Monks Reports continues.
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This is Michael Monks Reports on Michael Monks from KFI
News will be together till nine o'clock tonight. The Orange
County Board of Supervisors has adopted an ordinance guiding how
law enforcement deals with homeless camps. You might recall a
decision by the US Supreme Court that says municipalities, local
governments they are allowed to get homeless camps off the streets.
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That drew different reactions from different governments, even from different
members of the same governments here locally. But Supervisor Don
Wagner says, we got the help we needed from the
Supreme Court, and what this is doing is making sure
that our sheriff has the tools in the unincorporated areas
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necessary to enforce that decision and to help ultimately the
people who are homeless and the folks who are in
the community and are having to deal with homeless encampments
in their parks and in their place of business. The
ordnance that was approved by the Orange County Board of
Supervisors allows the county to arrest and fine homeless people
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who are camping in county parks or other county properties,
including the flood control channels. That Supreme Court ruling last
year lifted a previous ban on arresting people for sleeping
in public places where no shelter beds were available. Supervisor
Katrina Foley says the ordinance comes from a memorandum of
understanding with the cities of Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, and
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the state and county parks departments. She says there were
no uniform protocols, so the ordinance, she says, is not
meant to just give free reign to dismantle camps. She says,
we also do this with a complement of care coordination
at the side of law enforcement, so that these people
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who need help know that we are here to help.
This ordinance adoption also means that the county can still
be eligible for federal and state funding for homelessness. Supervisor
Foley says it's just one tool in our tool belt
as it related to a lot of our different supports.
We have to end homelessness here in Orange County. We
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are here to help, but we also need to keep
the community safe. We need to keep people from illegal
camping in our parks. Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento was the only
member of the board who voted against it. He said,
I think this county became a model for how you
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address homelessness. The board had adopted a system of care
that involved breaking up camps while providing shelter and other
services under previous law before that Supreme Court ruling. Under
that law, municipalities were required to provide shelter before breaking
up the camps. So now the county system was the
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result of a settlement in federal court. They came out
of a large camp along the Santa Anna River and
throughout downtown Santa Anna and other cities. Sarmiento says, I
certainly appreciated all of the work that was done when
I was mayor in Santa Anna. Unfortunately, we don't want
that dismantled or eroded. So I'm glad to hear that
this is going to continue in some way. But he said,
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the ordinance is a good effort, but I think it's
a departure from what the Catholic Worker settlement with the
county did and invested in. He says, under that old law,
transients were warned before law enforcement would disperse an encampment.
But he says, I have trust and confidence sheriff's deputies
will continue to enforce it in a way that's humane
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and follows the law. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Mayor Bass
has ended her emergency declaration on homelessness. She says the
crisis persists, and don't we know it. The city now
has the tools in place to continue urgent action without
the temporary order she signed on her first day in office,
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She sent a memo to the city council wish over
the past several months had been trying to explore ways
to get rid of the emergency anyway. The council is
asked to extend it repeatedly and it does usually get
the approval with some small dissent. She said in her
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mimo to city council if at any point she would
bring this emergency back if necessary, She says, with the
city firmly pointed in a new direction on homelessness, I
am lifting the official declaration of a state of emergency.
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Let me be clear, the crisis remains, and so does
our urgency. Every day, we will continue to be on
the streets, engaging with people living in encampments and RVs,
bringing people inside safe, and storing neighborhoods across Los Angeles.
She goes on to say, the Mayor does I look
forward to our continued partnership with the City Council and
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thank you for your commitment to serve the people of
Los Angeles. This emergency gave the mayor and other city
officials the authority to expedite contracting and to launch that
inside Safe program, and now, she says, that is no
longer needed now, not just the emergency has been under
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the watchful li of city Council, at least the more
watchful lie. More recently, the inside Safe program has been
scrutinized heavily by council Member Monica Rodriguez, who says these
services are not passed out fairly among council districts, and
also there is no real clear explanation of how much
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it's costing and what we're getting for it. A lot
more questions raised about homeless spending in the city and
the County of Los Angeles. You might recall a famous
old restaurant in MacArthur Park, Langers Deli. It had been
complaining about the conditions around MacArthur Park, which is basically
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an open air drug abuse center full of homelessness, although
it was much cleaner when I was there a few
weeks ago, and I think the owner of Langers says
it's gotten better too, because after threatening to close because
of the conditions of that neighborhood, he says he's at
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least staying open through the twenty twenty eight Olympics. Now,
Norm Langer says, Langers in Los Angeles share a story
that spans generations. As our city prepares to welcome the
world for three unforgettable milestones, the twenty twenty six FIFA
World Cup, the Super Bowl in twenty twenty seven, and
the twenty twenty eight Olympic Games. To continue serving Angelino's
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and visitors from across the globe, he says, Langers isn't
just a restaurant, It's an institution my father al founded
when I was two years old. We're proud to carry
that legacy into one of the most exciting chapters in
Los Angeles history. So no more homeless emergency in LA
and Langers is staying open. Things are starting to look up,
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including news that more Californians can now afford to purchase
a home compared to last year. The number is still
shockingly low, though we'll talk about what that means next.
As Michael Monk's Reports continues.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
You're listening to KFI Am six forty on demand.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
This is Michael Monk's Reports and Michael Monk's from KFI
News with you on this Saturday night in southern California.
I'm sure many of you listening are among those of
us who dream of owning a home someday, and so
far it's only a dream. California notoriously expensive housing, notoriously
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out of reach for so many people. The California Association
of Realtors has come out with their quarterly update on
how much it costs, on average to buy a home
in this state, and they have reported a little bit
of good news. They say seventeen percent of households in
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California can now afford to purchase the median priced home.
Seventeen percent And why is that good news? It's up
from fifteen percent earlier this year, and up from sixteen
percent from earlier excuse me from this time last year,
seventeen percent of households in California can afford to purchase
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the median priced home. What is the median priced home
in the state of California, you ask, It is a
listing that comes in at eight hundred eighty seven thousand,
three hundred eighty dollars. There is a minimum annual income
of two hundred twenty three thousand, six hundred dollars that
was needed to make monthly payments of five thousand, five
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hundred ninety dollars including principal, interest, taxes, and insurance on
a thirty year fixed rate mortgage. Twenty seven percent of
home buyers were able to purchase the six hundred forty
nine thousand, nine hundred ninety dollars median priced condo or
town home, and that would require a minimum annual income
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of one hundred and sixty three thousand, six hundred dollars
to cover that monthly payment of just over four thousand dollars.
The county called Lassen was the most affordable in the
entire state. Fifty two percent of residents there. Fifty two
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percent of households could afford the median priced home and
the most expensive, or I should say the least affordable
county was Mono. Seven percent of households could afford it,
followed by Monterey as the most the least affordable, and
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then there was a two way tie for third place
between La and Santa Barbara Counties among the least affordable
counties in the entire state. Now, this analysis by the
California Association of Realtors also includes the minimum qualifying income
for each county to be able to afford the median
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home price in the county. Now, the state wide, that
median price was the eight hundred eighty seven thousand dollars
listing that I told you about.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Here.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
In the La Metro area, the median home price is
eight hundred thirty seven thousand, sixty dollars, and the monthly
payment including taxes and insurance would be around five thousand,
two hundred seventy dollars. And that means the minimum qualifying
income for your household would have to be just over
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two hundred ten thousand. In the Inland Empire, the median
home price is a little cheaper. It's five hundred ninety
five thousand dollars and the monthly payment including taxes and
insurance three thousand, seven hundred and fifty dollars, and your
minimum qualifying income would be one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
They do break it down by county. La County alone,
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the median price nine hundred and fifty four thousand dollars,
which would be about a six thousand dollars monthly payment.
Your minimum household income to be able to afford that
would be two hundred forty thousand dollars. In Orange County,
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it's even more. The median home price in Orange County
is exactly one point four million dollars, so your monthly
payment would be eight thousand, eight hundred twenty dollars and
your minimum qualifying income would be three hundred fifty two thousand,
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eight hundred dollars. Let's go to Riverside County. The median
home price six hundred twenty five thousand dollars. You would
need to be making one hundred fifty seven thousand, six
hundred dollars. San Bernardino median price four hundred ninety seven thousand,
eight hundred. That's the almost the least expensive that they
classify Southern California. Second least expensive. San Bernardino median home
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price just under five hundred thousand dollars, so you could
make one hundred twenty five thousand dollars a year and
be at that minimum qualifying income. Ventura County median price
nine hundred twenty six thousand dollars, almost as much as
La County. You need to make about two hundred thirty
three thousand. In San Diego County, the median price is
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also over a million dollars. Just over a million. One million,
nine thousand, five hundred dollars is the median home price
in San Diego, so you need to make about two
hundred and fifty four thousand dollars. Imperial County is the cheapest.
The median listing is four hundred and eighteen thousand, five
hundred dollars, so you could make just over one hundred
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five thousand dollars in order to meet that minimum qualifying standard.
So now statewide, seventeen percent of residents are able to
afford it. What percent of La County residents make that
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minimum amount twelve in Orange County thirteen percent, San Diego
County thirteen percent, Ventura County sixteen percent. The other counties
are around a quarter twenty five percent, Imperials at twenty six,
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Riversides at twenty three. San Bernino, twenty nine percent of
the households make enough to meet the minimum qualifying income
for the median house. That is, it makes it difficult
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to dream, or I should say it makes it easier
to keep a dream a dream rather than a reality.
I don't know if any of you are like me,
like to play on zillo every now and then when
you're bored, you've got nothing else to do, Let's see
what's for sale and my dream neighborhood in Los Angeles
and the butdget just has to be fantasy for now,
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we'll get there. But to think that in Los Angeles
there are only twelve percent of households that could possibly
even afford with the very minimum amount of income the
median priced house ten million people, twelve percent can afford
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to buy a house here, that is tough. But hey,
how about that weather. You cannot beat the weather of
southern California, and therefore we continue to pay exorbitant rent.
Home sales are doing well in Southern California, regardless of
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the price. They rebounded last month in La County and
across California, increasing on both a month to month and
year to year basis. Single family detached homes in La
County rose twenty point nine percent in September compared to
August numbers up thirteen point eight percent year over year.
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In statewide. Across California, September sales were up five percent
from the previous month and more than six percent from
last year. Orange County sales were down a little bit,
but we're still up from a year ago. So in
spite of these high prices, somebody's out there buying houses.
I hope to join you very very soon. There is
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a house that got some attention this week at LA
City Hall, and it is one of the most famous
TV family houses ever to exist, and very soon it
could be a historic cultural landmark in Los Angeles. We'll
take you to Studio City next.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
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Speaker 2 (25:54):
Are you somebody who carries a water bottle.
Speaker 5 (25:57):
Water bottles pick up germs from your mouth and hands
that have nooks and crannings that can breed mold, bacteria
and other microbes, says Michelle Knepper, a nurse practitioner at
the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. You can get stomach aches,
itchy throats, and allergies, and asthma can get worse. Experts say,
use a sponge or bottle brush to scrub inside it
out with warm, soapy water, rinse.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
It out, let it dry.
Speaker 5 (26:18):
A narrow or pipe cleaner shaped tool can get into
straws and tight crevices.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
I just thought you might need something else, you know,
to worry about. Some pretty cute and cool news from
the La Zoo this week.
Speaker 4 (26:30):
It's the first orangutan born at the zoo in more
than fifteen years. The baby boy was born on October
tenth and recently made his public debut with his mother.
The infant can now be seen in the LA Zoo's
read a Rainforest exhibit. Bornian orangutans are categorized as critically
endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Tammy Trihello,
KFI news.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
And when you think about famous houses from television, what
crosses your mind? Wish ones do you think rank among
the most famous? A lot of them are probably in
southern California, even if the show was not set there,
just because of the nature, the fact that Hollywood is here,
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one of those houses that may have crossed your mind
is up for a landmark designation. Here's the story.
Speaker 6 (27:23):
A lovely lady who was bringing a three very lovely girls,
all of them that era gold like their mother the youngest.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
One and girls is the story who was busy with
That's right, the Brady Bunch House here in Los Angeles.
It's in Studio City. The show was never shot there
except for the exteriors. The Brady family never shot anything
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inside of this home, so the inside had always looked different.
But the outside may be culturally significant enough that the
city of Los Angeles may designate it a historic Cultural Landmark,
and that would make it a protected property and would
make it very difficult for whatever to be torn down.
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The inside of the home has since been completely renovated
as part of an HGTV project about a decade ago,
and now the inside does look like what it looked
like on the television show. I learned while watching this
LA Cultural Heritage Commission meeting that Sherwood Schwartz, the creator
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of this show, famous television producer. His daughter, spoke at
the meeting in support of designating this house. She says
her dad had created the character Mike Brady as an
architect because he never saw that profession reflected on television.
People were doctors, people were lawyers, people were cops, but
he had never seen an architect. And he needed to
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find a house that looked like an architect might live there.
And so he went driving around Los Angeles and found
this one in Studio City. The show went on the
air at like sixty eight sixty nine. This house was
about nine or ten years old at that time, and
he said, that's the one, and so all of the
exterior shots from The Brady Bunch were shot at this
house that looked like an architect might live there, this
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beautiful little mid century ranch. At the meeting, in addition
to Sherwood Schwartz's daughter, there was a woman who read
two statements from actresses you may know. One of them
is Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady. Again, this is
not Susan Olsen herself. This is a woman reading a
statement on behalf of Susan Olsen explaining why the Brady
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Bunch house should be saved and landmarked.
Speaker 7 (29:47):
That if a wrecking ball were even taken to that house,
it's like taking a wrecking ball to the American family.
So Brady's represent the ideal family where the children and
parents respect each other mutually and small but important lessons
are learned in every episode. Fortunately, the home was purchased
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by HGTV. As adults, we surviving Brady's, who will always
be known as the Brady Kids, became involved in the
effort to restore the Brady House that make the interior
match the sets that were built on the sound stage
at Paramount Studios. I thought the task was impossible, but
what the geniuses at HGTV.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
We did it. It was actually a miracle.
Speaker 7 (30:31):
But the miracle eye witnessed after the job was completed
was more profound. I realized that the house is America's house.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
So that type of sentiment was shared throughout the meeting
and during the presentation to this commission that this is
more than a TV house. This represents the American families,
represents a moment in time. The current owner of the
house was also there and spoke in favor of landmark
status and architect in Historic preservationist aired this presentation for
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the board to consider. The board did ultimately decide yes,
we will move forward to the next stage of this
so there will be further investigation into the cultural significance
of this property, and it may in fact be designated.
It's a long process. But another statement was read by
another famous actress from that period in TV history. You
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Nora is I dream of Genie. This is a statement
read on behalf of actress Barbara Eden.
Speaker 7 (31:30):
Considering the complete demolition of the old Columbia Ranch and
the loss above vu sad so many of us looked
as relatives. Making sure the Brady House location remains intact
means saving one of the last vessages of bygone era
where the troubles of the day could be solved under
half of an hour. The Brady House is the physical
presence and an element of Americana that reminds us of
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how good we can be, how decent we can be,
how wholesome we can strive to be.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
Again, it's more.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Than a location.
Speaker 7 (31:58):
It's a state of existence, a state of mind that
we can preserve for future generations. This is only this
is the only real chance to make sure our futures
have at least one spot or the sun shines and
smiles always triumph over frowns. Save save the Brady House.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
That's the that's the kind of sentiment that was shared
during this presentation that you would think that the Declaration
of Independence had been signed at this property. But they
spoke so passionately about the Brady Bunch House. So what
happens next is there's a more in depth review by
city staff and then it will come back before the
Cultural Heritage Commission, and then they will vote on this
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whether it should be a cultural landmark, and then after
that it will go to the City Council for final approval.
It's a very lengthy process, but the Brady Bunch House.
I was trying to think of what house I think
of first. If you said name a famous TV house, Regida,
I don't mean catch off Guard. I know we're close
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in age, and I don't say that as an insult.
I think we're pretty close in age. We probably watched
some of the same shows. When I say think of
a TV house, what springs to mind, like a like
an actual house, a house that was featured in a
television show. What do you think of?
Speaker 8 (33:19):
Oh? Well, I've been watching is it the Newsroom on
Apple TV? What is it with Jennifer Annis?
Speaker 3 (33:25):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Like the Morning Show? The Morning Show?
Speaker 8 (33:26):
And I see their houses, and those are not the
houses that I can afford.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
Okay, do they feature Is there something from childhood that
you think of or like when we were younger? Oh yeah,
just like a class like a house that you saw
in TV and you're like, oh, that that's an important
house to me. Oh so home alone. That's a cool house. Yeah,
that's a good one.
Speaker 8 (33:46):
It's very fancy there, though maybe it's not as expensive
as it would be here in California.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
It's in like Chicago, in the area, Chicago area.
Speaker 8 (33:54):
I don't know, something like that.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
Yeah, I think so. You know what I thought of
was Full House, the TV series Full House.
Speaker 9 (34:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
What do they call those the ladies? The pink What
do they call those guys? Victorians? Yeah, well don't they
have a name?
Speaker 4 (34:08):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (34:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
You've been no help Forgida. I'm no thanks again, fired Mario.
You're much younger than we are. What house comes to mind?
Is it like a Blues Clues thing or what close?
Speaker 9 (34:21):
That's a good example though, one that comes to my
I'm pretty sure this was built, though I'm not sure
it's like an actual location.
Speaker 4 (34:29):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (34:30):
The house featured in the original Scream Moving.
Speaker 2 (34:35):
But the one where Drew Barrymore got but you.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
Know the one towards the third act, towards the end
that that house third act, you can tell he's in Hollywood.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
I'm not, I don't.
Speaker 9 (34:45):
I don't remember if it's an actual just a prop
it was built from the ground up, or if it
actually exists. But that's a house that pops up in
my mind.
Speaker 2 (34:51):
All right, Well, there you go. All houses we can't
afford yet, as proven by the recent report from the
California Association of Realtors. If you missed that part of
the show, or any part of this show, you can
find it on the iHeartRadio app or at KFIAM six
forty dot com. Just search for Michael Monks Reports. I
am Michael Monks reporting for you from KFI News. Catch
(35:12):
me all next week doing the news for you and
appearing on your favorite weekday shows, and we'll be back
together again on Saturday night. It's always a pleasure to
spend time with you, and I do thank you for listening.
Like Joy who always has such nice things to.
Speaker 8 (35:28):
Say, Michael, it's so wonderful to hear your voice.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
I just love your show.
Speaker 8 (35:35):
I don't even turn on my TV sattering nights just
so I can listen to your show.
Speaker 2 (35:41):
I love you being on. Thank you, we love you
listening to all of us here at KFI. Thanks so
much for taking the time to dial us up and
to send that lovely message. We'll be back again next
Saturday for another edition of Michael Monks Reports right here
on KFI AM six
Speaker 1 (35:56):
Forty, KFI AM six forty on demand and
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