KCAA: I Love San Bernardino County with Robert Porter (Mon, 10 Nov, 2025)

KCAA: I Love San Bernardino County with Robert Porter on Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

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Speaker 1 (06:13):
Yo.

Speaker 14 (06:14):
No matter what it is life that you want, you
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Sleep.

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Prayer to me.

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What's a team?

Speaker 16 (06:35):
This is Robb Reporter and it be on your locker
with the I Love San Fernandino County Radio Show on
Casey NBC one O six point five f M, ten
fifty m when we will.

Speaker 3 (06:42):
Talk to politics, culture and history. What's up if you
under locker? How you doing?

Speaker 1 (06:48):
Bless to be alive? Brother, blessed be alive? How about yourself?

Speaker 16 (06:51):
Well, we had an excellent week a lot of dad
those murders events and coming right off all that uh
Halloween candy man. Yeah, and then it was actually just
a beautiful weekend up in the mountains and we went
to visit.

Speaker 3 (07:03):
So, I mean, I just.

Speaker 17 (07:05):
Can't ask, like I said, they need to give you
a Lloyd loyalty car because you you seem like you're
up there every other day.

Speaker 16 (07:11):
Now, well, I'm trying to inspire our people to go
up there.

Speaker 3 (07:15):
Man.

Speaker 16 (07:16):
It's fifteen minutes away. There's beautiful mountains and lakes and
and we don't know. Now, I understand some cars can't
make it there, but there's a bus that goes.

Speaker 3 (07:27):
Up there, so you could take the bus.

Speaker 16 (07:30):
And for the kids for the week I mean the
weekend or whatever.

Speaker 1 (07:34):
Yeah.

Speaker 18 (07:35):
Well I was.

Speaker 16 (07:38):
Thinking there's that's a camps like yeah, so like you
could actually take the kids and do that. And the
churches are I know, it's a lot of people go
up there just.

Speaker 3 (07:48):
To go to church and come back down. So maybe
there's lots of church retreats too.

Speaker 1 (07:52):
I guess, to get closer to the divine, I guess. Yeah.
And beautiful.

Speaker 16 (07:56):
It's beautiful and I had a good time and I
met so many cool people from all around the world.
Awesome at Lake Girlhead is just filled with people visiting
and you get to understand why they come, and I
ask them why are you come here?

Speaker 1 (08:08):
And some good trout fishing as well, well.

Speaker 16 (08:10):
They just come because they hear it's beautiful there, right,
And then it is, so that's what we got to do,
and I can try to take that seven do.

Speaker 3 (08:17):
That, Sanmarino, right all right?

Speaker 16 (08:19):
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Speaker 3 (08:32):
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Speaker 16 (08:34):
But gead on down there on a Friday night, you
gotta feed ten kids, get five pizzas, save some money,
and then.

Speaker 3 (08:41):
Be the hero of the night there you go, right.

Speaker 16 (08:45):
And then I'd also like to mention pal Charter Academy
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Speaker 3 (08:50):
Give them a call nine O nine eight eight seven
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Speaker 16 (08:54):
And they just got the perfect program for your kid.
I mean, if your kid needs a little extra special attention,
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over there, including culinary. I know they just got their
A plus for their cafeteria. And I've met their personal
chef over there, and she is awesome, and she really

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is trying to change things. And my goal over there
is to try to get from.

Speaker 3 (09:20):
Farm to table working.

Speaker 16 (09:21):
Okay, so I'm trying to get Kevin Head involved over there. Yeah, yeah,
to get them a gardener. Eventually we're working on this
so farmer Kevin, Yes, cool cool stuff, Cool stuff man.
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Speaker 3 (09:37):
Then we have our standout of the.

Speaker 1 (09:39):
Wik Definitely, definitely.

Speaker 17 (09:42):
Our standout of the week is Only Empire Now for
their third annual Only Empire Now Awards show that happened
this Saturday. We want to say a special thanks to
the Garcia Center for hosting the event for the third
year row so it was.

Speaker 1 (09:56):
A wonderful event.

Speaker 17 (09:57):
And then knowing that this segment is brought to you
like Chepsey's, I want to shout out and say congratulations
to Vic, the owner of Chepsy's, because he was recognized
for the Empire Awards, so the Community Award. He was
the award winning recipient of that award. So congratulations Vic.
We're doing what you're doing our community. You do and
the best smash burgers in the Inland Empire in my opinion, and.

Speaker 3 (10:20):
Those fries aren't bad.

Speaker 7 (10:21):
Either word.

Speaker 3 (10:25):
Yeah, I got a level two.

Speaker 1 (10:27):
Yeah, I hear you, I hear you.

Speaker 16 (10:28):
I always did some palapenos on my bird me too.

Speaker 1 (10:32):
That's good.

Speaker 16 (10:35):
Well, and you mentioned Chepsey smash Burger two three four
four Sterling Avenue, and I do want to mention before
we leave the Turkey Trot our new day will be Saturday,
November twenty second. I'll be emc as I've been for
ten years or eleven years. I'll go to run sign
up dot com slash race slash c A slash Samornadino

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slash SBTT.

Speaker 17 (10:57):
You know you need to run in the race too.
You need to do the hymns. You just to throw
more on your plate.

Speaker 1 (11:01):
You need to.

Speaker 16 (11:02):
You would be amazed at how bad my diaphragms right here,
hurt man from like been running back and forth whatever
I'm doing out there, so I'm not gonna be able
to keep up with you.

Speaker 1 (11:15):
To oh man, hey, it's a walk or run, so
whatever or crawl.

Speaker 3 (11:21):
You'll be carrying me that you will be out.

Speaker 1 (11:24):
Let me get my stuff together.

Speaker 17 (11:27):
But you know, I believe that Alexander's are going to
be on next week's show. To Tom, yeah.

Speaker 16 (11:32):
We'll bring them on in and we'll speak on that
and you know, kind of dive into to where the
Turkey trot has.

Speaker 3 (11:37):
Been and where it's going.

Speaker 17 (11:38):
He always amazing and been a great turnout. And this
year we'll be at Calcay Sammerdadino so go Yodi's. I
know we've got a couple of alumni.

Speaker 18 (11:46):
In the house.

Speaker 17 (11:47):
I think everybody on the set the outside.

Speaker 1 (11:52):
There you go represent represent you know what?

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Waiting until I can mention and you did?

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You get? Great?

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We love Salmonidino and cal State Samonidina go yodas well.

Speaker 3 (12:08):
That's all I got.

Speaker 16 (12:09):
But I do you want to mention that motivational realizations,
the energy positive thought is bringing this. Uh how do
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You know listening to this online?

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Any other shows that you think we are new or
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Speaker 9 (13:09):
Oh, right on, right on.

Speaker 3 (13:10):
That's good to hear when there's new shows coming on.
That means that we're doing good.

Speaker 17 (13:14):
Definitely, definitely, So let's go ahead and dive in here.
We have a packed house, as those that are able
watching the podcast can see, and.

Speaker 1 (13:20):
The listeners will soon hear.

Speaker 17 (13:22):
We're gonna let do real quickly is let everyone briefly
introduce yourself and then we'll dive in with Michael Sigora.

Speaker 1 (13:28):
But we'll start with miss Muhammad on my right hand side.

Speaker 19 (13:31):
Oh see, I want.

Speaker 20 (13:32):
Ready for that.

Speaker 21 (13:33):
I thought we were swinging from the other side. That's okay,
that is okay, listen, surprise, just kidding what's up? You know.
My name is Tata Mohammad. I go buy missus H,
professor H or coach Tata. I am from the Inland Empire.
I am a San Bernardino native.

Speaker 19 (13:50):
Yea is in case.

Speaker 21 (13:53):
I also am the founder of Black Sambordino County, which
is on Facebook with over fourteen thousand members, so if
you want to be.

Speaker 3 (14:02):
A part of it, cool.

Speaker 21 (14:04):
And I'm also the founder of Black Women who Love Plants.
We are also three hundred thousand members strong. And of
course I have a couple of other things, but I
don't want to hold up the whole.

Speaker 3 (14:14):
This white boy loves plans. Hey, I want this white
boy plants some plants, all right, come on my part
of this group.

Speaker 20 (14:24):
Yet man, black women, Yeah, especially men.

Speaker 16 (14:30):
Men love to come and get in on groups because
I want because they might learn something.

Speaker 20 (14:34):
Right, you can look flowers.

Speaker 7 (14:36):
Right, Hey, don't you white men have enough already?

Speaker 20 (14:41):
So we want to come on through, Come on through.

Speaker 21 (14:44):
I'm a serial entrepreneur, I'm a mother, my grandmother, and
I definitely want to shout out my my other business partner,
her name is Moon Bush, and we have a business
which is one of the first Well I'm not gonna
even say one of the first.

Speaker 19 (14:58):
We are the first black.

Speaker 21 (15:00):
Own modeling agency in the Inland Empire and our business
is called tm I and and Moon Expired as well
as with our business partner, Lady mb.

Speaker 12 (15:11):
So that is what I do.

Speaker 19 (15:13):
So that is the core of who I am.

Speaker 4 (15:19):
I'm great to meet you.

Speaker 21 (15:21):
Hi.

Speaker 4 (15:21):
I'm Tansu Philip.

Speaker 22 (15:23):
I'm an Indian American immigrant to America, moved here when
I was six. I am the co founder of Viva
La Boba and Sam Bernardino and Downtown Redlands with my
husband David, who's right next to me.

Speaker 4 (15:37):
I am an actor, a comedian. I used to model.
You wouldn't believe it with this unbrushed hair. I did
not know we're on TV. But thank you, thank you
so much.

Speaker 22 (15:49):
And yeah, so when i'm when I'm not, when I'm
not focusing on the community and the Inland Empire because
I'm also an I e.

Speaker 4 (15:56):
Native, then I am. I am living my entertainment life
out in La and.

Speaker 22 (16:02):
It's it's fun, yes, right, and it's just fun. So
I just like showing people that you can you can
do both.

Speaker 20 (16:10):
Is this your company? That's it.

Speaker 21 (16:12):
That's Brandy. It's not that I have, you know, five degrees,
but I've seen.

Speaker 20 (16:16):
The brand and when you said the name, I said, okay,
now we connect. Yes, thank you.

Speaker 19 (16:24):
I just want to let you know that I was
paying attention.

Speaker 4 (16:26):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 3 (16:27):
Yes, that's why you're so rouled up all the time.

Speaker 15 (16:35):
How about yourself, David, my name is David Friedman.

Speaker 13 (16:38):
I am also co founder of Viva Boba with this
wonderful lady right here my wife. I founded a company
with my dad about fourteen years ago called real cor
Real Estate Group, and our vision was to be have
a big part of revitalizing downtown Samernandino.

Speaker 15 (16:58):
After the city and the county. We are the.

Speaker 13 (17:01):
Largest property owner in downtown and because of us, there
are over thirty plus small businesses, nonprofits and organizations that
have come to downtown with us fixing the buildings and
inviting them at vivale Boba included.

Speaker 15 (17:17):
And yeah, we're just.

Speaker 13 (17:19):
Proud to be a part of this community where we
try to you know, like uh, take take it as
it is and and build on that. And I think
a lot of people see developers as maybe like guys
who steamroll the community, and we are trying to show
the world that like yet you have to build things

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and you can do it in a good way. And
so so that's what we're trying to do here with
small business.

Speaker 1 (17:43):
So thank you, and yes we do, Yes we does.

Speaker 18 (17:52):
Everyone. Michael Seguda here, born and raised San Bernardino. Yeah,
alumni from cal State as well, artists community organizer and
yeah dad almost there, almost there.

Speaker 1 (18:13):
But yeah, that.

Speaker 18 (18:14):
Executive director of the Garcia Center. Blessed to be and yeah,
that's that's me. We move on definitely, Arts Commissioner, Arts
and culture, arts, historic historical preservations here in.

Speaker 16 (18:29):
The city and like have since You've got out of college.
So you went away to college to get your master's
agree then you came back and that is that shows
me that you care.

Speaker 18 (18:39):
Yeah, I got to stay rooted in San Barandino. I
think that's always been one of the main goals is
to get people to live here and stay here, right,
Especially how do we get our brightest minds to stay.
Usually they go off to college and they don't want
to come back because.

Speaker 16 (18:52):
The community campus like cal State, right, You mean, I
watched people leave all the time.

Speaker 1 (18:57):
So I'm like, wow, you came back in California and
got to work.

Speaker 3 (19:01):
You didn't just got you came and got to work.

Speaker 18 (19:04):
But California's pricey. I live check to check and I'm
getting paid decent. So I'm like, I can imagine other folks.

Speaker 1 (19:13):
Like you know, stringing it together. But blessed to be alive,
blessed to be employed. And with that being said, could.

Speaker 17 (19:18):
You share about the efforts to get the corridor Arts
corridor down East Street, that designation for our city that
would be such something beautiful. Could you share a little
about that.

Speaker 18 (19:28):
Yeah, actually David's a partner in it too as also
he's our business partner. So we had to get different entities,
Arts connections also a partner, Garcia Center, sanm Bordino Generation
now Creative Grounds, three Little Bluebirds Boutique, and there's other
folks joining different artists in the community. We got parks

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and RECs on volved, we got the Economic Development Department,
and all this was happening when we didn't have the
city manager. So think about that, like we had to
go in there and we got to work with these
directors before the new city manager came in. So now
we're getting Eric's team involved, the new city manager, Eric Levitt.
But yeah, like so this corridor. It's the I think

(20:10):
twenty nineteen was the last time the State Arts Council
brought this program out to designate five corridors in California.
We're semi finalists, so we're the top twenty. We're one
of those applications, Sam Bernardino. We should hear back in
December or January if we get it. But basically arts

(20:32):
corridor up and down East Street. We're looking at like
thirtieth all the way to Orange Show, definitely, and just
thinking about all those assets. Right. We have the McDonald's,
we have our downtown that's thriving. We have the Garcia Center,
we have the school District's new building. Yes, we have Sturges,
we have the beautiful California Theater. There's just so many assets.

(20:52):
The Orange Show, which a lot of people know us for, right,
So it's just it just feels right to make this
our first cultural corridor, then be able to build off
of that, and I think it can lead to a
lot of economic development, cultural development, and then also protections
for housing so that we can have some more affordable
housing down the corridor, and then making sure we're not
pushing artists and cultural bearers out in our community. Yeah,

(21:17):
that's I think the key part, and that's what we're
hearing in those listening sessions that we had to even
apply for this right to center the state, is that
the community doesn't want to get pushed out. We don't
want to see gentrification come with the arts, and that's
something that we've been very conscious about.

Speaker 1 (21:32):
So awesome, that's that's amazing. I love that effort.

Speaker 17 (21:36):
But I want to kind of go back into back
in time into the creation of Samardino Generation Now because
that's where I met you and your lovely wife and
many of.

Speaker 18 (21:48):
I wish I did. I'll go.

Speaker 1 (21:51):
For real, I'll make some major changes.

Speaker 17 (21:53):
But nevertheless, you know, how did Samardino Generation Now start?
And and what's beautiful about that is seeing that most
of the people that participate in that now are in
leadership roles within our community and doing great things. But
could you tell us what the impetus was for San
Bernino Generation Now?

Speaker 18 (22:11):
Yeah, the bankruptcy is definitely the starter of that, I
believe it. And it was a ton of organizers from
ICUC at the time, right, we're youth organizers, and then
we became mentors to youth, so we had vast networks
throughout the city, and we couldn't do a lot of
work through ICUC because it was a nonprofit, So we

(22:32):
created our own group. We're just meeting at our homes
and we were just like young people, like what.

Speaker 1 (22:36):
Can we do?

Speaker 18 (22:37):
Yeah, let's get involved in the city. And then we
eventually formed Generation Now so that we can get involved
in the recall, we can get involved in a bunch
of the political side of it. But then also we
were doing part cleanups. You were there, Yannie, you were there.
Robert Elmo was there.

Speaker 1 (22:51):
Yeah, I'd like.

Speaker 3 (22:52):
To dedicate this show to Barbara Babcock. Yes, you know,
like that lady. Yeah, she was there and all that stuff, right.

Speaker 1 (23:00):
Definitely, definitely a shout out to Elmo as well.

Speaker 18 (23:03):
Yeah, and a lot of great leaders you know that
we're around. There's it's just yeah time, you know, it's ten.

Speaker 3 (23:10):
Years now, and to watch us all grow too. I mean,
his beer just keeps getting longer.

Speaker 18 (23:19):
But yeah, that's it was definitely the bankruptcy, like seeing nothing,
you know, no funding and a lot of stuff being cut,
especially the parks, funding libraries. It always you know, they
always come for the social services, they always come for
the educational stuff, and then you look and it's still
public safety.

Speaker 1 (23:36):
Who you know, get the lion's share of the budget
and yeah, and we have to we get the short end. Yeah,
we have to change.

Speaker 3 (23:44):
Can I ask you about public safety?

Speaker 16 (23:47):
How is how is a police response you're in charge of?
Your director is a director of the guarcianism? As a
business owner? Like, how does a police response feel to you? Guys?

Speaker 3 (23:59):
Like does it feel adequate?

Speaker 1 (24:03):
Yeah?

Speaker 18 (24:03):
Yeah, I think we have a different opinion.

Speaker 16 (24:05):
Okay, Well, I just I'd like to know because that's
a common thing that people ask about.

Speaker 15 (24:09):
Let me start and then you can share.

Speaker 13 (24:11):
So when my dad and I bought our first building
down here, you'd be lucky if they showed up. And
if they did show up, it'd be at least four hours.
And that would be for anything, like someone could have
a gun to me and it would still be like
four hours basically, like unless you were dead or already shot,
good luck getting.

Speaker 15 (24:29):
Them to come to today.

Speaker 13 (24:32):
Now, if we have a break in, like we had
a break in about a month ago, they were there
within fifteen minutes.

Speaker 15 (24:39):
They were there quicker than I could get there. Does
that happen all the time?

Speaker 13 (24:43):
No, but more consistently they are showing up quicker, they're
showing up more professionally, and sometimes the response was a
little overdone though, like like we had a broken window
and four police officers showed ups, Like OK, okay, you're
a little bored. But that being said, like when we

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do need them that the response times have improved.

Speaker 1 (25:08):
So I don't know, how do you feel?

Speaker 4 (25:11):
So I agree with what he said there.

Speaker 22 (25:15):
I am not the first person to like endorse the
police in any kind of way, typically not really a
fan at all.

Speaker 4 (25:22):
I have noticed an increase in response.

Speaker 22 (25:26):
Time, but I guess I just overall, and I do
have to mention, like every his experience with the police
is through the lens of a of a white man
when he's talking to the police. When I talk to them,
even as a as a business owner of the same business,
it's often been different experiences, I believe.

Speaker 4 (25:41):
So it's important to keep that in Yes, important to
keep that in mind. Like you may not have the
same experience David does with the police as I do.

Speaker 3 (25:49):
Well, that's that's something that they can work.

Speaker 22 (25:51):
On, yes, and yeah, something they should work Yeah, something
they should work on. So I would just say it's like, yeah,
depending on who you are. Yes, but also I wanted
to point out, yeah, it's gotten safer and down to Samonnandino.

Speaker 4 (26:00):
But I also think that's because of the community that
we have built. I don't think that really was the help.

Speaker 16 (26:07):
Like it has to be a team effort, you know,
we have to all work together because you know, yeah,
you can't take care of a murder, right or something
like that. You really need them for some things, but
you don't need them be over zealous when you have
customers doing things like that.

Speaker 1 (26:23):
Definitely.

Speaker 17 (26:23):
With that being said, and as we get ready to
close out Michael's segment, I know that you have an
upcoming gala happening if you could share, Yeah, audience.

Speaker 18 (26:32):
I think it's our second gala ever. But you know,
coming in an executive director, we we have a lot
of new programs that we're building out, and then it's
just fundraising, learning how to fundraise. And we're really gonna
honor Dotty Garcia definitely, so she's still around with us
and we want to make sure we give her her
flowers because everybody remembers Ernie. Everybody talks about Ernie, but
nobody remembers that Dottie is there pushing him and you know,

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making sure he's doing things and getting things done. So actually,
and she was also on the commission.

Speaker 3 (26:59):
Yeah, the opposite experience. I always saw Dottie everywhere because
she was in the Arts Commission and what you know
and all that stuff. So that's interesting that you.

Speaker 18 (27:06):
Said, yeah, wow, well you'll see community member.

Speaker 1 (27:10):
Yeah.

Speaker 17 (27:11):
And like they say, often behind every good man, you'll
you'll find a good woman, and vice versa.

Speaker 1 (27:16):
Buying every strong woman you'll find out.

Speaker 16 (27:18):
I always thought he was more of the calmer one,
but one time he got a little crazy with Scott
Olsen and.

Speaker 3 (27:24):
One of the meetings.

Speaker 1 (27:25):
Whoa think.

Speaker 18 (27:27):
I think they both could and they could advocate, and
I think that's what we need, right, We need people
who can advocate for the community and then make things happen,
like the Garcia Center. You see that. How legacy is.
She's good. She's she's living her life retired, you know,
that's a little bit less busy. I think she's still
involved with the legal women voters, one.

Speaker 15 (27:47):
Of the babies.

Speaker 1 (27:48):
Definitely. Are there still tickets available for the gala?

Speaker 18 (27:51):
We actually just closed out tickets today. Sorry, yeah, well no, no, no,
it's a good it's a good thing.

Speaker 1 (27:56):
It's a good thing.

Speaker 18 (27:57):
We sold the majority. Uh this you probably won't fit.
We're doing it.

Speaker 1 (28:03):
We're doing it.

Speaker 18 (28:04):
We're doing it at the Garcia Centers, so we have
really limited space. It's pretty tight.

Speaker 1 (28:09):
Using live stream, you know, just for I know you're
giving me extra stuff. Yeah, yeah, well I think you guys.
Thanks definitely.

Speaker 18 (28:24):
Yeah, we have a lot of great stuff going on.
Just you know, check us out, come through to other
events we do. We are moving a community ten year
celebration to happen December nineteenth, so five pm to nine pm.

Speaker 1 (28:38):
So get them to that.

Speaker 18 (28:39):
Now, those are free, that's free. It's going to be
a bigger event. We're gonna have live bands, open studios.
Do you have the rs VP, We would prefer that
you do. That'd be awesome please RSVP. Yeah, yeah, hit
us up, go to our Instagram or go to the website.

Speaker 17 (28:53):
So definitely, thank you, Thank you, Thank you Michael for
your leadership communication.

Speaker 16 (28:59):
Both you for saying that all of you were setting
that corridor up and I mean that's a lot of
hard work. We need someone to do stuff like that.

Speaker 3 (29:07):
Thank you both you appreciate that.

Speaker 1 (29:09):
Awesome.

Speaker 3 (29:10):
Well, and I know you're healthy.

Speaker 16 (29:11):
I'm so sorry all three of you kicking button taking
it and you were taken engaging captures photos everywhere.

Speaker 17 (29:18):
I've been doing that for years and it's a blessing
man to be a historian and a documentary such as yourself. Brother,
You've done a lot in our community and continue to
do a lot in our so thank you for that.
With that being said, let's let's jump over to Viva
la Boba. Definitely what made you well? You know, David,
I remember when you. I remember when me, Rusty, Caesar,

(29:41):
Eric and David Edgar we all were in your house
on the North End and you had your little wine cooler.
We ain't had no wine off in there, but it
was nice to go. But you know, you were talking
about opening up a coffee shop and you kaipa at
one point in time, back in the days.

Speaker 18 (29:58):
You know what I mean.

Speaker 15 (30:00):
I would never do that.

Speaker 1 (30:02):
So we've brought Viva Boba into fruition for both of you.

Speaker 4 (30:07):
You want to stry, no, it's the short.

Speaker 22 (30:10):
The short of it is that David has always been
very involved in San Bernardino and is like so almost
like freaky levels amongst you. It seems normal, but to
me when we first started dating, I'm like, this guy's
obsessed with San Bernardino. And he was just like so
sure of himself that like San Bernardino could be so
much more than what it is now, and so he

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just had all this property in downtown and I remember thinking,
this guy is crazy. And he said I want to
open a coffee shop, and I was like, okay, I
don't drink coffee. And we really like boba. This is
when we first started dating. And when we want Boba,
we have to go to Lomelinda. Why is it that
we have to drive twenty minutes to a different city
and give them money?

Speaker 4 (30:52):
And why is there no Boba in San Bernardino.

Speaker 22 (30:54):
There was none at the time, other than like, of
course little coffee shops and stuff, but no Boba specific store.
And so I just pitched I was working in TV,
I just graduated from film school. I was super unhappy.
It's the thing kind of thing you do when you're
twenty three and you have nothing to lose because your
frontal lowe hasn't developed yet, so.

Speaker 4 (31:11):
Right, so thank god I took that brand.

Speaker 3 (31:13):
Second, when it develops, you open a second store.

Speaker 4 (31:16):
Yeah, exactly. But that's how a franchise.

Speaker 3 (31:21):
That's makes sense, right, You're like, WHOA, Yeah, I know
I'm falling that. Yeah I did not say that.

Speaker 18 (31:29):
Yeah he said that.

Speaker 4 (31:30):
No, thank god I took that risk, is all I'm saying.

Speaker 22 (31:33):
But I also understand when people are like I want
to do something similar, and understand it is not so
easy when you have, like in this economy, and when
you have responsibilities and things to do, to just throw
money at opening a small business. So I just want
to acknowledge I get that it's not that easy. I'm
so lucky and happy it worked out when it did
and since we've been able to expand, and that's great.

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But I think one thing I haven't said is that
the whole point of view le Boba is it's.

Speaker 4 (31:56):
A community business.

Speaker 22 (31:57):
And it's so easy for people to say that, yeah, yeah,
we care about the community, we're a community shop. But
I feel like we really do because if we're doing
it for the money, we're doing a really bad job.
I'll say that we're yeah, not doing a good job
making money. But I think we are doing a good job, yeah,
holding space for especially as a queer woman of color.

(32:18):
You can if you look at our programming. We have
so many, so much queer programming, so much, so much
going on just for people of color, Like that's that's
our whole thing.

Speaker 13 (32:27):
It's different, different stores, different community work we do like
and so do you know we're hosting artists and we're
doing cleanups in Redlands, We're doing like more queer LGBTQ
type stuff, and it's different, like we're we're trying to
approach each community in a different way, like what what
the community wants from us or what they're asking for,

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what they need.

Speaker 15 (32:49):
We try to provide a space for that exactly.

Speaker 17 (32:53):
And I think you guys even have an open mic
over at the Retlers location.

Speaker 22 (32:56):
Yes, And I know this is so going way far
back when you were talking talking about Lake Arrowhead.

Speaker 4 (33:01):
They are now known.

Speaker 22 (33:01):
They are pulling in major headlining comedians to an open
mic that's happening at a brewery there.

Speaker 4 (33:07):
It's called First Dibbs Comedy.

Speaker 22 (33:08):
So I just wanted to shout that out, another reason
to go to Lake Arrowhead, Like I'm telling you the
ie is on the up and up.

Speaker 16 (33:15):
Here.

Speaker 4 (33:16):
Yeah, sorry, so they are. They were doing a run
at Viva La Boba.

Speaker 22 (33:19):
They're on a little hiatus but we have all sorts
of open mic nights, and that's open to comedy, spoken word, poetry,
guitar whatever. If you just your therapy appointment was missed
and you just have to talk about your feelings, whatever
it is. So yeah, any community event, and I always
say like, if there's an event that you would like
to have that you don't see, we don't charge for
these things.

Speaker 4 (33:38):
It's just come use the space. We made it really
nice so it can be used.

Speaker 16 (33:41):
It's not definitely I've actually spoken and in that capacity
added open mic.

Speaker 4 (33:48):
Oh I wasn't there for that.

Speaker 3 (33:50):
I gave a read from the poetry.

Speaker 1 (33:53):
Well definitely.

Speaker 17 (33:54):
With that being said me and at Ebony of Luxury
Hair Salam, we're doing our open mic night, bringing it
back because people keep asking about it December thirteenth in Rialto.

Speaker 1 (34:04):
So I want to make sure you know loop and
hopefully you can bless us with your presence. But yeah,
for real, you know what is that her new? Is
that our second location in Rialto.

Speaker 17 (34:15):
I'll send you guys all the flyers and everything like
that because I gotta through the Facebook event page and
then we're in the midst of designing the flyers. I
haven't been to the second location, but she says it's
a little more space there or doing the open mic night.
And then that also is the one year anniversary for
her second location. So shout out to Ebany and that
chick behind the chair on Instagram and luxury hair Salion. Definitely, definitely,

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you know, one of the questions that I have and
not so first I want to say thank you because
I'm sitting here with what with Redlands leadership cohort?

Speaker 1 (34:47):
Sister right, you know what I mean?

Speaker 17 (34:49):
Could you tell us a little about the Redlands leadership
And I want to say thank you to both of
you for allowing the second year cohort, my cohort to
use your building to put our project, the Redlands there.

Speaker 20 (35:01):
You thought, you guys show.

Speaker 4 (35:03):
Us, you know, seriously so much?

Speaker 1 (35:06):
Yeah?

Speaker 18 (35:06):
Are we to say no? Yeah?

Speaker 22 (35:08):
So speaking on leadership Redlands, it's this like organization. It's
what Sam Renandino does by itself. Grassroots is what Redlands
is privileged enough to have a Chamber of Commerce and
an executive director who is passionate enough. His name is
Evan Sandford about Redlands doing better. Yeah, shout out to him.

(35:28):
So they created this program where you can like learn
about every single part of Redlands. You go to the
where they pack lunches for the school district, You go
into city hall and talk to people up there.

Speaker 4 (35:39):
You literally every part. Yeah, you go to exactly and
you learned so much about Redlands. And it's great. But
I will and we live in Redlands, and I love Redlands.
But Redlands has a lot.

Speaker 22 (35:51):
Of resources, and so I really wish we had a
program like that in sanm Maernandino. But alternatively, I see
that we have so many grassroots efforts happening constantly in Sanmuoni,
do you know?

Speaker 4 (36:00):
And that's like something I don't know.

Speaker 22 (36:02):
It's that I really love and appreciate about Sam Bernardino specifically.

Speaker 15 (36:07):
The chamber. Sand Chamber does have a leadership program.

Speaker 4 (36:11):
Oh since when first of all chamber, right the chamber.

Speaker 15 (36:18):
Yeah, yeah, there's a there's a leadership program that's almost asked.

Speaker 5 (36:23):
I want to know.

Speaker 15 (36:25):
I've been asked to join the leadership program. I haven't
joined yet. I hear it's good. I do hear, it's good.

Speaker 1 (36:30):
There you go, here you go.

Speaker 17 (36:32):
And to me, that kind of speech towards the importance
of marketing and branding, because the regular chamber of COMMRA
is very active. So and the importance of that is
people know that's what you have and what you're offering,
you know what I mean. So I want to find
out more about the Samornardino leadership. That should be interesting definitely.
On that note, David, you talked about the business that

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you and your father have as as realts. How's that
experience being. I know your father kind of started it
right and then your kind of partner. You have a legacy,
and that's a blessing, right, tell us how that experience went.

Speaker 15 (37:07):
I like to say my dad works for me, but no,
I'm just kidding.

Speaker 13 (37:12):
Honestly, so much opportunity I couldn't have taken on so
much opportunity without my dad building the foundation that he did.
He's had an office in downtown Sanmorondino for thirty five
years for his accounting firm. So I even got introduced
to Sanmardino only because of his office. I would during
the summer when I wasn't in school, I would help him.

(37:33):
He would give me random jobs. I would be running
around downtown filing paperwork for him. But I got introduced
to real estate. He would flip a house every now
and then he'd have a client who would need to
get rid of a house. They'd be going family law,
so divorce. So sometimes it was a hairy situation. So

(37:54):
I got introduced to real estate. I was digging trenches
for Sprinkler Alliance and that was brutal. It's a lot
of work here in the sun. It's it's beating you
down and very you know, it's tough. But that was
the first time I got introduced real estate. And then
when I was eighteen, when I first started at Calci Sanmardino,

(38:14):
I got my real estate license and my first year
I sold like seventeen houses, and I think most people,
you're lucky to sell one in six months.

Speaker 15 (38:22):
And so I think a light bulb just went. I'm like,
I love this.

Speaker 13 (38:25):
I love I'm the good pursuit in myself. Yeah you should, yeah,
thank you. It's uh, it's sales. So like, you know,
if you're good at talking to people, then you should
try it. Yeah, and you're very good at talking to people,
thank you. So yeah, definitely, definitely. But yeah, it's been
it's been good. We're it's constantly evolving though I don't know,
you know, now we manage like two hundred properties, Like,

(38:47):
I didn't think I would be managing properties.

Speaker 15 (38:50):
Yeah, so it's it's evolving.

Speaker 1 (38:52):
Yeah, it changes, definitely, definitely. No, that's that's beautiful.

Speaker 17 (38:55):
I just want to say thank you, you know, to
both of you for investing in our community, for creating
space within our community.

Speaker 1 (39:03):
Coming Coming're honored to be out.

Speaker 22 (39:06):
Yeah, we're doing kind of loky, doing nothing compared to
what all you guys are doing.

Speaker 4 (39:11):
You guys are oh gz.

Speaker 9 (39:12):
I think.

Speaker 1 (39:14):
Teamwork.

Speaker 17 (39:15):
Everyone on the panel today was here specifically because they
invested our community, are working to uplift our community and
provide engagement for our especially.

Speaker 1 (39:25):
We also seen working dream.

Speaker 17 (39:29):
With that being said, is there you guys want to
shout out your locations for the two locations for Via
Boa Sure.

Speaker 22 (39:36):
Viva Boba is located at four five five West Ford Street,
Suite A and San Bernardino and also in downtown Redlands
at five zero one Orange Street, Redlands, California, nineteen three
seven four.

Speaker 15 (39:45):
The best way to keep up with us is on Instagram.
Viva Viva easy, awesome.

Speaker 1 (39:50):
Awesome and definitely I recommend the Indian Chai as well
as the tie. The t is excellent as well.

Speaker 17 (39:57):
I'm not a big fan of boba, but every time
I'm in people are older than boba. So y'all hit
the market.

Speaker 22 (40:02):
Thank you and you're I just want to say a
real one for actually ordering it. I have friends and
family I've yet to see. It's been years i've had
this business.

Speaker 4 (40:09):
I've yet to see there.

Speaker 17 (40:10):
You know, one thing, as we get ready to move
on to Sister Muhammed, I always tell people like, don't
expect the support to come from like your friends and family.
You know they'll they'll patronize you once or twice, but
you really have to build up your base. And that's
true really community engagement, advertising and marketing.

Speaker 16 (40:26):
You know. I learned that from doctor Pierson from Kelsey Sara.
You know, he's an economist here locally, and he's basically said,
if you do not shop at Mom and Pops, they
will not exist.

Speaker 4 (40:35):
Yes, that is one percent correct. Thank you for supporting,
no problem anytime.

Speaker 3 (40:40):
And I don't have as many as it beyond me,
but I have a few on my belt right.

Speaker 4 (40:44):
Oh absolutely you do.

Speaker 3 (40:45):
Yeah, I see you there, I'll make it. I'll make
an extra effort. There you go, thank you over there
and do a wear in your mind that'll be good.

Speaker 4 (40:52):
Thank you very much.

Speaker 1 (40:54):
This is the prescription for the community.

Speaker 17 (40:56):
You first you want to go to Beava Love Boba,
grab your favorite drink, and then you want to head
over to chepsea smash.

Speaker 15 (41:01):
Burger really well together they do.

Speaker 1 (41:04):
They do.

Speaker 4 (41:05):
It's a mirror and there's lots of dispensaries.

Speaker 3 (41:09):
But I would have been to that before, both of them.

Speaker 1 (41:11):
Okay, whatever, that might be the thing. So you go
to too and then you get four burgers that you
get order does not matter.

Speaker 3 (41:21):
You can eat four burgers.

Speaker 1 (41:23):
I probably couldn't, but I know you can't.

Speaker 3 (41:26):
One of those actually is pretty feeling.

Speaker 4 (41:30):
And a great price.

Speaker 1 (41:31):
Can't beat it.

Speaker 4 (41:32):
Another small business.

Speaker 16 (41:33):
Man, and I have to give a shout out to
be because oftentimes I'll walk out of that place and
I don't feel.

Speaker 3 (41:37):
Like you can pay for anything, man, I.

Speaker 1 (41:41):
Say, I want to support bro, but very kind, very
kind man.

Speaker 17 (41:48):
I'm with that being said, we're gonna pivot over to
our final guest, I miss Muhammed.

Speaker 1 (41:52):
How you doing? Today's sister?

Speaker 21 (41:54):
Today was the challenge, But I am here this evening
with my beautiful San Bernardino.

Speaker 19 (41:58):
Folks, So how are you?

Speaker 1 (42:00):
I'm blessed to be Alive system. So definitely.

Speaker 17 (42:03):
I know recently, like less than a year, you have
like a director or leadership with your yes, So I am.

Speaker 19 (42:10):
A program director.

Speaker 21 (42:12):
I don't exactly want to say where I work, but
I will say that I work for UCLA Health Systems
and I work in a forty five bed facility working
with individuals that are on the spectrum both lower and higher.
And I am the program director with over so many
staff I can't even think straight. But I've been in
this leadership role for about a little under a year.

(42:36):
I'm praying to be able to transition into an administrator job,
and I'm gonna pair that with my doctor's program that
I'm getting. Yes, so I'm super super excited about it.
I'm nervous at the same time. Imposter syndrome is definitely
kicking in.

Speaker 19 (42:56):
But I deserve this.

Speaker 7 (42:58):
I screw that dude, right, you know.

Speaker 21 (43:02):
I just think back to, you know, just thinking about
and talking about cal State Sabernardino. I didn't know it
was gonna go to cal State Sambordino. I was working
in Redlands. I was a case manager for over ten
years for Services, so I was there for a very
long time as a young adult, and my clients were
coming in with degrees. I was coaching them and mentoring

(43:26):
them and with degrees and then but I didn't have
one at all.

Speaker 19 (43:30):
So then I was like, y'all come in here with
one more degree.

Speaker 21 (43:34):
And then a grants change, and they said, you know what,
miss h You're gonna have to have a grant, I
mean a bachelor's to work here. And I didn't have
nothing but a high school diploma. So I quit my
job and I went to school full time.

Speaker 19 (43:48):
I think, wait, was it easy to quit my job?

Speaker 16 (43:50):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (43:51):
And go to school full time.

Speaker 21 (43:52):
Absolutely, I'm gonna tell you how I got a double
bachelor's on welfare.

Speaker 19 (43:57):
Good, let me just tell y'all.

Speaker 3 (44:01):
Do whatever you're gonna do to get it right.

Speaker 19 (44:03):
Listen. Okay.

Speaker 21 (44:04):
So for those that are on welfare and just not
sure or feel some kind of way about it, I
already knew how to maximize the system as a case manager.
You're gonna pay my rent, you're gonna pay my medical
you're gonna give me food stamps. On top of that,
you're gonna give me well for the work, run that childcare.
Also run me them gas receipts. And I'm going to
go to school full time, get a degree, and not

(44:25):
just one.

Speaker 3 (44:26):
Oh he's going all the way to doctor rick.

Speaker 19 (44:28):
No, I got a double bachelor on welfare.

Speaker 21 (44:32):
And if you want to check my Facebook page just
to make sure I have my double degree with my
EBT card there. And I was eating very good tonight,
eating better tonight. So now I'm over a six figure earner.
I'm a serial entrepreneur. So for those that are, you know,
there's nothing.

Speaker 19 (44:48):
I grew up. My father was a firefighter.

Speaker 21 (44:51):
He always We came from Los Angeles and my father
one of the very very back in the day, not
that many black fires. Right, So we're coming from Los Angeles.
When I used to come out here and we used
to look at houses, my nose used to bleed because
I wasn't used to the heat out here. So and
I remember him with my mom and said, she's like,

(45:12):
I don't want to live out there. We were in
Santa Monica. Was in Santa Monica, but my parents grew
up in South central LA. My mom also is an
alumni from cal State sam.

Speaker 19 (45:22):
Bordino, right, so just in case I wouldn't know.

Speaker 21 (45:27):
But then I ended up marrying my husband brother Roy Muhammad,
and He always say that Sam Bernardino is a gold mine.
Because he was like, you should open up your plant
store in San Bernardin. I was like, I ain't opening
my plant store in downtown, but I was, you know.
But because he's seen something that I didn't and he's

(45:48):
from here, and this just solidified, he's going to be
so excited because he always says that San Bernandino is
a gold mine.

Speaker 19 (45:55):
It's money there. He said, if people don't know that,
you should know.

Speaker 3 (45:59):
So plants.

Speaker 21 (46:01):
We're talking about house plants, pathos, exotic plants. So during
the pandemic, of course I'm working in the school districts
as an independent contractor. I lose, not lose my job,
but there's like, we don't know when the schools are going.

Speaker 15 (46:15):
To come back up.

Speaker 19 (46:16):
Yeah, so just it's a true story.

Speaker 21 (46:19):
I during the pandemic, I'm stressed out, people are dying.

Speaker 13 (46:23):
You know.

Speaker 21 (46:23):
I have a degree in marketing and PR so I
know about the agenda setting theory. So it's like, well,
maybe none of this stuff is all true, but kind
to find out it's true. It was true for me
when I hate to say this, but when the black
guy got sick, I was like oh damn, it's real.

Speaker 1 (46:37):
You know.

Speaker 21 (46:38):
So I was yearning for a plant, right, was journing
for this plant and it was a string of pearls
at the time, so I kept I couldn't find his plants.
My mom's like, you know, what kind of plan are
you looking for? And I was like, you know, the
one with the little balls on it, like Hanes.

Speaker 3 (46:54):
It's real cy one my favor.

Speaker 21 (46:56):
So it's a string of pros and she goes, she goes,
show me the plant. So I showed her the plan
on my phone. And my mom at the time, she
was sewing masks during that time, Like we I made
thousands and thousands of dollars for sewing masks because my
mom is older and she knew how to push masks
out fast.

Speaker 1 (47:15):
We went.

Speaker 19 (47:15):
She went in a garage and pulled out this, you know,
sewing machine.

Speaker 21 (47:19):
So she's sewing and it's like and she saw and
then she looks up and she goes, you don't know
why you want one of those plants. I'm like no,
she said, you sure, I'm like no. So long story short,
this is gonna blow your mindset down. Don't don't, don't, okay,
you'll be okay.

Speaker 19 (47:33):
Hold on to it, hold on to it.

Speaker 21 (47:37):
My grandmother had just transitioned in December. My grandmother had
a string of pearls on her porch for over thirty
five years.

Speaker 3 (47:47):
Do you think you saw it before?

Speaker 18 (47:49):
And of course.

Speaker 21 (47:51):
Right, So I'm like, you know, everybody's transitioning, this was
you know, she did. She departed in December and then
March second, for me, was my last day of working
in the school district. So I took to Facebook and
was like, y'all help me with this plant that I
ended up getting a piece of. My aunt had the

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plant for my grandmother because she had just departed. And
I created this group called Black Women Who Loves Plant.
I love to connect with women, women of color, women
of different ethnicities, genders, and we created this platform and
next thing, you know, just caught fire.

Speaker 19 (48:27):
So then Facebook reaches out and they're like, we like you.

Speaker 3 (48:31):
I did, I like you do Facebook?

Speaker 18 (48:33):
So I did, right.

Speaker 21 (48:34):
I did a ton of commercials during a pandemic. It
was a safe and sacred space for black women to
get together and women of color during the time of
the pandemic. So we just soared, you know, we went
from me to now I think I'm at three hundred
and eighty two thousand. Yeah, it was almost four hundred thousand.
So and then with that, you know, so I wanted

(48:58):
to bring it back. I wanted to cure the group
that was specifically for people of color and San Bernardino.

Speaker 19 (49:04):
I have a you know, just for me.

Speaker 21 (49:06):
I can connect and sometimes we just need those sacred spaces.
So that's how we created you know, Black Black sam
Bernardino County to allow for people of color to connect
for business, for school, entrepreneurship resources and things of those natures.

Speaker 19 (49:23):
So I'm looking to build that.

Speaker 21 (49:24):
I couldnot take on that task by myself, so I
brought on my brother here and a couple of other
San Bernardino natives and pillars and community advocates so along
with you know, doing that parenting as well as in
my new role.

Speaker 19 (49:40):
I'm just here. I'm just glad to be here because
O me would have wanted to be as sleep.

Speaker 21 (49:46):
But that's okay. I'm here, and I'm so thankful. I
knew about the Garcia Centers, the Garcia Center, right, but
I didn't know exactly what you did. And I'm so
proud to even hear about you all's business and just
the thought that. You know, when I came here when
I was younger, there used to be this park across
the way that had the pond or the lakes there,

(50:07):
and my daddy used to take us there all the time. Right,
So let's go from twenty twenty to twenty twenty four,
I ended up coming back to San Berandino County working
for the after school program. And I had not been
in downtown, never needed to because I'm either working from
home or I'm pushed out in Los Angeles. And I
had no idea of the homeless population that had pledged

(50:32):
this area.

Speaker 19 (50:33):
And I seen it and I was like, oh my god,
what the yeah.

Speaker 20 (50:43):
It's going on.

Speaker 21 (50:44):
So that has bothered me for over a year, over
a year because I remember my father, firefighter. He would
never have taken his children to, you know, this area, Sanborney.
We be you telling me your daddy had you everywhere
my day to have us everywhere up in San Berndany,
I remember the banks and all this other stuff. But

(51:04):
I'm in mental health in the Los Angeles County, and
this is why I wanted to move towards my doctorate
so that I can bring those mental health services that
are extremely lacking here and needed in San Bernardino County.
So I work for a crisis residential treatment center and
they're just non existing here in Sanbordino County. So I'll

(51:28):
be reaching out because we need some spaces to be
able to service these individuals. I've worked with some pretty cool,
pretty cool clients, and they just need a space to
have their medication maintain and get into some transitional housing
and therapy and they'll be an.

Speaker 19 (51:46):
Awful lot better.

Speaker 1 (51:47):
So I do have a question for you, but I know,
David at one point you had a question.

Speaker 13 (51:51):
I just so people are going to get mad because
I'm not offering this same rots. But if you want
to try and open up like a pop up for
a couple of months your Plant store in downtown for free,
I'll pay for you don't need to pay for anything.
I'll pay for electricity, I'll pay for water. You just

(52:11):
I'll give you the keys you tried out for three months,
and you let me know if you like it and
you can keep going or not.

Speaker 19 (52:17):
Come on, ancestors, someone.

Speaker 18 (52:22):
I need to be able to park in that parking
for the Garcia Center befunction. Come on, David, Plant Parks.

Speaker 1 (52:31):
But you know we can talk.

Speaker 18 (52:35):
We do have plants. We have a whole garden actually
a community garden that we're feeding community. So I want
to say on the air on the live show, we're
making deal. You're talking about the mental health resources. The
reason why we're lacking all the money is going to
the police here. It's all going to public safety. There's
no money for the social services. Like I said, we're

(52:56):
not helping with the libraries. We're not getting the parks
more money. We're not in the ards and culture money.
And we're not helping our homeless, our houseless folks right. Definitely,
our veterans even we just have veteran housing, but we
don't do enough housing totally. Let's just be real about that.
We're all advocates here, we all been here for years

(53:17):
and but we.

Speaker 16 (53:18):
But you gotta spend money here and then hopefully some
of that will end up and get the right people
in office, then that stuff will go back.

Speaker 17 (53:25):
To definitely, And I just want to say this, and
and then we'll we'll we'll close out on your section.
But yes, for for public safety throughout almost every single
county out of the fifty eight counties in the state
of California. And you see this across the nation that
public safety often gets the lion's share of the money,
and then, like you said, it makes it where the

(53:48):
other thing, other needs of the community are not being
address because they're getting the lion's share of the money.
Often the public safety sector, to me, is not equipped
to address the needs the needs of the community.

Speaker 1 (54:00):
They can do the safety aspect.

Speaker 17 (54:01):
And I want them to. I want I want them
just to focus on safety. And I don't want them
out here trying to engage with mental health. I don't
want them to try to find solutions for our house.
I just want them to be public servants and to
make sure that our communities are safe and thriving, right right, So,
but we we have to. That's just speaks towards the
importance of advocating being engaged at the city halls, at

(54:21):
the border soups. The community has to come out and
raise their voice and let them know where they where
we want to direct our money to. Because if we there,
if we're not there to say or voice what we
want to see done or where we want our money investor,
it will continue to be the.

Speaker 1 (54:35):
Way that it is.

Speaker 17 (54:36):
And often that way is you know, we're Samordino is
growing getting better, but if we have more investment, we
could get there quicker.

Speaker 16 (54:45):
And we also have to let law enforcement know how
we feel. I go up to every single stanary of
police officers I see on the street wherever, and the
first thing I usually asked them after I have a
little conversation with do you live here?

Speaker 17 (54:57):
That's so key, Yeah, that's so key because to me,
when you have officers that live in the city, they
have skin in the game versus you.

Speaker 16 (55:05):
Know, and in the beginning, about about ten years ago,
it was eleven percent. I was getting smoked, you know.
Now there's a bunch of kids and stuff, and I'm like, yes.

Speaker 1 (55:14):
Because it's like they wanted to get better because their family.

Speaker 18 (55:17):
Is a program, isn't there that they're giving them loan?
But then they can go around and sell the house
in two years. So there's always a loophole, right, there's
always a loophole here.

Speaker 1 (55:27):
But definitely definitely hopefully so I'm yeah.

Speaker 18 (55:30):
I also agree though they need to live as.

Speaker 1 (55:33):
Yeah, yeah, definitely definitely.

Speaker 17 (55:35):
So with that being said, and as we close out
this section, I want to and then we'll do a
little our hopes for the community, especially during the holidays.
We're down to our last four minutes. How can people
connect with your Facebook groups?

Speaker 21 (55:48):
Definitely, just join us on Facebook look for Black Samorandino County.
Go ahead and just link yourself in and just engage.

Speaker 1 (55:55):
That's it. And how about the four hundred thousand for the.

Speaker 19 (56:00):
Black women who love plants?

Speaker 21 (56:01):
Also, just connect with me Tata Mohammed on Facebook and
I can provide all those links for you so that
if you want to come in and you just want
to just look on how to take care of your plant,
you can search all of that stuff without fully being
in the group and disrupting those those people that are
in that sacred space.

Speaker 17 (56:18):
Definitely, And as we get ready to close out the show,
we're down to our last like three minutes, I'm going
to start with Brother Eric, what is your hope e
money for our community? And during the holidays, just words
of inspiration or hope or well wishes and thoughts for
our community.

Speaker 1 (56:34):
And we're talking about the Ie Riverside County as well.

Speaker 7 (56:38):
You know what, just hope hopefully everyone uh stay safe
and has a good time with their family. You know,
just spread hopefully the holiday season pulls out the love
and everyone just is chill.

Speaker 1 (56:49):
There you go. Yeah, how about yourself? System Mohammed six seven.

Speaker 7 (56:54):
I have kids, I get it.

Speaker 19 (57:00):
That's all I got for y'all.

Speaker 22 (57:01):
Okay, I would say it is a great time to drink.
Thanksgiving if you can adopt a family do you can
do a food drive if you already have canned food.
If you don't donate money, that goes way further. Redland
Family Service will take it. Christmas, you don't need gifts
and all that Hanukkah, like go give that to someone
in the community who needs it.

Speaker 4 (57:21):
That's what I hope for San Berndino.

Speaker 19 (57:24):
He spoke for me, y'all.

Speaker 13 (57:26):
Something tons soon I have been practicing for a few
years is like pour energy and love into those who
give it back to you and then cut out all
the toxic people and no new friends. So like, you know,
there's support the people.

Speaker 1 (57:41):
Who support you.

Speaker 15 (57:41):
Basically, how about yourself?

Speaker 18 (57:43):
Michael love and peace saying a cultural district, let's go, let's.

Speaker 16 (57:48):
Go, let's go, And I just say community, you know,
just try to reach out to someone that you think
is the opposite and.

Speaker 3 (57:59):
Just learn about them.

Speaker 17 (58:00):
Definitely, Definitely my hopes is that for our listeners and
those that watch this show in the future. I hope
that you're inspired to see that we come from different ethnicities,
different religious practices, different orientations, yet we can come together
over the common good of humanity, the common good of
our community. So for me, I hope that you see
that you're able to do something that you can engage.

(58:20):
You can enrich our community, our nation and world at law. Anyone,
anyone can make a difference, and more specifically, you can
make a difference. So whatever that may be gets started today.
Want to say happy holidays.

Speaker 8 (58:32):
I love you.

Speaker 9 (58:34):
You go for it.

Speaker 3 (58:36):
Gotta love it man.

Speaker 16 (58:37):
That's why we have a great show with it beyond locker,
because he brings out that goodness.

Speaker 1 (58:42):
We bring it out with us.

Speaker 7 (58:45):
One more thing, if I could, I wanted to plug.
We're having a turkey drive over here with Angel Baby,
another host over here on the twenty second of November
here at the Teamsters location. So if you guys can
and have the means to donate, come by, donate a
turkey and jam out. Angel Baby's gonna be playing some
of course.

Speaker 3 (59:05):
With lou Dowdy. We'll be doing hot socks and Nils, yes,
of course.

Speaker 1 (59:09):
And what day is that?

Speaker 18 (59:10):
More that that is.

Speaker 1 (59:12):
I want to say it's a twenty second as well.

Speaker 7 (59:14):
Oh dude, so that busy day for everybody. Heck yeah,
the no excuses to not.

Speaker 1 (59:19):
Give for the definitely definitely go ahead and close us out.
Brother Porter, well you know that I love.

Speaker 3 (59:24):
Sam Bernardino and this is Robert Porter. And if you're
on the Lockert loving the cast today, Thank you so much,
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