MELISSA: LESS PATRIOTIC THE
MISTAKE
--STAKE
-- LAKE
-- LEAE
-- LEASE PATRIOTIC
STATES, CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK
AND NEW JERSEY.
RESEARCHERS FOCUSED ON MILITARY
ENGAGEMENT.
PERCENTAGE OF ENLISTEES AND
VETERANS AS WELL AS CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT LIKE VOTER TURNOUT
AND VOLUNTEER HOURS.
ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, THE
MOST PATRIOTIC STATES ARE NEW
HAMPSHIRE, WYOMING AND VERMONT.
HAT TIPPED TO YOUR PROJECT NOW
ATTORNEY, I PROMOTED -- JOINING
ME A CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST IN
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.
A LOT OF THINGS TO DISCUSS
TODAY.
FIRST WILL DO YOU FEEL THAT
CALIFORNIA IS NOT PATRIOTIC?
>> UNFORTUNATELY THINK THERE IS
A MOVEMENTTOWARD GLOBALISM , IT
SEEMS TO HAVE LEFT PATRIOTISM
IN THE DUST.
MELISSA: I HEARD THAT IN ORANGE
COUNTY, I'M A SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA GO MYSELF
ORIGINALLY.
I KNOW THE AREA WELL.
I WAS SHOCKED THE LAST COUPLE
TIMES I WAS BACK, THE HOMELESS
PROBLEM HAS BEEN EXPLODING.
AND I LOVE TO TALK TO THE
PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHY THEY
THINK IT IS HAPPENING.
THE RECALL, ERIC GARCETTI
MOVEMENT, HAS KIND OF SAID IT
ALL AND PUT HIM BACK ON HIS
HEELS AS HE'S EXPLAINED HOW
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE YOU KNOW
INCREDIBLE WEALTH, AND A HUGE
TAX BURDEN.
AND HE GETS MORE AND MORE MONEY
ALL THE TIME.
IN FACT HE WENT TO DEBT IN
RAISED BONDS IN ORDER TO BUILD
MORE HOMES FOR HOMELESS.THAT
SOMEHOW, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO
BE INCREASING.
I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU SPEND
MONEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND HAVE BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, YOU ARE ATTRACTING
MORE PEOPLE WHO COME THERE TO
LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO, IT WAS
ALWAYS CALLED A LIFESTYLE
CHOICE.
CHOOSING TO BE HOMELESS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> I ABSOLUTELY WOULD AGREE.
I THINK OUR FAILED POLICIES AS
WELL AS OUR BAD LAWS THAT WE
PASSED RECENTLY ARE SIMPLY
ENCOURAGING THE SITUATION.
I THINK A STUDY CAME OUT THAT
CITY AND COUNTY OF LA SPEND
ABOUT $600 MILLION LAST YEAR TO
FIGHT THE HOMELESS PROBLEM AND
IT HAS INCREASED.
IT INCREASED 12 PERCENT, 16
PERCENT IN THE CITY.
ABOUT 50,000 HOMELESS PEOPLE.
CURRENTLY, I THINK WE ARE
NUMBER ONE IN WELFARE
RECIPIENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
I THINK WE ARE NUMBER ONE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND NOW WE
APPEAR TO BE NUMBER ONE IN
HOMELESSNESS.
THOSE ARE TROPHIES WE DO NOT
WANT TO COLLECT.
MELISSA: SIMILAR SUMMITS IS NOT
BECAUSE IT'S ATTRACTING
HOMELESS PEOPLE, IS BECAUSE OF
LOCAL AND CITY MUNICIPAL LAWS
ABOUT PERMITTING.
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT
INTENTIONS TO BUILD MORE
FERTILE HOUSING AND BUILD MORE
HOMELESS SHELTERS.
BUT THERE'S TOO MUCH RED TAPE
IN ORDER TO GET THAT DONE AND
IS REALLY THE PROBLEM.
DO YOU BUY THAT?
>> I DO NOT BUY THAT BECAUSE I
DON'T THINK IT WILL SOLVE THE
PROBLEM.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS AND WHY
PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO BE
HOMELESS.
WE ARE TO SEPARATE THE
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FORGIVE
THE MENTALLY ILL, YOUR
VETERANS, GIVE THOSE IN A
FALLEN DOWN ON LUCK AND THOSE
THAT IS SIMPLY CHOSEN, YOU HAVE
CRIMINAL TRANSIENTS HAVE CHOSEN
TO BLEND INTO THE IMMIGRANT
PUBLISHER.
MELISSA: I WAS TALKING TO
SOMEONE THIS WEEKEND THAT LEFT
CALIFORNIA AND MOVED TO SOUTH
CAROLINA BECAUSE HE SAID HE
COULD NO LONGER RUN HIS
BUSINESS.
HE HAD A SANDWICH SHOP FOR 50
YEARS WITH HIS FAMILY.
THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY
PEOPLE BECAUSE OF TAXES AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
THEY CHOSE TO LEAVE BECAUSE
THEY COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.
NOW THEY ARE REALLY HAPPY
SOMEWHERE ELSE?
DO YOU ENCOUNTER A LOT OF
PEOPLE LEAVING?
OR IS CALIFORNIA WORTH IT TO
PUT UP WITH THE NONSENSE?
>> THAT IS REALLY THE QUESTION
I THINK A LOT OF US, I WAS BORN
AND RAISED IN CALIFORNIA.
EVERY OTHER DAY I'M CONSIDERING
MOVING OUT OF STATE FOR ALL
THOSE REASONS.
INCREASED TAXES, SOCIAL
SERVICES, FAILED
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE THREE MAINPROBLEMS ,
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION,
HOMELESSNESS, WELFARE.
IT IS CONTINUING TO GET WORSE
AND WORSE IN THE STATE.
THE LACK OF PATRIOTISM AND THEN
YOU WONDER WHAT NATION WE ARE
LIVING IN ANYMORE IN THE STATE.
IT IS DISCOURAGING.
I WOULD LIKE TO RETIRE IN THIS
STATE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE
POSSIBLE.