Episode 46: Can Bryant Acosta Make LA Cool Again? (Vote June 2)

LA mayoral candidate Bryant Acosta joins Milk & Honeys to talk about EVERYTHING happening in Los Angeles right now — affordability, homelessness, nightlife, creators getting priced out of the city, the Olympics, transparency in City Hall, his controversial “LA NOW” app, and why he believes LA has lost some of its magic.

Kayla & Vanessa also get into Spencer Pratt entering the mayoral race, whether LA is still the entertainment capital of the world, dating in LA, Erewhon prices, traffic-induced mental breakdowns, and Bryant’s plan to make the city feel alive again.

From Creative Campuses and housing to Hollywood culture and the future of LA, this is one of the most entertaining and unfiltered political conversations we’ve had on the podcast.

🗳️ Los Angeles Primary Election: June 2, 2026
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Transcript

Welcome And Meet Ron Acosta

SPEAKER_03 0:08

All right, everybody. Welcome back to Milk and Honeys. Again, this is season two, episode two, which is crazy to say.

SPEAKER_02 0:14

Crazy.

SPEAKER_03 0:15

And we have our first guest of the new season here with us today. Uh, probably an unexpected guest, uh, different than what we're probably used to, but one of the most fascinating candidates in the LA male race. Uh, he is a first generation Mexican-American entrepreneur, creative director, event producer, openly gay candidate, and now someone trying to convince Angelinos he can help fix a city that currently feels expensive, chaotic, emotionally unstable, occasionally on fire. Uh, Ron Acosta, welcome to Milk and Honeys.

SPEAKER_00 0:43

Thank you for having me.

SPEAKER_03 0:44

Welcome. Thank you so much for being here.

SPEAKER_02 0:47

And you're stylish. And like, we're good. We love a good, stylish. We can't.

SPEAKER_00 0:52

I was just like, LA deserves somebody that has that, you know, grit in fashion LA.

SPEAKER_03 0:57

In fashion sense, but not all of the candidates doesn't have to be a lot of people.

SPEAKER_00 0:59

What is it like my whole thing about this is like, why does politics doesn't have to be boring.

SPEAKER_03 1:04

Yeah, right.

SPEAKER_00 1:05

It's boring because that's what we're used to and that's what we're fed. Yep. So we need to break outside of those norms.

SPEAKER_03 1:10

Agreed, especially we're in LA. So,

From Creative Work To Politics

SPEAKER_03 1:12

like, what a better place to, you know, to do that. Uh, I do want to back up though and learn about you from, you know, before you were here. So you're not a traditional politician. Uh, what exactly was your world prior?

SPEAKER_00 1:22

Oh my gosh. Uh, well, it was all it's all been in design and creative. Um, you know, I've been a fashion designer, I've worked in construction, I've worked with brands, uh, advertisement studios. Uh, I feel like I've lived all the lives that somebody that moves to LA wants to live. But being that I'm a native here, like, you know, it's just I guess second nature to to try to get into something creative and um and you know, just expand on that.

SPEAKER_02 1:50

Well, speaking of being a, you know, native here, you're from West Covina. How uh was your childhood growing up for you here?

SPEAKER_00 1:58

Um, I mean, it was well, so I I was born in West Covina, lived there till about like five or six. My parents moved us out to the desert. So I grew up a little bit in the desert, and then I moved back for school here. Um, and then uh, you know, went to college at Art Institute of LA. Um and I was able to move. I feel like I've lived every place in LA. So I lived in Santa Monica, Mid City, uh, Hollywood, the east side. Um, and then currently right now I'm over and back in Hollywood.

SPEAKER_02 2:27

But um but never the valley. Actually, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:29

Oh, actually, I didn't live in the valley. I did for a little bit.

SPEAKER_02 2:33

I was gonna say, if you've never lived in the valley, you know no one will ever go visit you there.

SPEAKER_00 2:37

Well, it's like another country. It is.

SPEAKER_02 2:39

I lived there for eight or 15 years, and I'm never there now. And I take one of our friends like, hey, we're having a party in the valley. I'm like, Are you joking me?

SPEAKER_03 2:48

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 2:50

Remember back in the day it used to take 20 minutes to get everywhere. Now it's like no, now it's like two days.

SPEAKER_03 2:56

Well, on the way here, I said I live very close to the studio, and I feel like it took us two days to get here. Yeah, you know, LA. Oh, now your parents are both Mexican immigrants. Uh, how much did that shape your work ethic, do you think, and your worldview?

SPEAKER_00 3:09

Yeah, I mean, I think that, you know, watching my dad go through, you know, the typical blue-collar stuff of, you know, working at low-paying jobs and factories and union jobs, um, it really gave me a strong work ethic to see them both just, you know, try to do the best for us with what they had. Um, and, you know, nothing was ever handed to me. I always had to work for everything. And that's why I've been really proud of my career and what I've been able to accomplish. Um, but also of my background, because if I didn't have that um, you know, work ethic built into me and also uh upbringing of just try to do your shoot for the stars, um, then I wouldn't be where I'm at today.

SPEAKER_02 3:51

Yeah, absolutely. And, you know, the big question is what did your family think when you said, I am going to run the mayor of Los Angeles?

SPEAKER_00 4:00

Well, some nobody was surprised. Okay, I love that. I'm the overachiever of the family.

SPEAKER_02 4:06

Period. Period.

SPEAKER_00 4:07

Like uh, I mean, I'm I definitely not. Uh, you know, every time that I've, you know, I'm one of the lucky few people that when I got out of high school, I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a designer. So I was like, okay, let me just do that. That's going to like take care of my bread and butter. And then anything extra is just gonna be on me, right? Yeah. So I was able to, so anything that I've ever said I'm gonna do, I do it. So designer, I wanted to be a designer, I became a designer, wanted to be a DJ, become a DJ. I wanted to become uh I wanted to run for mayor, I ran for mayor. And I, you know, I don't think I'm showing signs of slowing down now, but oh gosh, you're making me feel really inadequate.

SPEAKER_03 4:43

Yeah, well, absolutely. I'm like, we need higher uh standards, I guess. Um, how how did like your background though translate into running a city? Or how does that translate over?

SPEAKER_00 4:53

Oh yeah. So as uh, you know, I've been creative uh creative executive for two decades, and a lot of that work has been managing large organizations, multi-million dollar budgets, multidisciplinary teams, which I think translates to City Hall perfectly because it's all about creating systems, it's about working with, you know, especially to my designers out there, working with crappy budgets. We always have to produce and get, you know, from point A to point Z, hit every touch point, and present a multi-million dollar product. And so that's the experience that I'm bringing. And I think it's, you know, if that's not City Hall, I don't know what it is.

SPEAKER_02 5:28

Yeah, absolutely. What was there a specific moment for you where you looked around LA and said, okay,

The Moment LA Felt Unfair

SPEAKER_02 5:35

somebody needs to step in here and it's and it's gonna be me.

SPEAKER_00 5:39

Well, honestly, I I didn't even, I never wanted to be in politics, but I I looked around at the race and I was like, there's nobody offering uh not just what I'm offering from uh uh uh executive experience, but also from like a lived in experience because I looked around and our generation's cooked. We are so cooked, we can't afford anything, everything's too expensive. I mean, I have um, you know, a lot of friends that, you know, obviously work in the industry and they're like out of work right now. Yeah, yes, you know, because of all the things that are happening with the studios and you know, the productions shutting down. And I was just like, you know what? If not me, then who? Yeah, right. And it's not fair, and I just felt like it wasn't fair for me to have this knowledge and have this experience and not at least try, you know, because whether I win or lose, I've now become part of the conversation. And a lot of and some of the ideas I've noticed that a lot of the other candidates are starting to adopt, which is was actually what m my main goal. Because I think bringing that lens of creativity, design, and tech uh to the conversation was very, very important for me to be able to, you know, change things substantially for people in Los Angeles.

SPEAKER_03 6:49

And we're gonna get into the tech side here uh in a little bit because I'm really excited to talk about the app. Um, but was there a specific moment when you looked around LA? And I think I've only been here for about four years, and I think I've even seen a shift in four years where it's like it's just not as alive as it used to be. Right.

SPEAKER_00 7:03

It's changed so much. I mean, the LA of when I came back as an 18-year-old to now, I it's totally different. It's like, you know, in 2000, like 2000 to like 2014, it was like limitless. Like you felt like you'd be able to, you know, you could eat anything at any time, you could go to any club. Uh, you know, things were affordable. I mean, I remember like, you know, I mean, I was making good money back then because I was working for the studios, but I just felt like I was like, I didn't even worry about things, you know, like I had money to put in the bank. I could, you know, thinking I didn't want to get a house, which is kind of stupid in hindsight now, but I just didn't want to have that responsibility at that age. And so I was like, I'll get it later. But I was like, who knew it was gonna be like two million dollar homes? Exactly. Yeah, two million dollar homes for a shack, you know?

Homelessness And The Execution Gap

SPEAKER_00 7:52

It's ridiculous.

SPEAKER_02 7:53

And and you you've said LA doesn't have an ideas problem, it has an execution problem. Yes. What do you mean by that?

SPEAKER_00 8:01

So what I see right now is LA usually comes up with ideas, and uh and a good one is like um the homeless problem. Yeah, um, they do one size fits all solutions, specifically with that. As I was doing my research, because you know, as designers, we always do our research and make sure we know what we're talking about. Um, but I've identified that not all homeless people are on the same level, right? Right. And so when I look at that, I'm like, hmm, maybe this is why we're not fixing the things that we need to fix. Because if we're not addressing the root causes and we're doing one size fits all solutions, we end up with things like people with mental health care or substance abuse. You know, they go and they house them, which is a great idea, but in in theory, but if you're not addressing the root causes, um, they're in, you know, you'll put them in a nice apartment and then they'll yeah, and then they'll end up like starting fires or bringing in drugs. Um, and and then they become a nuisance to the you know, the greater neighborhood. And so what ends up happening is they become chronically unhoused. And so I think like 40% of homeless people are chronically unhoused, but that's an example I can give of why, you know, they're the execution isn't there for me because they're doing like these one size fits all things and it's just it's not working.

SPEAKER_03 9:12

That's why also like voters are so frustrated right now because you're seeing that.

SPEAKER_00 9:16

Absolutely. And and we're spending so much money.

SPEAKER_03 9:18

And we're like, where the hell is it going?

SPEAKER_00 9:20

Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_03 9:21

I need to itemize receipt, please. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 9:23

And that's one of the things that I want to do is I want to work uh with our control, our city controller, Kenneth Mejia, who's been a, I think, an awesome controller. Um, and you know, my first hundred days uh do an audit of all the contracts and where everything's going because I really do feel that a lot of third-party organizations have stepped in and they are taking the money and not giving us the results that are collected.

SPEAKER_02 9:45

Yeah. Right. What what's one thing do you think City Hall is embarrassingly, embarrassingly, oh, there it is. See, we tie my words all the time in an episode. Um, embarrassingly wrong right now. Getting wrong.

SPEAKER_00 9:57

Like I think overall, I think it's just the transparency and accountability, honestly, because uh, you know, I we don't know where our money is going. Right, you know, and you know, they keep saying like they keep proposing, oh, let's do another 10% sales tax. I'm like, well, what did you do with the last $13 billion that we gave you?

SPEAKER_03 10:14

You know, like I pay my bills too. Exactly.

SPEAKER_00 10:17

And so, you know, and I know we're gonna speak about the app, but that's why I created an app where we would have full transparency and accountability over leadership and how the budget is. Because I mean, you know, the government expects us to balance our checkbooks and our bank accounts. We should do the same for them, and we should be able to see where every penny and every dollar is spent. And that's one of the big

LA Now App For City Transparency

SPEAKER_00 10:36

things that I'm pushing.

SPEAKER_03 10:36

Let's get let's get into the app. I was gonna get there a little bit later, but since we're talking about it, the LA Now app goes into more detail about what it is.

SPEAKER_00 10:44

So I wanted to create a next generation civics app where everything could be done in the palm of your hand. You know, imagine push notifications for jury duty, uh, you know, a big thing for how it helped yeah, just reminders, you know, and then you know, uh one of the components is having geotargeted uh things that are happening in your area. So if you, you know, because right now uh people don't know so much about civics because we just don't have space for it. Yeah. Between the cost of living and, you know, the war in Iran and like every five minutes we're getting hit with something from the news, like there's no space to be held for the civics in local politics. So this actually gives you uh uh, you know, palm of your hand control, and everybody would have access to this. But the idea is that you have, you know, a dashboard that geotargets your area, if you have town halls. Um, you also, if you know, towing is a huge thing here in the city. And it's like, you know, and $400 can mean a difference between paying the rent and oh, absolutely. Yeah. And so I thought, well, what if we on the app could actually have like a notification because we would sign in through ID and me, which is already done through the DMV. So all your information would be there. So you get a notification, hey, you just got towed and you avoid those crazy fees.

SPEAKER_03 11:58

That's brilliant. Unless like it's like it's like I feel like right now the city is like it's you're being set up to fail. Exactly. Right, you know, and I think that I mean, as someone who's gotten a few parking tickets and tows, or the the simplicity of that would be so helpful to other citizens.

SPEAKER_00 12:12

Well, and also, you know, being able to find um uh resources that you may need. Like I I had um a constituent who was uh getting booted from their apartment complex. Okay, and so they were like, Can you help us? And I was like, I, you know, let me dig into this now that I have a little bit more, you know, connections and people that I know. And it turns out there's a united tenants union. And I was like, and I Googled this stuff and I even chat GPT'd it, and nothing came up. So imagine having those resources in the palm of your hand, right? A search engine that's dedicated to city resources so that you don't have to go digging.

SPEAKER_02 12:45

Exactly.

SPEAKER_00 12:46

And that's something that should be available readily to all of us. So that's just but that's just one component, and that's just the like the landing page. Um, then imagine um, you know, part of the other part of the other components are having a uh, you know, rate your leader.

SPEAKER_03 13:01

I have the yelp style accountability.

SPEAKER_00 13:03

Yes, and yes, and so this imagine like Yelp, but for leadership. And this I think is great because which is brilliant. Yes, because you know, I'm a very firm believer in a digital bill of rights. And until Congress gets their act together, this is the next best thing. Because now we have um uh accountability in real time. Yeah, and so imagine, you know, we could have uh if when you log in, it's going to give you access to your council member and the mayor because it it'll already know like by your address, like who you who belongs to you. So, you know, we don't have want to have cross-pollination with different, you know, like stick to your area, you'll be able to, you know, make comments and uh, you know, hold people accountable. But the idea is essentially um uh to be able to, if it gives me a bully pulpit as mayor, uh, to be able to say, hey, why are you spending overspending in your district or why isn't this getting done? And so it just really gives you an it gives me an opportunity to be able to um hold people accountable. And if we have to recall people, it makes it so much easier.

SPEAKER_03 14:03

And I think it's also great, like for for especially young voters or um no people who are informed and want to vote, an easier way for instead of like going and looking at the ballot and researching every different candidate, it's a great way to, you know, kind of streamline that process.

SPEAKER_00 14:16

Well, that that's for voting. I think that that could come later. I think yeah, I think if we wanted to do that, that could start to be able to do that.

SPEAKER_03 14:21

But even just being informed on your phone, you know.

SPEAKER_00 14:23

Yeah, absolutely. And I think that um, you know, as a community, I think it makes more sense to be able to see, like, oh, what are these people thinking about this leadership? Right. Because, you know, you may have a point that other people don't even know is happening in your life.

SPEAKER_04 14:37

Exactly.

SPEAKER_00 14:38

So that's something that I think is is all about transparency and that accountability because it just it holds people to a level that um we've just never seen before in politics.

SPEAKER_02 14:47

Yeah.

Why City Tech Feels Outdated

SPEAKER_02 14:48

Why do you think uh city government still feels so outdated with technology? Because like that is mind-boggling to me at this point where it's funny. At this point, yeah, we're using AI for almost everything. We're we're we're using chat.

SPEAKER_03 15:01

Again, going back to jury duty when I was at jury duty. I was like, it was so annoying to have to like log in, sit. I'm like, there's gotta be, or again, being notified. No, they weren't gonna notify, you had to go log in.

SPEAKER_00 15:10

And well, it's because of the leadership. Yeah, Karen Bass is 72 years old. Yeah, you know, my parents are 72 years old. I asked them, I was like, can you guys run a city? And they're like, we can barely run the house. Right. Like, what are you talking about? And these are the same people that are asking me to fix their iPhone and fix their log into Facebook.

SPEAKER_01 15:27

Oh, they're the ones that were relying on.

SPEAKER_00 15:28

Yeah, exactly. I mean, I literally, and this is the people that we're relying on. And I'm not, and I'm not trying to, you know, sound ageist, but it's just a reality that, you know, even me, like I was like, I don't want to be in office past 50. I was like, it should be passed on to the next generation so that they can solve their own generational problems. And it and it's just and it's it, and it's more because we advance so much with technology and society and so and our social um construct that we need people that understand what's happening in the now, not what's happening in the 1950s and 60s.

SPEAKER_03 16:02

And you gotta get on board and get left behind, and that's when people aren't seeing that.

SPEAKER_00 16:05

I mean, right now, the way that um leaders are are pushing out information are a bunch of dashboards. So you have like 20 different websites with 20 different dashboards. Like, no, let's just streamline it. That's why that's why another reason to have an application where you just have it all in one spot.

SPEAKER_02 16:19

Yep. I mean, look, trying to pay a parking ticket or like a just a regular ticket, and like you said, you have to log in, you have to put the code in, you have to make sure you're doing the streamlining is so it's like calling customer service.

SPEAKER_03 16:32

And also on the same thing, all you're also fast paced. We're moving, we're moving, you know.

SPEAKER_00 16:36

If you can't like and also from a revenue standpoint, uh, I believe uh it's like in the millions that we leave on the table as a city because they don't collect those funds. And so I'm like, that's another way it's a good incentive for the city to get behind. Exactly. Yeah, so I mean, that would pay for itself, you know.

SPEAKER_03 16:53

Well, I'm

Creative Campuses And Creator Jobs

SPEAKER_03 16:54

sold. Um, I also want to talk about your creative campus concept. I know that's a big, and it this is, I think, extremely important. Again, we are in Los Angeles, the entertainment and the mecca of the entertainment industry, creators getting priced out of a city that they help build. Talk more about that.

SPEAKER_00 17:10

So, this idea came to me because Hollywood is just shifting so much back and forth and they're consolidating power. Uh, we see the studios uh moving to you know, buy each other out. And when that happens, it's all about conserving money for the you know, status quo. Um, and it kills creativity, it kills jobs. And so what my idea with the creative campuses was like, what if we lean more into the creator economy? I mean, we have like malls empty like Beverly Center. What if we try that? You know, and I was just like, you know what, let's turn this into a creative campus. So the idea is that if, you know, it could be a public part uh private partnership with the city and YouTube or the city and like smaller production companies. But the idea is that if you have lived in the city like three or uh minimum three or five years, three to five years, something like that. Um, but the idea is to give people uh preference that have been here a little bit longer. But um, you would be able to get into these programs or you would have access to uh like these studios for pennies on the dollar because what would what would be able to pay for that is uh you know the studios, um whatever uh house we're partnering with, they would already have that incentive to be able to bring in more people. And so that would be able to create these programs where you have uh access to studios, you have access to developers, you have access to people that can get you in the door if you have a great idea. You know, I've seen so many people that are on TikTok that are amazing, and I'm like, this person should have a show. Yeah. And but you know, Hollywood is notorious for gatekeeping. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Yeah, the gatekeeping thing is and so this program would be able to get rid of that. And so it was just like, wow, like this could actually turn into something great. Because if we could turn, if I could turn uh get an army of Mr. Beast, yeah, you know, that level of oh, absolutely. Yeah, I mean, he's almost a billionaire.

SPEAKER_03 19:00

Yep, and you have a handful of those guys, exactly, exactly.

SPEAKER_00 19:03

I mean, an army of them. I'm just like, let's go, let's make everybody that rich and and famous so that we can get those revenues back into the city. Because this is the and this is where I think the great part is that if you go through these programs, essentially, um, any uh like if you do a uh a TV show or a movie, all of that would have to stay in Los Angeles. So we would have a pathway to not just boosting creators, but also being able to create more jobs and more uh production things here happening in Los Angeles.

SPEAKER_03 19:34

And it's clear, I think, you know, as history has told us, politicians really do underestimate the importance that creative people have on the economy.

SPEAKER_00 19:41

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 19:41

And that's why we're losing a lot of creatives to places like Austin, Atlanta, Nashville, Miami. So this would hopefully prevent a lot of that.

SPEAKER_00 19:48

I mean, I want to make us the creative capital of the world. I mean, because can you imagine having these programs and being able to say, hey, like now I have access to showrunners that I never would have had on my own. Now I have access to, you know, uh potential funds that I wouldn't have on my own and creative, you know, uh equipment that uh will level all of my presentations up. I mean, as creatives, we all know that um sometimes it just comes down to money. I mean, and yeah, you know, it's a good thing.

SPEAKER_02 20:15

But we know that time. Yeah, it's like who you know and capital. Exactly. You know, is it it's like what happens to LA if all the creators, musicians, filmmakers can no longer afford to live here? Yeah, then where it's no longer a city that we would always yes, no, I mean, which is happening. I've I've been here for almost 18 years now, and I have seen so many people who are extremely talented, they can't afford to live here anymore. Um the or do their art. Or do their art, most importantly.

SPEAKER_00 20:44

The other part that I love about this is that um we'd have a pay it forward program. So basically, if you're let's say you go and you create a TV show, um, as you're creating those shows, we would have a small uh tax on it so that we could uh create a UBI, universal basic income for up-and-coming artists so we could pay it forward. Because you look at people that are like drag queens or singer-songwriters, um, they spend thousands of dollars on their art and they get paid nothing.

SPEAKER_03 21:12

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:13

And so I was like, wow.

SPEAKER_03 21:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:15

And so I was like, can you imagine having a universal basic income to be able to supplement it without being a burden on the taxpayer? It's something that is, you know, it's an ecosystem that feeds itself. Yeah. And so being able to do that, I mean, we could have all kinds of studios in like a Beverly Center. You could have recording studios, you could have podcasts, you could have studios, uh, you know, smaller sound stages that, you know, are are able to talk to, you know, smaller movie productions. Um, but all of these different things. And then on top of that, have somebody that will be a champion for you and be able to sell these projects through and get them to where they need to go so that you can achieve your dreams.

SPEAKER_03 21:51

And how exciting would that like be as a 22 year old who has dreams move to LA and do their art, knowing that something like that exists?

SPEAKER_04 21:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 21:57

You know? Um if You do become sorry, when you become mayor, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 22:02

Let's put it out there.

SPEAKER_03 22:04

Uh was one thing that you would do the immediately the first thing to make creators feel hopeful about LA again.

SPEAKER_00 22:10

Yeah, I mean, I think being able to um just uh you know get the app launched and get these uh conversations going with some of these studios to be able to like have that hope um would be key. I mean, we'd have to work on a a really cool marketing campaign to get everybody involved in the city. Of course, we'll have out there.

SPEAKER_02 22:30

Moment honey isn't the right behind us. Yes. Okay, so you did not name yourself the nightlife king, but

Nightlife As Culture And Economy

SPEAKER_02 22:36

she has been named the nightlife king. Um, you you do genuinely believe nightlife and culture are uh economic issues, not just party issues. Um can you explain that to us?

SPEAKER_00 22:48

Yeah, I mean, uh nightlife is uh a driver for a lot of I mean, hospitality clubs, uh, you know, just creating jobs. Um, there's so many people that are are in these fields. So it just it, you know, and it brings in so much revenue.

SPEAKER_02 23:06

Yeah. And would you say that nightlife has lost its magic? I mean, we're in West Hollywood and we see it all the time.

SPEAKER_03 23:11

It's a it's a different, it's a different space.

SPEAKER_02 23:14

I mean, I hear people recently saying how dark, you know, Wiho is, or we like to call it Boys Town, you know, and it's like it's I I've seen people say, Oh, I don't want to go there anymore. We're going to like this place in Silver Lake or or somewhere else. We're going to the valley. Yeah. And then I'm like, no, I haven't heard that when you went to Valley. No valley, Kayla. More like Silver Lake's magic.

SPEAKER_03 23:38

It also probably goes back to people not being able to afford to even step back to pay $20 for the vodka soda.

SPEAKER_02 23:44

I mean, I I went to a restaurant in Hollywood, Yamashiro, which I did. I wasn't gonna say it, but I'm like, you know what? I'm gonna call it Yamashiro because this is ridiculous. I went and had a an espresso martini and it was $35 for one espresso martini. And I'm like, the math isn't math. The math, no, and from now on, I'm bringing a flask.

SPEAKER_03 24:05

Well, I think it's like, and maybe you can like talk to this. LA's kind of become the city where people are just like trying to survive and not being able to live.

SPEAKER_00 24:12

Yes. I mean, that's basically what it's come down to. I mean, you have, I I've, you know, have having my small business in nightlife, I've seen it change so much because people used to be able to go out every weekend.

SPEAKER_04 24:24

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 24:24

And so now what it's happening is they're like, forget it. I'll just go to the big festival once a month, yeah, spend the $600 there, and the rest of the month I'm not going anywhere. But that's it's killing nightlife. Yeah. But also we have to think about Gen Z because they're all about experiential. Yeah. So going to the same club every weekend is not a thing anymore. That's a very millennial thing. That's a millennial thing. We're fidget of habit. We are. And so and so one of my ideas was like, what if we created an entertainment district in downtown? Every major city has one.

SPEAKER_04 24:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 24:54

So let's create that. Um, and then focus. My ideas was to have like an Airbnb style situation where you would have five flagships, uh, clubs, and restaurants. And then imagine the rest of the warehouses you on the app on the LA Now app, you could book those spaces. So basically taking what's happening in the underground and warehouse space, yeah, but bringing it to the mainstream. Right. And the idea is that anytime a visitor comes, it would be changing all the time. So you would have a new experience every single weekend. So every every time it would just be fresh and new. We could also partner with brands to put on activations there and have those um uh Instagram moments. Yeah. So that that is something that, you know, I see happening like in Medellin, where they have like the, you know, the big words or they have like uh some sort of slide happening.

SPEAKER_03 25:43

Like we need a lot of like influencer top events that have all those little you know.

SPEAKER_00 25:47

And those are the things that I think would um reinvigorate nightlife. And then we would have a proper nightlife. And beyond that, I mean, why you know, I want to have like a promenade style where you can take your drink out, yeah, you can walk around at a different way. Yeah, exactly. And then it just it contain it ha it contains it and it makes it a vibe. Yeah, because right now LA is like all over the place. Yeah, yeah. If you are partying in West Hollywood and you want to like all of a sudden shoot to downtown, I mean it's it's a trip. And now no one is there. And and then it used to be easier because Uber was cheaper, but now to go to downtown is like a hundred bucks.

SPEAKER_03 26:21

You're paying 20 bucks to come back, yeah, go back and forth.

SPEAKER_00 26:23

So it doesn't make sense.

SPEAKER_03 26:25

Well, I was gonna ask you the one thing you do immediately to make LA fun again, and I think that's what you just said. Right.

SPEAKER_02 26:29

So I do love that concept. You have used the phrase also democratizing Hollywood.

unknown 26:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 26:36

Did I say that correctly? Yes.

SPEAKER_01 26:37

Good job. Did you see me question my

Warehouse Parties And Venue Monopolies

SPEAKER_01 26:40

thoughts?

SPEAKER_03 26:40

Did you guys see me question my thoughts?

SPEAKER_00 26:41

So that goes back to the but let's actually, I'm glad you brought that up. And part of that goes with the monopolies that are happening. So it's not just the fact that people can't afford it and everything is all over the place, it's also the monopolies. Uh Live Nation and um uh yeah, Live Nation, uh gosh, I forget the other one. Um Interscope? No, not Interscope. Uh it's one of the other big um, anyways, but Live Nation is one of the companies that is buying up a lot of the clubs. Yeah. And so when you see that, it or when that happens, you're also uh putting a lot of pressure on uh the smaller producers to come up with new events because now instead of being able to say, oh, I can use this nightclub or I can book this artist, you're getting crazy radius clauses, yeah. Uh, you know, the crazy bar fees. Yeah. And so and that's why a lot of people have moved into the warehouse spaces because you just do a one and done. But the problem with the warehouse spaces is that they're not safe. Uh, you know, so many people have gotten shot at these. Uh, you know, it's kind of the wild, wild west. It is. And who wants to always be partying over a porta potty? You know, like, so like let's try to find, and to me, creating this entertainment district would be that middle ground. But also as mayor, I would also push back on these monopolization tactics, at least in public spaces, so that other producers and smaller artists would also have those opportunities to build up their businesses and um and uh you know have a better spotlight.

SPEAKER_03 28:09

Yeah, yep.

Spencer Pratt And Celebrity Politics

SPEAKER_03 28:10

Um, okay. Well, I could talk about you for two hours probably, but I do want to talk about one of your well, some of your competition here. We're gonna talk about Spencer Pratt for a second. Okay. Sorry, I didn't mean it.

SPEAKER_00 28:23

She's going for the clicks and the views.

SPEAKER_02 28:27

So like we were like, if we didn't talk about this person, like what would we be doing?

SPEAKER_03 28:31

You know, like you ever imagine he'd be running for mayor against Spencer Pratt.

SPEAKER_00 28:37

No.

SPEAKER_02 28:37

I mean, did you ever think he'd even be running? Because I did it. I don't think we did either. I was like, I thought it was a I thought it was a joke at first. Yeah, and then I still kind of do.

SPEAKER_00 28:46

I quickly realized we've been we're being punked because he could actually do it.

SPEAKER_02 28:50

Yeah, I know.

SPEAKER_03 28:52

That's the scary part.

SPEAKER_02 28:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 28:53

And I think what I the thing is, I look at who's in our, you know, in the White House right now. Uh this race feels slightly reality TV coded, I think, because of his you know addition to it. Do you think that's helped or hurt politics? So I think we were talking about that earlier. It's just I miss the good old days where we didn't have a reality TV star in office.

SPEAKER_00 29:11

I mean, I just I feel like with Trump being who he is and how he's gotten ascended uh to you know the presidency, it's just really anybody's race at this point. And the thing that I'm finding now running through the gambit is that, you know, popularity wins a lot of it. You know, so long as you have a brand name and you have, you know, people are starting here. And the people like myself and other mayoral candidates, we're starting down here because we're not starting with the connections, we're not starting with, you know, the status quo. And I honestly think that that's still part of the problem because most of these people don't experience LA like we do, they experience it from a limo.

SPEAKER_04 29:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:53

And so, and so I put Spencer Pratt in the same category.

SPEAKER_03 29:59

Yeah, it really does hurt. It hurts, especially when you have again the young voters who just want the famous person in office who are doing no research, they're not informed.

SPEAKER_00 30:07

Listen, I I commend him for using his platform for like the animal thing. Yeah, but where were you two weeks before that? You know what I mean? You have you've had your platform for a long time. Very long time. I never heard you talk about animals. Any of this. So I feel like it's disingenuous. But again, I will give credit where it's credits to because I do care about animals. And even if you're late to the party, great, at least we're having the conversation now. Right. But like again, if you really cared, you should have been doing this years ago. PETA's been around forever.

SPEAKER_02 30:39

Exactly. Exactly. I mean, he is also, you know, Spencer is also positioning himself as an outsider. Um, what would you say separates the both of you? Because you have said that as well.

SPEAKER_00 30:52

Yeah, I mean, I uh the big thing is that I have the LA lived-in experience. I don't know how much a gallon of milk costs. I know um what my experience has been as a you know person to you know build themselves up. Um, I, you know, don't have a never had a reality TV show, uh, never had, you know, connections to give me two million dollars. Yeah. Uh, you know, so I think that's the big differential. And, you know, and one of the things that I want to uh tell your audience is like, listen, guys, we can't keep voting for the sape type of archetype, which is the billionaire, the status quo, uh, you know, politician, and uh the D-list celebrity and expect a different result. We've already gone through those archetypes. Let's do something different.

SPEAKER_03 31:34

And that's a mic drop. Uh, but do you think like the whole social media though, the viral moments, is the future of politics? Is that kind of where we're sitting?

SPEAKER_00 31:42

Unfortunately, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 31:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:43

I mean, it really is. And, you know, if you have great ideas, it gets buried by the noise. Because right now, what are we talking about? We're talking about Spencer, you know, being in a hotel, which to me is like the least of the problems. You know what I mean? Like, who cares? I was like, his house burnt down. Of course, he's gonna have to live somewhere. Yeah, of course. Like, I was like, why is that the conversation? Yeah, why is that the conversation? Why is the conversation not about what is his actual skill set to run the city? I mean, I feel like right now, like you said, people are motivated by the clicks.

SPEAKER_04 32:11

Yeah, right.

SPEAKER_00 32:12

And so, you know, whether it's, you know, uh about the animals or about the palisades burning down. I mean, listen, what happened to him was horrible. Of course. Like, obviously, like I think that my heart does go out to him on that aspect because losing your home is is is heartbreaking. Of course. But like, let's not forget, you are a reality star villain.

SPEAKER_02 32:31

You weren't even the reality TV of literally, if no one ever watched The Hills, we did, we all did, and I think they all did.

SPEAKER_00 32:42

And I just feel like that that to me is this, I don't know, that that speaks volumes for somebody's character. And um, you know, and not to say you can't change, but I haven't seen that substantially.

SPEAKER_02 32:53

Yeah, you know, how how do you um balance being entertaining without turning politics into a joke?

Pop Culture Campaigning Done Right

SPEAKER_02 33:00

Because you're really good at that. But I some people like we're talking about fine line. There's a fine line of doing that and and giving a disservice to everyone.

SPEAKER_00 33:08

Yeah, I mean, I, you know, I'm I'm coming, I feel like my campaign has been coming at it from a culture aspect. So, really, you know, I don't know if you guys saw my legally blonde paragraph.

SPEAKER_02 33:17

I don't know. But you know, and if you haven't, go on. We'll we'll put the link. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 33:24

Um, but you know, trying to, I was like, well, my main demographic is gonna be millennials. Yeah. So looking at like, what are the nostalgic throwbacks that are going to connect with my audience? And so that was one where I was like, oh, this is actually could be really smart because I mean, I kind of feel like I'm the L Woods of the race. Yeah. No. I love that. You know, because I'm like, okay, I look around, I'm like, okay, people, I've got an everything in comments. They're like, you're too young. You're what is this outfit? Da-da-da-da-da. And those were all the things she was getting in the movie. But I'm actually I I have a great career, I'm really smart, and you know, like I can get shit done.

SPEAKER_01 34:04

Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:05

And that's what she did in the movie. Absolutely. And so I'm like, let's take that and play and have fun with it. And again, it's more to the politics doesn't have to be boring.

SPEAKER_03 34:13

Yep, right. And we have another example of that that we're gonna get to in a minute. Um, I can't wait. I have one more question about Spencer Pratt. We're moving on. Yeah. If you and Spencer Pratt had to survive one week in LA with no assistance, no drivers, no funds, and a hundred dollars, who survives longer?

SPEAKER_00 34:29

Definitely me. Definitely me. I mean, I know how to stretch a hundred bucks. Believe me.

SPEAKER_03 34:36

I'm sure you do.

SPEAKER_00 34:37

Yes. I've been there.

SPEAKER_03 34:38

I listen, I don't think he has. Back in the day. I don't think he ever has. Oh, we had a hundred dollars.

SPEAKER_02 34:44

Only had a hundred dollars.

SPEAKER_03 34:45

Yeah, ever.

SPEAKER_00 34:47

Back in the day, I used to like, I mean, check, you know, have to always check my bank account to make sure I was an overdraft.

SPEAKER_03 34:54

I overdrafted someone. I still check my bank account. Like, yeah, sometimes I yeah, sometimes I have to go through that too.

SPEAKER_00 35:00

But also, like, I remember like having to write checks over at the grocery store so that I could like have a little bit like extra cash for gas. Like, these are all very real things that I think most Angelinos have gone through.

SPEAKER_03 35:14

Yeah, or are going through. It's relatable.

SPEAKER_00 35:16

Yeah, it's totally relatable. And you look at like career, like Karen Bass, like when was the last time you think she did her own grocery shopping? You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02 35:24

1972.

SPEAKER_00 35:27

Honestly. And you know, Spencer Pratt, too. I don't think he's not, yeah. I don't think they do that. I mean, listen, he's like, I know what they were trying to do with the hotel thing, but I mean, yeah, he's staying at an expensive hotel in Belgium.

SPEAKER_03 35:40

It's a giant mansion in the year, yes.

SPEAKER_00 35:42

And listen, it his house burned down, but it was a giant mansion that burned down. It wasn't like, you know, uh a studio apartment where I live.

SPEAKER_03 35:51

And all of a sudden they're throwing Heidi's music back on and they made a yeah, it's it's not it's not what most people had to deal with during life. Right.

SPEAKER_02 35:57

And you know, marketing, great. I I give him that, you know, and in that time of uh tragedy, he really did capitalize.

SPEAKER_03 36:06

But the average person couldn't capitalize now exactly because they were too hungry. Now no one's exactly exactly.

SPEAKER_00 36:12

I will also say this like I think that if he was to continue on his crusades to get the Palisades back to, you know, helping people, I think that is better suited for him because he could use that as advocacy. But I haven't seen any substantial background work where he's managed an organization, he's good with money. I mean, he was buying crystals, so he's not good with money. Um, you know, there's this there's no there there. Yes, yes, yes.

SPEAKER_03 36:39

Well, enough about him. Yes,

Rapid Fire LA Favorites

SPEAKER_03 36:41

yeah. Um, we're gonna do a little rapid fire with you. We're gonna have a little fun now.

SPEAKER_04 36:45

That's it.

SPEAKER_03 36:46

Okay. So we're gonna run down. You want to start it off? I will start it off.

SPEAKER_02 36:49

Okay. Best current nightlife spot in LA.

SPEAKER_04 36:59

So many good ones.

SPEAKER_00 37:01

There's I would have to say it's the unincorporated stuff for me. Okay. Yeah. Because that's where the energy's at. Yes. You know, like everything else has just gone sideways. It's it's gone too either too corporate or too expensive.

SPEAKER_03 37:15

Yeah. Yeah. I feel that. Uh what's one LA institution we absolutely cannot lose?

SPEAKER_00 37:21

I mean, I kind of love alcove.

SPEAKER_03 37:24

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 37:24

Alcove and Los Feliz.

SPEAKER_02 37:26

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 37:27

Like that, I feel is like my jam.

SPEAKER_02 37:29

I love that.

SPEAKER_00 37:30

So many people.

SPEAKER_02 37:30

I feel like Los Feliz and and Silver Lake are really just starting to take over like everything. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:37

It used to be the not cool to go there for the Westsiders. Or the people on, you know, the side. And now everybody just goes over there.

SPEAKER_02 37:44

Yep. Yep. More and more we were doing it too. I think also because we're getting older. This place is so congested. It is.

SPEAKER_00 37:51

It is so congested.

SPEAKER_02 37:53

It took us so long to get here, and we're only five minutes. I get to walk here quicker. Right.

SPEAKER_00 37:57

But have you read uh are you ladies? Have you read the D?

SPEAKER_03 38:01

The what?

SPEAKER_00 38:02

The D? No. Oh yeah, it's the new Metro line.

SPEAKER_03 38:04

No, no, I've heard I've heard good things.

SPEAKER_02 38:08

I just do it for I mean, if we do it together with like pepper spray and like a pocket knife, I'd be down to do it.

SPEAKER_00 38:16

See, that's that's such a huge problem with public transit, right? It's like I think more people would take it if it was safe. If it felt safe.

SPEAKER_02 38:23

The only the only public transit that I will take is the trolley. I just took the trolley for the first time. From uh, you know, there's a West Hollywood trolley that takes you around Wheat Wii Ho uh to the nightlife to Boys Town, and uh it's great and I love it. And it's free, which is crazy. Um, and so fun. It's very fun. That's the only transportation I take. Well, because if he felt safe, we felt safer on you know, yes, absolutely. Okay, this will be an easy one. Best tacos in LA. That's actually a really hard one. Like, I think like I love pinches.

SPEAKER_00 38:54

So there's a taco stand that's also like pinches. Pinches. It's okay.

SPEAKER_02 38:59

The other day she told me it was called queso. Not she, I said queso and she laughed at me and said, You mean queso? And I said, No. I'm a half-white girl from Alabama. Okay, okay. I was like, that's gonna be Alabama, babe.

SPEAKER_03 39:12

Yes, but when you're West Tacos.

SPEAKER_00 39:15

Uh so there's a taco stop, uh, taco stand um on Hillhurst, right next to this liquor store. It's literally like this half the size of this room. Best tacos. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 39:26

Oh, I forget the name. We need to try that. All right. Uh your favorite neighborhood, we probably already answered this, uh, to hang out at nighttime.

SPEAKER_00 39:34

Nighttime, um, I would still say Hillhurst. Yeah. I mean, I there's food, there's bars, there's I mean anything you want.

SPEAKER_02 39:45

Would you say that's like night and day, pretty much? That's okay. I can I can feel that. One thing tourists should never, and I mean never in all caps, do in LA. Do in LA.

SPEAKER_00 39:57

Ooh.

SPEAKER_03 39:58

I still have never done an LA or a Hollywood tour bus thing. Well, that's the thing you should probably should do.

SPEAKER_00 40:04

Yeah, I think you should do that.

SPEAKER_03 40:06

I should, I mean, it's four years in. By fuck, I should go, we should do it.

SPEAKER_00 40:08

I still haven't done it.

SPEAKER_03 40:09

Really? Should we all go? Yeah, I think we should do it. We should definitely do it. Well, maybe you could host like people come in and host the TMZ tours. You should like be a host of a TMZ tour one day. Yes.

SPEAKER_04 40:19

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_03 40:19

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_02 40:20

Let's do it. I don't think people should ever go to Skid Row. I mean, that's just what I tourists like to say in like five-star hotels, but it's in Skid Row. And I'm like, well, um, careful. You know?

SPEAKER_00 40:36

Yeah, I would say Skid Row as well. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 40:38

So pretty much. I've always said it's it's where they came up with the uh the show The Walking Dead. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 40:43

It's it's so sad because we have the money to help those people, just that it's not making its way into those um where it needs to go, those programs.

SPEAKER_03 40:51

Absolutely. It needs to. When you're mayor, that'll change. Okay. One thing locals secretly love. I mean, as a local, I I mean, I don't know if it's a secret, but like I feel like sunset's so touristy, but I still really love just like walking up and down sunset. Or or not, run-ins on a secret. Everyone loves doing run-in. Not now because there's snakes.

SPEAKER_00 41:11

There's snakes now?

SPEAKER_03 41:12

Have you not heard about the snake thing? Apparently, like two people have died in LA from getting bitten by a snake on the on hiking trails. And now the rats are. I don't know. No, but I don't know. There's a there's like did they do something to the snake where the snake is attacking them back?

SPEAKER_02 41:30

To get rid of all the snakes. Yeah, because I'm like, I've seen so many snakes on trails, but I've I just I just let them sliver. It's like it's like deer crossing.

SPEAKER_03 41:37

What's happening is all like the weather. There's been a lot of rats running around. So like they're finding snakes at the beach now, they're finding snakes running around um in like Wii Ho.

SPEAKER_00 41:45

Well, I bet you it's also because of the fires. Maybe everything's kind of I think because a lot of that wildlife kind of place to go, you know, and also it got really toxic. So I wonder like what those ecological effects won't be.

SPEAKER_02 41:59

But also, what is the like hantavirus? Is that what it's called? Yeah. I mean, they're apparently it's coming from like rat poop. So if there's too many snakes, we'll kill the freaking rats. We welcome snakes. I'll welcome the snakes. Just don't bite me.

SPEAKER_03 42:11

But like I'll leave you alone, I'll let you sliver away, you know. Um, what's your favorite thing about LA at 2 a.m.?

SPEAKER_00 42:18

At 2 a.m. is I think being able to. Jeez, it's changed, honestly. It used to be like being it, I felt like it was limitless to be able to, you know, go go to someplace and eat. And now like so many places have closed down. That's true.

SPEAKER_04 42:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 42:34

So like that's a really hard one. And that's something that's actually made me really sad because I used to have my hot spots to go to. Yeah. And now I don't really, I mean, all all the diners, oh, most of the diners have closed down. Right. Maybe Fred 60, Fred 62 in in uh Los Feliz.

SPEAKER_02 42:48

Okay. One celebrity you'd appoint to your cabinet.

SPEAKER_03 42:53

And you had to put a celebrity.

SPEAKER_02 42:55

You had to.

SPEAKER_00 42:56

Celebrity.

SPEAKER_02 42:57

I mean, celebrity is such a loose-based terminology term now, but like in the public theory worlds.

SPEAKER_03 43:04

If you could dream anybody to be sitting there with you.

SPEAKER_00 43:08

Yeah, I'm just dead or alive. Dead or alive. Uh can you imagine if I said Anna Nicole? No, uh, definitely not Anna Nicole. Um, but it would just be fun. Um geez, who would I have as a celebrity? Um I don't know, maybe Anne Hathaway.

SPEAKER_01 43:31

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 43:31

Well, actually, no, Angelina Jolie.

SPEAKER_01 43:33

Okay. Wait, that's so funny.

SPEAKER_00 43:35

Because she's such a great humanitarian. Yeah. And she's informed. Yes. And, you know, and I think just she would bring a lot of that uh presence, but you know, with with meaning. You know, because I wouldn't want to just hire some.

SPEAKER_02 43:50

Of course, just because of their of course. We have enough of those right now. Well, okay, Angelina's Julie Shawskis. That's who actually who I was thinking when I was asking you that question. I was like, I don't want to. I just want to stare at her. Yeah. It just seems like what are you saying? I can't even get all those things. Okay, here's a better question, though. One law you would create or delete. I think delete immediately. Okay. So one law that you would delete immediately from LA.

SPEAKER_00 44:16

So it's not a law, but I would roll back the uh the uh no free parking on Sundays. Okay. So I would so I would make parking free on Sundays, and then also I would roll back that 50 cent increment that they added on the meters.

SPEAKER_03 44:30

Okay, we love that.

SPEAKER_00 44:31

Yeah, because I'm like, that's a tax on us. Exactly. And I'm like, and the reason they did it is because they can't balance their budget. I'm like, don't put it.

SPEAKER_03 44:38

So now it's on us.

SPEAKER_00 44:38

Yeah, exactly. So we gave you 13 billion and you can't balance your budget, so now you're gonna tax us more. No.

SPEAKER_03 44:44

Right, right.

SPEAKER_00 44:45

So I'd immediately roll those, roll that back and make uh parking free in LA on Sundays.

SPEAKER_03 44:50

Uh okay, I'm gonna do one more. What do you think is more broken right now in LA? Dating in LA, traffic in LA, or renting in LA?

SPEAKER_00 44:58

All the above.

SPEAKER_04 44:59

Yeah, I was like, where's where's all the?

SPEAKER_00 45:01

I was like, they're all kind of equally screwed.

SPEAKER_02 45:06

Oh my gosh, yeah. I I can't even imagine. I know you are. I'm I'm sorry. I'm dating in LA. I'm like, I'm trying. I was just talking about this, and in I'm in an acting class right now, and they were talking about it, and the the poor girls who are like in there just they're they have they're they're sad.

SPEAKER_03 45:24

It's really sad. It's really sad. I uh are you are you single? I'm seeing no, I'm seeing someone. You're seeing someone okay. Yeah, so we're not we don't talk about that.

SPEAKER_00 45:32

No, so I don't I I look at it and I'm like, oh my god, like dating has changed so much. Fantastically, yeah, and I'm a stereo monogamous. Like I like being in relationships, and but I always take my time to find the right partner because you just never know. Yeah, just never know.

SPEAKER_03 45:50

No, especially in the in the in the in the gay community and the queer community. Oh my god. Also, how has a community embraced you as uh a politician?

SPEAKER_00 45:57

Oh, it's been great, everybody's been super supportive. Like, you know, I've um I'm lucky that I started with sort of my nightlife community. Um, and everybody's

The LA Burn Book Public Gripes

SPEAKER_00 46:05

been super excited about my candidacy.

SPEAKER_03 46:07

Sad. Yeah. Well, before we go, we gotta talk about what you have over there. So pull it up to the camera.

SPEAKER_00 46:14

You're going to I'm going to be going around the city as the campaign or as we get closer to the election. Um, so I think we have like what a little like two weeks. Yep. Yeah. So you're gonna see me walking around with this. Um, but the idea for this was again, nostalgia.

SPEAKER_01 46:30

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_00 46:30

Um, but so I created the LA burn book.

SPEAKER_01 46:32

It's so smart. It's so good.

SPEAKER_00 46:34

And then the idea is that I'm gonna be asking people, like, what are your biggest issues with the city? And basically, uh, people can write in, like, oh, it's homelessness or traffic, whatever. And uh basically we'll talk about it and say, hey, this is how I'm going to fix it. Yeah. So what are your biggest issues with the city?

SPEAKER_03 46:52

Well, yeah, you can go first. Also, this would be great. Like uh when you win, like selling this at the coffee table. Yes. Everybody could like see what you guys I just put it in the book. Yeah, put it in the book.

SPEAKER_02 47:03

Nostalgia that I feel right now holding this LA burn book. Let's see, what's yours? Um, okay, so mine is going to be we have so many. We have so many, but okay, just one for me is um I think that we should never do construction, especially in Los Angeles, during normal day hours. I think that we need to be doing it from like 12 a.m. to about like 5 a.m. And I think it should be a what do they call in uh nursing when they do like the night. Or the graveyard. Graveyard. Yes. I think that construction in Los Angeles, specifically in especially needs to be graveyard shifts. I'm sorry. I love construction workers, okay? And I'm sorry, and you probably don't want to, I know you don't want to be working graveyard shifts, but like maybe then they're done like during the day. Also, also just for their safety, too, because I know a lot of construction workers who do, there's lots of accidents that happen because people in LA aren't the best drivers. Exactly. I like it.

SPEAKER_00 48:04

Put it in the book. Or I would just say, you know, just on not busy hours. Yeah. You know what I mean? Middle of the day. Yeah. Totally fine.

SPEAKER_03 48:12

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 48:13

Four o'clock? Probably not.

SPEAKER_02 48:14

No, uh put it in the book, honey. You're putting it in the book, okay. Should I put my name?

SPEAKER_00 48:21

Like, how do we put your name and then put your gripe?

SPEAKER_03 48:24

Or maybe we'll do the gripe and then like and then I'll sign it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 48:27

Like a yearbook.

SPEAKER_03 48:28

Uh, while she's writing that though, there's a couple more questions for you.

The People’s Mayor Vision And Farewell

SPEAKER_03 48:31

Um, what kind of mayor do you want to be remembered as?

SPEAKER_00 48:35

I want to be remembered definitely as the people's mayor. And, you know, I don't want to be somebody that only does press conferences. I want to be somebody that's integrated into the community. Um, I envision my mayorship being uh, you know, walking into small businesses, boosting their business by talking about them, almost like Anthony Bourdain style. I even contemplated not living at the mayor's mansion and turning it into the people's house. So I was like, wouldn't it be cool to have like fashion shows from up and coming designers? Having like, you know, maybe four or five um animals that need like a new home. Yeah. And then we can kind of give them a platform. Uh, also having like spoken word poetry in the mayor's living room.

SPEAKER_03 49:16

Um that's such a cool idea.

SPEAKER_00 49:17

Yeah, and I mean, and I think this is a great way to capitalize on um social media by creating that, you know, uh influence and and uh storytelling uh through the mayor's lens, but also by building up the community.

SPEAKER_03 49:32

Yeah. And I want you to look into the camera. If lost all of LA who's watching this right now, because everyone in LA watches our podcasts, what's the message for the city?

SPEAKER_00 49:41

Guys, let's stop voting for the same archetypes. We need to fight, we need to vote for people that are from the city, by the city, for the city. And I promise to be that mayor and um and and and do good for everybody in every sector, every walk of life, um, to give us uh better tomorrow. Because right now it's not looking too good. And I want to give us some hope and and bring that um you know Los Angeles energy uh that we're all desperately looking for and need.

SPEAKER_03 50:13

Yes. Oh, I love that. I love that. Everyone, go out, make sure you vote. Very important to vote. Well, thank you so much for joining us. This was so much fun. Thank you. Uh, we are wishing you all of the best. We help to do like more things with you. We we got your back. Yes, we absolutely appreciate you. Wait, you didn't tell us yours. Oh, yeah, do your thing. Because mine's put it put in the book, honey. I'm just just because it just happened on the way in the studio, I just want the curves to be short. I can't get out of the car.

SPEAKER_02 50:41

Like if you park a little too far away from the curb, then you get a ticket. But if you park too close to the curb, then you're then you can't go out. Then you scrape your car. Yeah, it's getting stuck to the side.

SPEAKER_03 50:52

I'll put a better one down. But yeah, if you want to do your first guest sign-off of season two. My goodness. You always have a good sign-off. What are you gonna guide this one?

SPEAKER_02 51:01

Well, we are always gonna be the best tasting tea in Los Angeles for you guys. But now we have milk and honey and a little more honey because we love our tea nice and sweet. And thank you so much.

SPEAKER_03 51:17

And politics can be very nice and sweet if done the correct way.

SPEAKER_02 51:20

Yes, only with Brian Augusta.

SPEAKER_01 51:22

There you go, we got it. See you next time. Bye, guys.