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>> thats right the problem has gotten worse one program in the city of los angeles alone paid $800,000 per unit of construction to house a single homeless person. $800,000 per person? you could have moved them to a different state, a home, checking account still have money left over. this is what happens in california with no accountability or transparency and nobody keeping watch the controller needs to be a watchdog and not a lapdog because for too long we have people go up there to rubberstam...

Worst. so, you know, i think the answer to that everybody did the best that they could with the information they have and once we knew what was happening there was still plenty of opportunity for people to make the decision. shelters were open immediately with coordination with lee school district. so people could get off the island. with their pets, with their belongings that they could get in their car. so there was that opportunity. and i think complacency just because we havent had something...

Sanibel? >> this storm was an extremely complex storm. we watched this storm and i think everybody did the best that they could based on that information. i think two nights before i was speaking to the make in olsmar and saying im going to be here when you need recovery. not ever knowing that that was going to take that twist and end up covering our area in southwest florida. we cant take a crystal ball and look back. but what we all did was gave warning and plenty of warning of what we saw was...

>> yes, yes, ive been through quite a number of them here and in other municipalities. you know, it is pretty standard. it is what we expect. at this point floridians are used to dealing with this. everybody puts up their shutters, everyone secures their items out of backyards. those are things were used to doing. we expect everyone has done that this time around. it feels pretty standard for us. we feel like were pretty ready. >> bill: louisiana got hit by a hurricane last august, ida, a cat fo...

Course is there along floridas west coast, more than 400,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders because of hurricane ians expected life threatening storm surge. joining us is the mayor of clearwater, florida, frank had i been -- hibbard. what are you preparing for? >> it is good news for us. were certainly concerned for those neighbors to the south. our biggest thing now is dont let up. we hate to see complacency because these bands are still going to bring with them tornadoes, incredi...

Crucial. the most crucial ingredient in a hurricanes development. >> dana: janice dean. thank you so much. >> bill: back with you in a moment. >> dana: we have great people to cover the storm. >> bill: we took you from tampa to marco island. if you were to drive in a car thats about 175 mile area where there is potential for extensive damage from this storm. we talked about level of complacency. the u.s. mainland hasnt been hit in two years. florida hasnt been hit in four years. when we were on ...

Okay, this looks like a tampa storm, first time in 100 years and that 48 hours after that, it shifted south, ssarasota, shiftd south to venice, and then today, it went into fort myers. so, three days ago, people in fort myers were like, maybe it could hit us, probably not. so, the complacency and that change in the forecast down the shore, a lot of people may not have evacuated that normally would have if they knew that this was going to head to them. you have a lot of elderly residents, nursing...

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Bit more of an influx today but i know that there is still probably a lot of residents who are either on -- trying to make that decision or have decided to not evacuate. we again are urging them to please evacuate if youre in one of those. >> bill: when we look at this stuff, i think its two years since the u.s. mainland was hit by a hurricane. florida, you have been on a pretty good roll right now. you think about the word complacency for a lot of people who live there. a hard thing to push bac...

Joining me now is the mayor of clearwater, florida. thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure, lindsey. we certainly dont wish it on sarasota, but its better news for the tampa bay area. >> yeah, i was going to ask for your reaction to that forecast. and we know there are areas in your county under mandatory evacuation, and clearwater was restricted to people with legitimate business reasons there. how are things going? are your citizens sticking to the orders for now? >> we have good complian...