legislature to tell you what you need to do. and up penalties for throwing citrus onto the baseball field. seriously. >> i did not vote for it. john: you could navigate the regulations if you are a technology company. >> you hire lawyers and compliance experts to navigate through the bureaucratic maze. to build a strip of just to get permission to break ground it may take between four and five months in texas it could take between four and five years in california. that drives up the cost of housing and business with complexes and factories in california. john: from the outside it is obvious. one works and not as well
want to operate. in california we are about educating kids not to pack a gun and shoot them if somebody comes into your school. >> we're not talking about the children to carry weapons for the people who can already carry in the supermarkets. >> what is the lesson that we say to the kids? when you grow up to solve your problem carry a gun? that should not be the life lesson. john: the police carry guns. they ought to. >> they protect the people of california. john: california has been restrictions but there are more murders in california
i know what it is like to be in a defenseless situation that is there to execute lawyers can protect themselves, chiropractors can protect themselves, why can't teachers? they are like second-class citizens. john: years ago you restaurant when a dead man came in and killed your mom and dad? >> 23 people. the first real mass shooting in 1991. john: people say tougher gun laws. views say the opposite. and you wrote a book about it. explain your reasoning. >> at that time you could not get a concealed carry permit. they did not exist. i would leave my gun in my car we were having lunch.
u.s. census bureau has been criticized over 20 years for not taking into account the cost of living that different states with housing and food and clothing. john: there was the old poverty rate measure were texas lost 16 percent of the people in california were in poverty, of 17 percent in texas but now it includes the cost of living. >> and government benefits. with this new measure would week after the election news see the state with the highest poverty rate in the nation is california even higher than the district of columbia. that should be a warning to progressives who maintain the big government model is the path of to prosperity. we argue it is the opposite.
in. >> everybody has a gun. john: that scene from his congeniality times. deal want to buy a gun in texas? it is easy. restrictions just a federal background check. you can get one in three days. waiting periods, assault weapons, after connecticut's it california politicians propose more rules. hundreds of thousands of previous legal guns illegal. then give them to the government. but texas wants to make it easier for teachers to carry what a terrible idea says leland yee from san francisco. from texas, susanna likes the idea of the teachers packing heat. >> because of my background
special correspondent kennedy went there to ask you with bankruptcy people like the cops and firefighters. >> they are heroes. who is to say what is too much? >> i don't blame anyone in particular. >> he is in the prison guards union making $66,000 per year before benefits. >> we give so much and it they don't get anything back >> we give it to the unions. absolutely. >> you pay the union dues and we pay for your pension. >> of course. john: of course, . with benefits is as close at $20,000 limit the firefighters salary has doubled now they make $150,000 per year.
john: people to leave hotel california. they cannot pay the bill. four cities have declared they grips the. including san brady no. the results is not pretty. >> it breaks down to nothing >> they are empty. parking lots are empty. >> there is no opportunity. it is like a ghost town. john: 34 so the city's many went to public safety cops and firemen. they promised much where many and the town had. to the people realize that is the reason? no.
off the government sooner or later nobody is there to pay the bills. john: but california has a higher cost of living. >> even with that this does not justify the difference of the $50,000 average for 70,000. california prices itself out of the market. john: and calpers assumed the 8% rates of return. now they just lower it down at seven point* 5% like that is responsible. why do they think they can make that rate of return? >> tonight i will party with the victoria secret supermodel. it would happen if calpers will not meet those targets that means the unfunded
john: people are not upset? in the ignorance is bliss but nobody seemed happy. john: kennedy thought the mayor's office would be the place. >> and city hall is a nice building. it looks expensive. that maybe the problem. let's get answers. people this to working seven days a week. >> i walked down the empty hallway looking for a mayor. for anybody. it was creepy. anyone here? hello? i found it empty conference room and decided i would takeover. >> figure for coming. it is great to have you. i and the acting mayor.
not a lot of happening. any say -- and the thing i shall look back on the aegean -- agenda? a busy day. we have a lot of problems. businesses with shutter doors and i don't hear answers from any of you. john: they were supposed to be in the office? >> police stopped on fridays john: the city attorney told the residents go home and lock your doors and a load your guns. >> he was there and would not talk to us. >> one blamed the city manager for spending money on the movie theater. >> it is nice but nothing compared to the 45.$8 million deficit this city is running. when they filed for bankruptcy they had wanted to $50,000 in the citibank