So i will be stepping in to lead at a time of crisis and it will remind me of my days in sacramento when i served as speaker when the state was undergoing the worst recession since the great depression. and so i'm prepared to step up and do that on day one. >> let me follow up on that, mayor-elect. you're vowing to solve l.a.'s rising homelessness problem and plan to declare a state of emergency in the city. do you have the buy-in to do that or is this merely a symbolic gesture? >> no, no, no, no, no. it's absolutely not a symbolic gesture. i think the angelinos are tired of symbolic gestures....