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Now, something I want to open with.

One thing, I recorded this this morning.

I think it's been posted on YouTube.

I was interviewed by my wife, Deborah Cobelt on her show, Deborah Cobalt,

and you can get that on YouTube, Deborah Cobelt Live.

And we just talked for, I know, 30, 40 minutes about the state of the city and the state and the world.

So if you want to see that video interview, it's been posted, recorded that this morning.

And now here, we're going to play you some audio.

You're going to get familiar with somebody I'm sure you've never heard of, but apparently is an important

figure in California state government. Bismarck Obando. That's really the name.

Press Secretary for the Office of California State Controller. Also, yeah, also described as the acting deputy controller of public affairs.

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