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We do have to acknowledge that Deborah turned Uber into Erber. Yeah, I know. It was a slip of the tongue. Oh, I missed that. Darn it. You need a ride call Erber. Yes. But then I corrected myself. You know, I've been on the air since 1030 this morning. I don't have a three-hour shift. You're on for 30 seconds of the shot. No, I would say it's a little longer than 30 seconds. Well, the top of the hour is, but the middles. Well, the middles are small. All the rest, you just wander the hallways, chatting with people and catching up on your Netflix shows or whatever the hell else you do. If you need a ride tonight, call her. I notice you only chime gary and shannon show and they're talking about the streaming shows you seem to have such an expertise in that that's all i do i have no life that's all she does is watch you know you just go home and watch i do yeah i mean you could probably name a show and she probably can tell you i i mean you know i need i need to relax after working with you guys. I mean, seriously. It's so stressful. It's so stressful. With those dogs on your lap. Yes, my little babies. We've had this man on our show before. He's the mayor of El Cajon, Bill Wells. In fact, the last time we had him on the show, we were talking about how

it appears San Diego homeless were being sent to hotels in El Cajon. And they were trying to come up

with a way to limit the percentage of San Diego homeless are being sent to hotels in El Cajon.

Now, he's going to come on the show now. He wrote an opinion column for

California Globe, California Globe.com. Why is homelessness getting worse? And one thing he pointed

out, which leads back to the good old homeless industrial complex, is El Cajon staff recently

identified at least 65 homeless service providers in San Diego County.

And they're hungry, John.

They need grant money.

They need money to keep operating.

So they need homeless.

Let's get Bill Wells on, Mayor of El Cajon.

Bill, how are you?

Hey, gentlemen.

How are you?

You write, and this is stunning, that between 2015 and 2022, the San Diego County region

spent $2.37 billion on homelessness.

They went to homeless service providers, right?

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