00:00And the purpose today in coming and arranging this weeks in advance
00:05was to identify for the city the number of...
00:10...bodies and body parts and guns and knives that we've been...
00:15...the people that we've been reuniting with the families are here.
00:20We inquired about permits. We were told it wasn't needed.
00:25Then yesterday one of the park rangers called and wanted more explanation of what we were doing.
00:30I called them back, sent them a text, send them an email...
00:35...and we're given the green light.
00:40But when we got here...
00:45...we were here today, the park rangers were here...
00:47...and...
00:50...the lead park ranger...
00:52...told us that...
00:53...Ninces Fernandez...
00:55...the CD1 council member...
00:58...told them to shut...
01:00...not let us down...
01:01...not let us continue...
01:02...which I found was interesting because we reached out...
01:05...and her lead assistant asking to meet...
01:09...so we could be...
01:10...one team...
01:11...to solve the problems here in MacArthur Park...
01:13...but they don't want to work with us.
01:15We generally work in the ocean where we're dealing with currents.
01:18We do do lakes which have airy to...
01:20...to move the water around...
01:22...right here we're seeing a lot of trash...
01:24...a lot of...
01:25...debris...
01:26...a lot of...
01:27...dead animals...
01:28...excretion...
01:29...we have a lot of...
01:30...not only homeless...
01:32...but it appears to be people that are high...
01:34...walking around...
01:35...throwing stuff into the lake...
01:37...you can see all the trash over here...
01:39...and again this is...
01:40...why we...
01:41...we do have...
01:42...fully sealed suits...
01:43...where we could enter a body of water like this...
01:45...and it'd be completely safe...
01:47...but it's just...
01:48...you know...
01:49...we just try to avoid that kind of work.
01:50...we wouldn't want to put anyone in this lake.
01:52The hills were...
01:53...no one enters...
01:55...the lake...
01:56...and nobody takes anything out.
01:57So...
01:58...it costs a lot more.
02:00...and...
02:01...it took a lot more time.
02:02So...
02:03...it's interesting because...
02:04...coming down...
02:05...we see...
02:07...five fires...
02:08...from last night...
02:09...the debris...
02:10...of fires...
02:11...ash...
02:12...paper being burned...
02:13...we've seen...
02:14...needles...
02:15...and...
02:16...those needles...
02:17...are being distributed by...
02:20...to companies...
02:21...that...
02:22...Yunesis Hernandez...
02:23...has used...
02:24...for discretionary funds...
02:25...to fund...
02:26...and...
02:27...the city...
02:28...and...
02:29...we need to care...
02:30...for...
02:30...30,000 people...
02:31...that live here...
02:32...with kids...
02:33...that want to use this park...
02:34...um...
02:35...that live within...
02:36...one square mile...
02:37...that's...
02:38...a density greater...
02:39...than New York.
02:40...uh...
02:41...and...
02:42...they're not able to...
02:43...they're scared...
02:44...this is a big park...
02:45...needs to be one of the...
02:46...most beautiful parks...
02:47...in the city...
02:48...and...
02:49...it's destroyed.
02:50...ah...
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