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When $TSLA shareholders vote to approve being bought out by SpaceX it will be the last time they’re ever asked for their vote. Just FYI. Let’s make sure the timing is right.

MacArthur Park Update: Christopher Barret Johnson, a 42-year-old Culver City resident who works for the nonprofit People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), which distributes syringes to drug users at L.A.’s MacArthur Park and elsewhere, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. On May 5, law enforcement pulled Johnson over near MacArthur Park after he abruptly made a U-turn in front of them in his BMW. LAPD officers saw methamphetamine in a plastic baggie in plain view in Johnson’s car. Additional searches of Johnson’s person and his BMW resulted in the seizure of at least 142 grams of fentanyl and nearly 46 grams of methamphetamine. If convicted, Johnson faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and a maximum of 40 years. His initial appearance is expected tomorrow afternoon at the Roybal Federal Building in DTLA. Residents and businesses in MacArthur Park and elsewhere have long complained about the wisdom of distributing syringes to homeless drug addicts where law-abiding citizens live and work. They call these policies “harm reduction.” I consider them “harm enabling.” Giving drug-addicted users needles to shoot up meth and fentanyl is never a good idea.

Spencer Pratt reveals his plan to build a privately funded rehabilitation campus in nature. For a decade, Los Angeles has poured billions into homeless shelters built right next to open drug markets. We put people in beds for two days, and they walk out directly into fentanyl. True rehabilitation requires a change in environment. Spencer Pratt wants to adopt the "UHP Model" for LA. It is a privately funded framework already working for veterans in Bentonville, Arkansas. The strategy relies on three strict operating rules: 1. Geographic Separation You cannot heal addiction on Skid Row. The framework moves individuals out of the urban center to a nature campus, instantly cutting off access to cartel networks. 2. Physical Repair Recovery is a biological process. The plan bypasses standard shelter food and partners with private health companies to provide targeted nutrients to help the body survive withdrawal. 3. Trade Acquisition Residents do not graduate back to a tent. They learn specific trades, like brush clearance and professional sanitation. They return to the city with a job. The past decade proved that taxpayer housing without geographic separation does not work and leads to relapse. Fixing the crisis requires changing the location.