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Los Angeles

also referred to as: la

30 statements across 14 episodes · 6 bullish · 19 bearish · 14 people on the record · first statement Jun 2, 2022 by Joe Lonsdale · said 504 times in 176 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

Mentions by year

brought up most by Jason Calacanis (157), David Sacks (71), David Friedberg (55), Spencer Pratt (37), Chamath Palihapitiya (33), Travis Kalanick (10), Adam Carolla (10), Molly Bloom (7)

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2026 158 mentions in 28 episodes 6 per episode
2025 173 mentions in 49 episodes 4 per episode
2024 57 mentions in 32 episodes 2 per episode
2023 38 mentions in 23 episodes 2 per episode
2022 25 mentions in 15 episodes 2 per episode
2021 45 mentions in 22 episodes 2 per episode
2020 8 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode

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Everything said about Los Angeles, oldest first

Jun 2, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Lonsdale: Los Angeles spends $800,000 per home for homeless assistance
“In LA, they spend 800,000 dollars per new home trying to solve this problem.”
Joe Lonsdale Jun 2, 2022 ▶ 2:56 #AIS: Joe Lonsdale on the problem with higher education
Sep 18, 2023 positive
What-if
Summers: 1940s environmental regulations saved Los Angeles from unlivable smog
“If there had not been major regulation that was regarded as oppressive, totalitarian, wrong, and anti-market, beginning in the late 19 forties, it would be impossible for this gathering to exist because the smog in Los Angeles would be so profoundly serious.”
Larry Summers Sep 18, 2023 ▶ 15:25 All-In Summit: In conversation with Larry Summers
Sep 18, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Mawakana: Waymo has operated 24/7 driverless ride-hailing since 2020 in three markets
“A lot of people don't realize we've had a 24 seven ride hailing service around the clock. It was in 2020 during COVID though. That we removed the driver from behind the wheel. So we have the WeMo driver that's driving the vehicles at all time, but there's no h…”
Tekedra Mawakana Sep 18, 2024 ▶ 3:24 Tekedra Mawakana | All-In Summit 2024
Oct 9, 2024
Assertion Supported
Wisk Aero flew the first electric VTOL aircraft in Los Angeles in 2023
“Here in Los Angeles last year, we flew the first electric VTOL aircraft in the Los Angeles area, and we showed what's possible with these aircraft and how people can engage with them.”
Brian Yutko Oct 9, 2024 ▶ 6:45 Flying Cars Have Arrived! eVTOL Panel: Archer, Joby, Wisk | All-In Summit 2024
Jan 18, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Jason Calacanis: LA Mayor Karen Bass traveled to Ghana as wildfires approached
“Karen Bass was in Ghana partying, taking meetings. I don't know what the connection between Los Angeles and their citizens and what they need to get done in Ghana after she promised she would not do this global, you know globetrotting, which she apparently has…”
Jason Calacanis Jan 18, 2025 ▶ 1:06:32 Red-pilled Billionaires, LA Fire Update, Newsom's Price Caps, TikTok Ban, Jobless MBAs
Jan 18, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Jason Calacanis: LA wildfire damage is estimated at $135B to $150B
“The estimates right now of damage are between a hundred and thirty five billion and a hundred fifty billion dollars. This is some of the most Expensive real estate on the planet. It's 10 times more costly than any other wildfire in history, according to report…”
Jason Calacanis Jan 18, 2025 ▶ 24:14 Red-pilled Billionaires, LA Fire Update, Newsom's Price Caps, TikTok Ban, Jobless MBAs
Jan 18, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
David Friedberg: LA wildfire victims face a six-to-seven-year wait to rebuild homes
“You're going to end up waiting six, seven years to get your home rebuilt.”
David Friedberg Jan 18, 2025 ▶ 31:48 Red-pilled Billionaires, LA Fire Update, Newsom's Price Caps, TikTok Ban, Jobless MBAs
Jan 18, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath Palihapitiya: Rebuilding fire-damaged LA homes will take three to six years
“Getting service people in and being able to build something to spec safely is going to take three, four, five, six years, and it's going to be insane.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 18, 2025 ▶ 45:43 Red-pilled Billionaires, LA Fire Update, Newsom's Price Caps, TikTok Ban, Jobless MBAs
Jan 18, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Jason Calacanis: Rick Caruso hired private firefighters ahead of the LA fires
“When the days before there was going to be a fire, do you know what he did? He hired water trucks to park on those streets. You can find the picture and pull it up. And he hired firefighters and people to protect the village that he built.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 18, 2025 ▶ 1:06:13 Red-pilled Billionaires, LA Fire Update, Newsom's Price Caps, TikTok Ban, Jobless MBAs
Jan 18, 2025 negative
Insight
David Friedberg: Price controls harm LA wildfire recovery by suppressing contractor supply
“The second order effect is you're actually hurting the market and you're hurting the rebuild effort because you're reducing the incentive for folks to come in and fill the void in the market that is necessary for us to accelerate the development of 15,000 home…”
David Friedberg Jan 18, 2025 ▶ 31:18 Red-pilled Billionaires, LA Fire Update, Newsom's Price Caps, TikTok Ban, Jobless MBAs
Jan 20, 2025 negative
Opinion
Ro Khanna says Los Angeles needs a new mayor
“I certainly think there needs to be a new mayor.”
Ro Khanna Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:21:44 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
Jun 21, 2025 bearish
Disclosure
Chamath: Beast Games production will avoid filming in California unless forced
“We would not film in Los Angeles. Unless we absolutely had to. We will stay as far away from California as possible.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 21, 2025 ▶ 5:28 IPOs and SPACs are Back, Mag 7 Showdown, Zuck on Tilt, Apple's Fumble, GENIUS Act passes Senate
Jun 21, 2025 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Lafont: LA restaurant recovery lags national average by 50%
“Today a friend just sent me a chart showing the recovery of restaurants post-COVID, and LA is 50% behind on the recovery per store location versus the national average.”
Thomas Laffont Jun 21, 2025 ▶ 3:55 IPOs and SPACs are Back, Mag 7 Showdown, Zuck on Tilt, Apple's Fumble, GENIUS Act passes Senate
Nov 26, 2025
Disclosure
Molly Bloom put bank employees on payroll to vet prospective players
“I mean, I had bank employees on my payroll, basically, because in LA, people drive a Lamborghini, they rent a house in the valley, right?”
Molly Bloom Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 14:34 Molly's Game Uncensored: Mob Threats, FBI Raid & 100M Pots... And Still Won
Nov 26, 2025
Disclosure
Molly Bloom made $4,000 in tips on her first night serving
“At the end of the night they were tipping me in chips, and someone counted out 4000 dollars in cash, and I was like, okay, I don't know what's up with this chip token economy, but I think I might want in.”
Molly Bloom Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 4:19 Molly's Game Uncensored: Mob Threats, FBI Raid & 100M Pots... And Still Won
Nov 26, 2025
Disclosure
Molly Bloom raised her LA poker game buy-in from $10,000 to $50,000
“When I was serving drinks, it was a 10,000 dollar buy-in. I raised it to a 50 thousand dollar buy-in.”
Molly Bloom Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 6:10 Molly's Game Uncensored: Mob Threats, FBI Raid & 100M Pots... And Still Won
Dec 24, 2025 negative
What-if
Hinchcliffe: Kill Tony would still be in LA without California's pandemic mismanagement
“We would still be in LA if the, if California didn't completely mishandle the pandemic and let police take such a terrible hit during the George Floyd riots.”
Tony Hinchcliffe Dec 24, 2025 ▶ 28:08 All-In x Kill Tony: A Hilarious Holiday Special
Jan 13, 2026 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Carolla predicts progressive cities will collapse while freedom-focused states thrive
“All the people that are tired of living in a nanny state, being told we're going to get rid of your internal combustion engine and replace it with an electric car and all that kind of stuff, they're just going to, they're going to self-segregate. They're going…”
Adam Carolla Jan 13, 2026 ▶ 33:28 Adam Carolla on California’s Collapse: Fires, Failed Leadership, and Gyno-Fascism
Jan 13, 2026 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Carolla: Los Angeles homeless housing units cost $900,000 to build
“When they build homeless units that are 400 square feet, they're 900,000 dollars a unit.”
Adam Carolla Jan 13, 2026 ▶ 2:38 Adam Carolla on California’s Collapse: Fires, Failed Leadership, and Gyno-Fascism
Jan 24, 2026
Assertion Partly supported
Dr. Oz says LA accounts for ~10% of US home healthcare spending
“There's probably 10% of all home health care expense in America is in LA.”
Dr. Mehmet Oz Jan 24, 2026 ▶ 46:00 Dr. Mehmet Oz on Fixing American Healthcare + Fraud | Live from Davos
May 8, 2026 positive
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath predicts Spencer Pratt will win the Los Angeles mayoral election
“And Spencer Pratt, if he wins this election, which I think he's going to in Los Angeles, the reason is what Brad said.”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 8, 2026 ▶ 1:22 Elon’s Anthropic Deal, The Next AI Monopoly?, “FDA for AI” Panic, Trading the AI Boom
May 10, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Pratt: Seven unhoused people die on Los Angeles streets every day
“They let seven people die in the street every day with our billions of tax dollars.”
Spencer Pratt May 10, 2026 ▶ 19:40 Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
May 10, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Pratt: 15% of LA budget goes to Metro while only 5% use it
“I think 15% of the budget goes to the metro with five percent people use it.”
Spencer Pratt May 10, 2026 ▶ 55:06 Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
May 10, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Spencer Pratt claims Mayor Karen Bass polling at lowest incumbent level ever
“She's the lowest In the history of the polls of an incumbent. So she has 20%.”
Spencer Pratt May 10, 2026 ▶ 28:26 Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
May 10, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Pratt: Will audit every LA non-profit in first week as mayor
“First week in office, you bring all of them in. We audit every NGO, every document that hasn't been shredded.”
Spencer Pratt May 10, 2026 ▶ 27:53 Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
May 10, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Anonymous billionaire pledged $500M to revitalize LA if Pratt wins
“I met with a billionaire Anonymous billionaire that agreed to be the fun czar. He said, my family gave three hundred million dollars to New York for a project. We'll give you five hundred million dollars to bring fun back to Los Angeles.”
Spencer Pratt May 10, 2026 ▶ 45:33 Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
May 10, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Spencer Pratt claims there are currently no construction cranes in Los Angeles
“There's no cranes. I can't even see a crane.”
Spencer Pratt May 10, 2026 ▶ 1:04:46 Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
May 10, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pratt: LA housing permit process took developer 2.5 years despite reforms
“I met with this affordable housing developer, Carlos, on Monday. He said when Mayor Bass announced her initiative, she was going to rush it six months. He's at two and a half years in the permit process.”
Spencer Pratt May 10, 2026 ▶ 57:35 Spencer Pratt on Fixing LA: Wildfires, Homelessness, Corruption & the Fight to Take It Back
Jun 13, 2026 negative
Opinion
Friedberg: A socialist mayor will teach LA to reject socialism
“In fact, I think it's better for LA if they deal with the socialist mayor for a couple years, so they come out the other side realizing they shouldn't embrace socialist principles.”
David Friedberg Jun 13, 2026 ▶ 1:32:29 Anthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California’s Broken Elections
Jun 13, 2026 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Friedberg: Raman's incremental votes concentrated around Skid Row in LA
“The concentration of incremental votes that Nithya Raman got came around the Skid Row area in Los Angeles.”
David Friedberg Jun 13, 2026 ▶ 1:14:48 Anthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California’s Broken Elections
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