WEBVTT 00:03.336 --> 00:05.538 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - L.A. is an imperfect paradise. 00:05.638 --> 00:06.639 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We have highs that seem higher 00:06.740 --> 00:08.141 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% than anywhere else in the world, 00:08.241 --> 00:09.943 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% but we know there are some people that are left behind. 00:10.043 --> 00:11.277 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. 00:11.378 --> 00:13.646 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% These issues exist right in front of us. 00:13.747 --> 00:15.615 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% They live on the fringes, or end up in jail, 00:15.715 --> 00:16.883 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% or end up on the streets. 00:16.983 --> 00:19.152 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% They're not waking up to fail. 00:19.252 --> 00:20.987 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - How do you create a community that believes 00:21.087 --> 00:24.657 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% that everybody belongs and is willing to infuse hope 00:24.758 --> 00:26.726 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% for whom hope is foreign? 00:26.826 --> 00:28.628 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - It's gotta go so deep, to where a pizza shop 00:28.728 --> 00:30.397 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% has to pull these kids out. 00:30.497 --> 00:32.265 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Here's a business. 00:32.365 --> 00:34.367 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Here's a purpose. 00:34.467 --> 00:35.201 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% That's important. 00:35.301 --> 00:36.169 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - I wish I -- 00:36.269 --> 00:38.271 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We can expose kids to cooking. 00:38.371 --> 00:40.440 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Cooking can save so many people's lives. 00:40.540 --> 00:41.408 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - We live in a society, where it's like, 00:41.508 --> 00:42.642 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% if you're not successful, 00:42.742 --> 00:44.177 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% there's something that's wrong with you. 00:44.277 --> 00:45.979 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% When maybe the model's broken. 00:46.079 --> 00:47.514 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You have to go to the margins. 00:47.614 --> 00:51.051 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You have to care and invest with those 00:51.151 --> 00:53.319 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% that no one else wants to work with. 00:53.420 --> 00:55.455 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We all gotta chip in somehow. 00:55.555 --> 00:56.356 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Somewhere. 01:00.560 --> 01:02.028 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I'm a street cook. 01:02.128 --> 01:04.964 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Even before I was a street cook, I was a street person. 01:05.065 --> 01:07.867 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I'm out there doin' things whether it's approved or not. 01:08.735 --> 01:09.936 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% My whole existence in this world 01:10.036 --> 01:11.538 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% is to nourish and feed people. 01:13.273 --> 01:14.974 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I want this show to be about the power of us, 01:15.075 --> 01:16.743 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% as humans to come together again. 01:17.877 --> 01:19.179 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Let's not make assumptions. 01:19.279 --> 01:21.281 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Let's not make stereotypes. 01:21.381 --> 01:23.349 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And from there we can start to talk about these things 01:23.450 --> 01:25.218 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% and maybe understand each other. 01:25.318 --> 01:27.087 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Whether your beliefs differ from mine, 01:27.187 --> 01:28.555 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% we're breakin' bread. 01:38.098 --> 01:41.000 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - There's so many broken people on the streets of my city. 01:42.202 --> 01:43.470 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% People who've lost hope. 01:43.570 --> 01:45.405 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Who don't have anyone to believe in 01:45.505 --> 01:47.974 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and who think there's no path forward. 01:48.074 --> 01:50.343 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I know them because I was one of 'em. 01:52.745 --> 01:55.615 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Food doesn't just nourish us when we're hungry, 01:55.715 --> 01:57.383 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% it can be a catalyst for change. 02:06.092 --> 02:07.794 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% There's some amazing people out there 02:07.894 --> 02:10.864 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% that see the power of food, the same way I did. 02:10.964 --> 02:12.499 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% At the edge of downtown L.A., 02:12.599 --> 02:14.634 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% there's a bakery called Homeboy. 02:14.734 --> 02:16.503 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It goes against pretty much any business plan 02:16.603 --> 02:17.837 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% someone would write. 02:17.937 --> 02:19.973 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Take formerly incarcerated men and women 02:20.073 --> 02:22.876 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% from rival gangs and give them jobs in an industry 02:22.976 --> 02:25.245 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% where they have no training or skill. 02:25.345 --> 02:28.481 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% But year after year, Homeboy, continues to grow. 02:28.581 --> 02:31.117 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And after three decades, it keeps gettin' stronger. 02:33.186 --> 02:35.355 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Alright, alright, good morning everybody! 02:35.455 --> 02:36.322 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Group] Good morning! 02:36.422 --> 02:37.257 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - There you are. 02:37.357 --> 02:38.291 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Miss Lyzette, can you give us 02:38.391 --> 02:41.094 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% our mission statement por favor. 02:41.194 --> 02:42.762 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - [Group] Whoo! 02:42.862 --> 02:44.664 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Hector] Where you at? 02:44.764 --> 02:46.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Mission statement: Homeboy industries provides 02:46.666 --> 02:49.302 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% hope, training, and support to formerly gang involved 02:49.402 --> 02:51.604 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% and previously incarcerated men and women, 02:51.704 --> 02:53.139 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% allowing them to redirect their lives 02:53.239 --> 02:55.341 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and become contributing members of our community. 02:55.441 --> 02:56.643 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Bam! 02:56.743 --> 02:58.478 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Thank you very much. 02:58.578 --> 03:00.613 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% What Homeboy is all about, is really, it's about love. 03:00.713 --> 03:03.917 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We specifically look to help gang members coming 03:04.017 --> 03:06.352 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% out of the gang life, coming out of prison, 03:06.452 --> 03:09.255 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% really just stop the generations of gangs 03:09.355 --> 03:12.091 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and their families can move on to careers 03:12.192 --> 03:13.660 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% and have a great life. 03:15.695 --> 03:17.630 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Do we have any announcements from the floor? 03:17.730 --> 03:18.565 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Shoot it. 03:19.699 --> 03:21.467 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - There are only two days in the year 03:21.568 --> 03:22.969 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% that nothing can be done. 03:23.069 --> 03:26.272 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% One is called yesterday, the other is called tomorrow. 03:26.372 --> 03:29.075 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% So today is the right day to love, 03:29.175 --> 03:30.877 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% do, believe, 03:31.911 --> 03:33.313 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% and mostly live. 03:33.413 --> 03:34.380 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% So let's do that today. 03:34.480 --> 03:35.381 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Hector] All right! 03:42.222 --> 03:43.389 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Roy Voiceover] The man behind the scene 03:43.489 --> 03:45.692 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% of Homeboy Industries, is Father Greg Boyle. 03:45.792 --> 03:48.461 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% He started a job training program in 1988, 03:48.561 --> 03:50.496 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% out of a small mission in Boyle Heights. 03:50.597 --> 03:52.298 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We're talkin' 1980's L.A. 03:52.398 --> 03:54.601 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Then known as the gang capital of the world. 03:54.701 --> 03:57.670 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And Father Boyle's parish was right at the center. 03:57.770 --> 03:59.906 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% In order to understand the impact he's made, 04:00.006 --> 04:02.909 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% you gotta understand what drove him to make that change. 04:03.009 --> 04:05.478 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Where did the idea come from, for Homeboy? 04:05.578 --> 04:08.214 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - Well, I was pastor for six years 04:08.314 --> 04:12.318 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% at a very poor community with eight gangs. 04:12.418 --> 04:14.654 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Highest concentration of gang activity in the world 04:14.754 --> 04:16.623 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% was my parish in those years. 04:16.723 --> 04:19.359 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I started burying kids in 1988, 04:19.459 --> 04:21.661 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and I've buried 222 since then. 04:21.761 --> 04:23.763 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Did you see the architecture of the program? 04:23.863 --> 04:26.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Nobody ever sees any of this. 04:27.700 --> 04:28.901 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% 'Cause all these things evolve, ya know. 04:29.002 --> 04:31.170 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And you back your way into things. 04:31.271 --> 04:33.873 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% So we invented these crews, ya know, maintenance crew, 04:33.973 --> 04:37.377 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% landscaping crew, crew to build our childcare center. 04:37.477 --> 04:40.213 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% All crews were made up of the eight gangs 04:40.313 --> 04:42.248 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% who were enemies, fighting with each other. 04:42.348 --> 04:46.152 align:left position:25%,start line:80% size:75% So my thing was with strategically hired gang members, 04:46.252 --> 04:47.720 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% they had a reason to get up in the morning 04:47.820 --> 04:49.889 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and a reason not to gang bang the night before. 04:49.989 --> 04:51.824 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% That was my theory. 04:51.924 --> 04:53.493 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - Did Homeboy go through any challenges 04:53.593 --> 04:54.961 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% throughout the '90's? - Oh my God! 04:55.061 --> 04:58.498 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% The first 10 years were death threats, bomb threats, 04:58.598 --> 04:59.599 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% and hate mail. 04:59.699 --> 05:00.733 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Really? 05:00.833 --> 05:01.901 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Because we were helping gang members. 05:02.001 --> 05:03.670 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And then something turned. 05:03.770 --> 05:06.539 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% People stopped wanting to be tough on crime 05:06.639 --> 05:09.742 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and they thought, how 'bout smart on crime. 05:09.842 --> 05:11.978 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Then they saw this place as smart on crime 05:12.078 --> 05:12.912 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. 05:13.012 --> 05:14.414 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - This is creating, ya know, 05:14.514 --> 05:16.416 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% the world that we ought to have. 05:16.516 --> 05:18.117 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Where enemies that used to shoot at each other 05:18.217 --> 05:19.786 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% make croissants back there. 05:19.886 --> 05:20.920 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Side by side. 05:41.207 --> 05:43.242 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - I've been here goin' on three weeks now. 05:43.343 --> 05:46.713 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% This place keeps me busy, than the streets, you know? 05:46.813 --> 05:48.548 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% 'Cause I have a 10 year old and an eight year old. 05:48.648 --> 05:51.784 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And I want to raise them better than the way I was. 05:51.884 --> 05:54.287 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% So I'm trying my best to get myself together. 05:54.387 --> 05:55.221 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% I'll get there. 05:56.389 --> 05:58.124 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - This program taught me how to be responsible, 05:58.224 --> 05:59.459 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% to be punctual. 05:59.559 --> 06:01.094 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Everyone's a big family, right here. 06:01.194 --> 06:02.995 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I wanna go back to school. 06:03.096 --> 06:05.098 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I wanna study Fire Tech. 06:06.399 --> 06:07.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I want to be a firefighter. 06:08.768 --> 06:11.137 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - This place is about inclusion, ya know. 06:11.237 --> 06:15.308 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Inclusion, non-violence, unconditional loving kindness, 06:15.408 --> 06:17.143 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and compassionate acceptance. 06:17.243 --> 06:18.544 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% If you were to say, 06:18.644 --> 06:22.115 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% what's the dominant political stance at the moment. 06:22.215 --> 06:23.616 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Well, it's the opposite of that. 06:23.716 --> 06:27.854 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It's exclusion, violence, conditions on our love, 06:27.954 --> 06:30.189 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% and wholesale rejection of people. 06:30.289 --> 06:31.124 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yes. 06:32.859 --> 06:36.362 align:left position:12.5%,start line:80% size:87.5% Homegrown cafe is one of Homeboy Industries six enterprises. 06:36.462 --> 06:38.398 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It's goal is to create a safe place for women, 06:38.498 --> 06:40.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% both in front and behind the counter. 06:40.833 --> 06:42.969 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - One side salad, one potato? 06:43.069 --> 06:44.270 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% You can just send that out. 06:44.370 --> 06:45.805 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Thank you. 06:45.905 --> 06:47.140 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Roy Voiceover] They're all victims of domestic violence, 06:47.240 --> 06:49.675 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% gang violence, and incarceration. 06:49.776 --> 06:52.478 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% The cafe, offers them a place to start a new life. 06:53.546 --> 06:55.281 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - I wanted something different. 06:55.381 --> 06:57.683 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Tired of the same results. 06:57.784 --> 06:59.385 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And it gives you second chances, ya know? 06:59.485 --> 07:00.586 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% 'Cause people like us, 07:00.686 --> 07:02.555 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% it's hard for us to go to other places. 07:02.655 --> 07:04.390 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% They look at us and they don't wanna have 07:04.490 --> 07:05.925 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% nothing to do with us. 07:06.025 --> 07:07.560 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% There were felony friendly, they don't want the tattoos. 07:07.660 --> 07:10.163 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% They don't wanna see all that, ya know. 07:10.263 --> 07:11.764 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And this place opened their doors to us 07:11.864 --> 07:15.034 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and welcomes us in like with open arms. 07:15.134 --> 07:15.968 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's like no other place. 07:16.068 --> 07:17.837 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% This is like my second home. 07:19.138 --> 07:22.008 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You're hard-headed, belligerent, a pain in the ass, 07:22.108 --> 07:24.010 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% we're gonna hire you 'cause that's who we want. 07:24.110 --> 07:27.246 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - That's my hiring policy, too. 07:27.346 --> 07:29.449 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% My application's are name and phone number. 07:29.549 --> 07:30.383 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% That's it. 07:30.483 --> 07:31.551 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Aren't chefs all like that? 07:31.651 --> 07:33.119 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Yes, we're all like that. 07:33.219 --> 07:35.555 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% 'Cause we were that once. - That's right. 07:35.655 --> 07:36.823 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% So that's the notion. 07:36.923 --> 07:39.459 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Otherwise, if you cherry pick 07:39.559 --> 07:41.828 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% then ya know, you're not really at the margins. 07:41.928 --> 07:43.362 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You're not really standing with people 07:43.463 --> 07:46.232 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% who no one else will give an opportunity to. 07:46.332 --> 07:49.569 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You know, Homeboy wants to be what it feels 07:49.669 --> 07:52.238 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% the world is ultimately called to become. 07:52.338 --> 07:53.973 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Which is a community of kinship. 07:54.073 --> 07:56.142 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - But how can we sway that in a society 07:56.242 --> 08:00.480 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% that kinda pumps up greed and competition and winning? 08:00.580 --> 08:02.615 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Can love supersede that? 08:02.715 --> 08:05.051 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Some people think it's too simple. 08:05.151 --> 08:07.053 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - Yeah that's if people think winning 08:07.153 --> 08:08.988 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% is sort of the goal. 08:09.088 --> 08:11.524 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% But if loving is the goal, then all of a sudden 08:11.624 --> 08:13.359 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% you're chipping away at something, ya know; 08:13.459 --> 08:15.595 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% the moral arc of the universe. - Yeah, I agree. 08:15.695 --> 08:17.096 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% It's beautiful. 08:17.196 --> 08:20.299 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Once people do that and step away from judgment, 08:20.399 --> 08:22.335 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% then it's a whole new ballgame. 08:24.136 --> 08:25.037 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Roy Voiceover] Getting to see Homeboy 08:25.137 --> 08:26.572 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and Homegrown was inspiring. 08:26.672 --> 08:29.509 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% But there's still mass problems that they can't solve alone. 08:29.609 --> 08:31.944 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% They need to be addressed at a bigger level. 08:32.044 --> 08:34.881 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I asked Mayor Eric Garcetti to sit down for lunch, 08:34.981 --> 08:37.817 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% to talk about how the city is tackling homelessness, 08:37.917 --> 08:41.153 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% recidivism, and rehabilitating people on the margins. 08:41.254 --> 08:44.590 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% We're meeting on hallowed ground, Phillipe's French Dip, 08:44.690 --> 08:47.093 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% one of L.A.'s most iconic downtown restaurants, 08:47.193 --> 08:48.794 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% opened in 1908. 08:48.895 --> 08:50.530 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's a place close to my heart 08:50.630 --> 08:52.031 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% where people from all walks of life 08:52.131 --> 08:54.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% sit across from each other and break bread. 08:54.600 --> 08:58.371 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - I'll have a beef dip with extra dip and a iced tea. 08:58.471 --> 08:59.605 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - How old were you, ya think, when you came 08:59.705 --> 09:00.473 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% here the first time? 09:00.573 --> 09:02.742 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Oh, probably really young, 09:02.842 --> 09:04.810 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% probably under four, under five. 09:06.012 --> 09:08.514 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Bye, thank you. 09:08.614 --> 09:11.284 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% So we're looking at these cracks within our system, 09:11.384 --> 09:13.853 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It's like homelessness, hunger, criminalization, 09:13.953 --> 09:15.655 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% things you deal with on a daily basis. 09:15.755 --> 09:18.925 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Is there a way for activism and government 09:19.025 --> 09:21.427 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% to come together to fill some of these cracks? 09:21.527 --> 09:22.862 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - It has to. 09:22.962 --> 09:24.764 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Government doesn't usually know what works well 09:24.864 --> 09:26.232 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and people who know what works well, 09:26.332 --> 09:28.267 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% can never scale it up to everybody. 09:28.367 --> 09:29.869 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Activists need government, government needs 09:29.969 --> 09:31.237 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% activists and innovators. 09:31.337 --> 09:33.239 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% But L.A.'s an imperfect paradise. 09:34.674 --> 09:36.008 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We have highs that seem higher than anywhere else 09:36.108 --> 09:38.110 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% in the world, but we don't think we're perfect. 09:38.210 --> 09:40.546 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% We know there's some people that are left behind. 09:40.646 --> 09:43.049 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We struggle to see the people that we don't see 09:43.149 --> 09:44.951 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% because we're so spread out. 09:45.051 --> 09:47.720 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Now we finally see homeless Angelinos 09:47.820 --> 09:49.622 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% because tents are cheaper 09:49.722 --> 09:51.624 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and you can see them on the sidewalks. 09:51.724 --> 09:53.993 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% But it's been for decades that they've been there, 09:54.093 --> 09:55.628 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% but it was easy not to see them. 09:55.728 --> 09:58.064 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - The economy is so strong, here in the city, ya know, 09:58.164 --> 10:00.132 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% that there has to be some room to be able 10:00.232 --> 10:02.401 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% to take care of those that are on the fringe, ya know. 10:02.501 --> 10:03.869 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - It's exactly right. 10:03.970 --> 10:05.071 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - It's not that they want to be on the streets, 10:05.171 --> 10:06.505 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% or that they aren't capable of re-entering, 10:06.606 --> 10:08.007 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but because they've been on the fringe, 10:08.107 --> 10:10.276 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% if you don't know where to jump on that car running by, 10:10.376 --> 10:12.011 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% ya know how to get back in and so, 10:12.111 --> 10:14.246 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% it's easier to just kinda stay out. 10:14.347 --> 10:16.449 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - All this money we're wasting, ya know warehousing people 10:16.549 --> 10:18.284 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% in prison could go towards helping them 10:18.384 --> 10:19.552 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% turn their lives around. 10:19.652 --> 10:21.220 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% They probably come from traumatized backgrounds, 10:21.320 --> 10:23.055 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% they come from environments where somebody said, 10:23.155 --> 10:25.057 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% this is the way and their personal decisions. 10:25.157 --> 10:26.826 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And So the saddest thing for me and why I think a lot 10:26.926 --> 10:28.694 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% of tents are up, people are still addicted 10:28.794 --> 10:31.197 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% to different drugs or alcohol is the day or two 10:31.297 --> 10:32.431 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% that they come out, 10:32.531 --> 10:33.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% there's really nobody there to greet them. 10:33.866 --> 10:35.301 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% We don't run the jails if the county, 10:35.401 --> 10:37.436 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but as often as we can, we'll try to catch people. 10:37.536 --> 10:39.138 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You know Caltrans, you always see guys 10:39.238 --> 10:40.439 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% cleaning up the freeway. 10:40.539 --> 10:41.841 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Those on parole, probation, whatever. 10:41.941 --> 10:43.976 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We say why don't make those permanent jobs. 10:44.076 --> 10:45.411 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. 10:45.511 --> 10:48.547 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - With benefits and healthcare, and we hired 500 people 10:48.648 --> 10:50.449 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% that came out of prison and jail. 10:50.549 --> 10:53.152 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Who now have full-time jobs, a line on their resume 10:53.252 --> 10:55.388 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% and in California, you have a 65% chance of going back 10:55.488 --> 10:56.956 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% to prison if you've been in prison. 10:57.056 --> 10:59.058 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And with this program, only 7 people, 10:59.158 --> 11:01.193 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% so 1.3% recidivism rate 11:01.293 --> 11:04.263 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% in a state that it's two-thirds chance you're going back. 11:04.363 --> 11:05.531 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% So we know what works. 11:05.631 --> 11:07.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - I'm wondering, if a city like ours, L.A., 11:07.900 --> 11:09.902 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% where those of us that do have a little bit, 11:10.002 --> 11:12.071 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% or have job, where we could be a model, 11:12.171 --> 11:14.674 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% where there is a civic, kind of unity, 11:14.774 --> 11:16.175 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% where we pay it forward, a little bit. 11:16.275 --> 11:18.477 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Kind of like, put our hands in the middle of the pile 11:18.577 --> 11:21.047 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and say, I'll take on a little responsibility. 11:21.147 --> 11:22.448 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - It's like affordable housing. 11:22.548 --> 11:24.717 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% We build affordable housing and it's lower rents 11:24.817 --> 11:26.085 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% because we put a subsidy up front. 11:26.185 --> 11:27.887 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We want to do that with certain businesses 11:27.987 --> 11:30.790 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% so that we can maintain in certain neighborhoods, 11:30.890 --> 11:34.393 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% or certain non-profits are able to train people 11:34.493 --> 11:36.262 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% who come out of prison and can get a job. 11:36.362 --> 11:37.530 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% This city doesn't care where you've been. 11:37.630 --> 11:39.298 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It just kinda cares where you wanna go. 11:39.398 --> 11:40.566 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. 11:40.666 --> 11:41.534 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - I know this has been important in your life. 11:41.634 --> 11:42.234 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's a city of second chances. 11:42.334 --> 11:43.502 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Oh, yeah. 11:43.602 --> 11:45.171 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - And sometimes, third, and fourth, and fifth. 11:45.271 --> 11:48.074 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Yeah, I'm on my third, maybe fourth. 11:50.376 --> 11:52.945 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Father Boyle and Homeboy Industries changed the game 11:53.045 --> 11:56.115 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% for how we think about the formerly incarcerated. 11:56.215 --> 11:58.284 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% But there's a real gap when it comes to supporting 11:58.384 --> 12:00.152 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% youth at risk before they got caught up 12:00.252 --> 12:02.154 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% in the prison industrial complex. 12:02.254 --> 12:03.656 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And there's a pizza shop in the valley 12:03.756 --> 12:05.891 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% that's trying to fill that gap. 12:05.991 --> 12:08.060 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Mar Diego, isn't just serving lunch, 12:08.160 --> 12:10.196 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% with the restaurant Dough Girl, Mar's on a mission 12:10.296 --> 12:12.665 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% to give young people the chance they never had. 12:18.437 --> 12:23.442 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Yesterday, ya know, I get a call that ya know, 12:24.877 --> 12:26.846 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% one of my kids is inside Dough Girl with an open beverage. 12:26.946 --> 12:28.481 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% He kind of had like a break down. 12:28.581 --> 12:31.751 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I think he got something to slit his wrist, 12:31.851 --> 12:32.852 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% I'm not sure. 12:33.786 --> 12:35.454 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Maybe like right here, yeah. 12:42.261 --> 12:43.629 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Morning sunshine. 12:43.729 --> 12:44.563 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% Dukie. 12:45.998 --> 12:48.501 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Okay, we're gonna have to figure this out, Dukie. 12:48.601 --> 12:50.302 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Get you a little stronger today. 12:50.402 --> 12:51.203 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% You hungry. 12:53.239 --> 12:55.274 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% 'Kay, we gotta get Dough Girl open, 12:55.374 --> 12:57.243 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but I wanna make sure that you were good. 12:57.343 --> 13:00.279 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% You wanna lay back down and I'll bring you some water? 13:00.379 --> 13:01.347 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I love you, Duke. 13:01.447 --> 13:02.314 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I'll be right back. 13:04.517 --> 13:06.585 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% He doesn't look healthy, that's for sure. 13:07.520 --> 13:08.754 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% He's just -- 13:08.854 --> 13:11.390 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% His mother is actually doing a prison sentence 13:11.490 --> 13:13.159 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and I was in the same prison 13:13.259 --> 13:15.227 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% as she was at the same time. 13:15.327 --> 13:17.630 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Ya know I have her baby and I'm sure 13:17.730 --> 13:18.931 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% she would appreciate it. 13:19.031 --> 13:20.432 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% You know what I mean? 13:20.533 --> 13:22.868 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Some leave us, some come back, some come over 13:22.968 --> 13:25.304 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% 'cause they can't go home, because their parents 13:25.404 --> 13:28.207 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% are fighting or their dad beat up the mom again. 13:28.307 --> 13:29.575 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Go in here slow. 13:32.077 --> 13:35.481 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% See all their backpacks and they throw things around? 13:35.581 --> 13:37.116 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Jayway, let's get up. 13:37.216 --> 13:41.153 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Eman, Coca, we're gonna get ready to go. 13:41.253 --> 13:45.057 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I went and checked on Duke and yeah, it doesn't look good. 13:45.157 --> 13:46.292 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Jayway, get up. 13:48.093 --> 13:48.928 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Eman] Jay-boy! 13:50.262 --> 13:51.997 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You don't got five minutes, you got now. 13:52.097 --> 13:52.998 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% You gotta go. 13:53.899 --> 13:54.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Yeah, we got this apartment. 13:55.000 --> 13:56.402 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We didn't have any furniture. 13:56.502 --> 13:57.937 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Things were kind of like just all laying on the floor 13:58.037 --> 13:59.305 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% for the first few months. 13:59.405 --> 14:00.673 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% It was like camping out, 14:00.773 --> 14:03.542 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% like they usually would do, but indoors. 14:03.642 --> 14:05.878 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Look where they can have to rest their head 14:05.978 --> 14:07.313 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and know that they're safe. 14:08.714 --> 14:10.115 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I don't have a system. 14:10.216 --> 14:13.252 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I just know that compassion is like, a big deal here. 14:14.854 --> 14:17.389 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% All right, let's go. 14:17.489 --> 14:20.826 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And they see it's a need, a need that everyone 14:20.926 --> 14:23.329 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% wants to feel love and have a place to go. 14:24.563 --> 14:26.565 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Roy] Most of us go about our days trying 14:26.665 --> 14:29.001 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% to make ends meet and just put food on the table, 14:29.101 --> 14:32.638 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% but the idea of doin' something for others is secondary. 14:32.738 --> 14:33.806 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Mar] Let's get poppin' 14:33.906 --> 14:35.574 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Wanna hit those lights, Skye, please? 14:35.674 --> 14:37.743 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Roy] Mar's own story is so raw, 14:37.843 --> 14:39.178 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and yet she's making a big difference 14:39.278 --> 14:40.880 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% in the lives of others. 14:40.980 --> 14:43.816 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It's inspiring to imagine what the world will be like 14:43.916 --> 14:45.818 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% if everyone took a page out of her book. 14:45.918 --> 14:48.754 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Restaurant Employee] Welcome. 14:48.854 --> 14:50.389 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - How ya doin'? - [Mar] What's up? 14:50.489 --> 14:51.423 align:left position:37.5%,start line:86.67% size:62.5% Welcome. - Hi, I'm Roy. 14:51.523 --> 14:53.125 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Mar Diego. 14:53.225 --> 14:54.393 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - Hey, I'm Roy. - Jayboy. 14:54.493 --> 14:55.561 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - We have a lot to talk about, Roy. 14:55.661 --> 14:57.196 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% We can go on for days. 14:57.296 --> 14:59.398 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Roy] So where'd the idea of Dough Girl come from. 14:59.498 --> 15:01.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - My story is that I'm just a kid that grew up 15:01.533 --> 15:04.136 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% in Pacoima projects, right here in San Fernando Valley. 15:04.236 --> 15:07.406 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% So, instead of college, I learned how to sell drugs 15:07.506 --> 15:09.775 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and I took that, ran with it. 15:09.875 --> 15:12.411 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% 22, running at lay. 15:12.511 --> 15:13.646 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - That was a different type of dough girl. 15:13.746 --> 15:15.014 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - That was a different type of dough girl. 15:15.114 --> 15:17.516 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Ha, ha, that's why it comes together. 15:17.616 --> 15:20.119 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I go from all of that to catching a case. 15:20.219 --> 15:21.654 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% So then I'm incarcerated. 15:21.754 --> 15:23.822 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% I'm in a state penitentiary for some time. 15:23.923 --> 15:26.158 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% In prison, they put me in the kitchen to feed 40,000 women. 15:26.258 --> 15:27.793 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Like that was off the bat, my job. 15:27.893 --> 15:29.228 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Never did a kitchen. - That was just by chance. 15:29.328 --> 15:30.663 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Never cut nothing, - That was just by chance. 15:30.763 --> 15:31.463 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - that was just like - like you're going there. 15:31.563 --> 15:32.932 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - You're going there. 15:33.032 --> 15:34.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - And I'm just cutting and starting to feel like 15:34.266 --> 15:36.435 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% the butterflies, like something opened up. 15:36.535 --> 15:38.671 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% That was like my food moment, right? 15:38.771 --> 15:40.072 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Got out of prison with nothing. 15:40.172 --> 15:41.674 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Boom, I get culinary school. 15:41.774 --> 15:44.777 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% First few weeks, I work in catering. 15:44.877 --> 15:46.578 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You're startin' to become a real cook. 15:46.679 --> 15:47.513 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Right. 15:47.613 --> 15:49.381 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - And then, how did this happen? 15:49.481 --> 15:51.517 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Every time I came back, something bad, like I'm the 15:51.617 --> 15:53.185 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% drug dealer here in the valley. 15:53.285 --> 15:55.921 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% So I was like, what can I do to create, to give back? 15:57.890 --> 15:58.991 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% The biggest thing was the youth, 15:59.091 --> 16:00.225 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% was eating food that was processed. 16:00.326 --> 16:02.428 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% So we're gonna go in and open a restaurant 16:02.528 --> 16:03.662 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% that has great food. 16:03.762 --> 16:05.264 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% That's how I started, and then it evolved 16:05.364 --> 16:06.932 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% with having the kids here from the high school 16:07.032 --> 16:09.735 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% that's getting into trouble from drug addictions, 16:09.835 --> 16:12.638 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% to living on the streets, not being able to be 16:12.738 --> 16:17.142 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% who you are, genderwise, to having challenges mentally. 16:17.242 --> 16:19.278 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It's a place where we give people the opportunity 16:19.378 --> 16:20.145 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% to be who they are. 16:20.245 --> 16:21.613 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% That's important. 16:21.714 --> 16:22.881 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And not give 'em one or two chances, we'll give 'em 16:22.982 --> 16:24.516 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% multiple 'til it works. 16:24.616 --> 16:25.918 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - You know, what people don't understand 16:26.018 --> 16:28.654 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% is that one moment where someone reaches their hand out, 16:28.754 --> 16:30.556 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% especially in kitchens, say, I don't care what 16:30.656 --> 16:32.057 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% you've been through, just come in. 16:32.157 --> 16:32.992 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Right, right, right. 16:33.092 --> 16:34.526 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Your whole life can change. 16:34.626 --> 16:36.895 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% If you just approach 'em and say, hey, I need something, 16:36.996 --> 16:38.464 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I need work, I'm hungry. 16:38.564 --> 16:41.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Every chef is gonna be like, get in, ya know. 16:41.300 --> 16:42.401 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Every chef. 16:42.501 --> 16:43.769 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I wanna teach 'em that they're hustlers 16:43.869 --> 16:45.104 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and they can earn it. - Yeah. 16:45.204 --> 16:46.038 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - [Mar] Ya know. 16:46.138 --> 16:47.639 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Hi, welcome to Dough Girl! 16:47.740 --> 16:49.508 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Mar] Hey, welcome! 16:49.608 --> 16:50.876 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - I'm already working here! 16:50.976 --> 16:51.810 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% All righty. 16:57.883 --> 16:59.018 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% You're running a business, you want to hire people 16:59.118 --> 17:00.786 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% that are I guess, responsible, right? 17:00.886 --> 17:02.755 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Like run your thing, - Yeah. 17:02.855 --> 17:05.090 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - But then you decide to go a different way 17:05.190 --> 17:07.659 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and hire from the kids right in front of you. 17:07.760 --> 17:09.628 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - It all happened with Jayboy. 17:09.728 --> 17:10.829 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% He's living on the street. 17:10.929 --> 17:12.164 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% He has an addiction. 17:13.032 --> 17:14.767 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - I was everywhere. 17:14.867 --> 17:16.835 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Currently, at the time in like 17:16.935 --> 17:18.537 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% an apartment building stairwell. 17:20.239 --> 17:22.074 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It was warm, it was winter. 17:22.174 --> 17:24.376 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I didn't have any money or anything so, 17:24.476 --> 17:26.645 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% I just said, I ain't got no money 17:26.745 --> 17:29.348 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% and I don't want to stress you guys to make me something, 17:29.448 --> 17:30.949 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% but can I just make it myself. 17:31.950 --> 17:33.352 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% And she said, yeah. 17:33.452 --> 17:35.854 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And I looked at her and then I asked her is she was hiring. 17:35.954 --> 17:38.357 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Jay slept in that corner over there to the left 17:38.457 --> 17:39.591 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% for six months. 17:39.691 --> 17:41.493 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% So he would get up, open the ovens. 17:41.593 --> 17:43.495 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I'd catch him dancing at night, cleaning, 17:43.595 --> 17:44.696 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% ya know what I mean? - Wow, that's amazing. 17:44.797 --> 17:46.765 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - It was just like it brought it to him. 17:46.865 --> 17:48.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It wasn't about me anymore. 17:48.133 --> 17:49.668 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It wasn't about the hustle. 17:49.768 --> 17:52.704 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It was more about the purpose of changing one's life. 17:52.805 --> 17:55.307 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% So the reaction to him, coming from the streets, 17:55.407 --> 17:57.309 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% coming into the kitchen and me saying yes. 17:57.409 --> 17:58.510 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. 17:58.610 --> 18:01.680 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Was like boom and that's Coca right there. 18:01.780 --> 18:03.749 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Before here, I was just going through some struggles, 18:03.849 --> 18:06.285 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% so I was trying to like learn how to get back up 18:06.385 --> 18:09.154 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% from like the drugs I used to do. 18:09.254 --> 18:11.657 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Streets not somewhere to be at night. 18:12.724 --> 18:14.793 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% But Dough Girl saved my life. 18:16.261 --> 18:18.530 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Here I am now. 18:18.630 --> 18:21.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - I want to feed them hope because I have them. 18:21.633 --> 18:23.268 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% They were me. 18:23.368 --> 18:25.704 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I don't look at a kid as strung out and be like 18:25.804 --> 18:29.241 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% let me ignore him because if you want to give love 18:29.341 --> 18:33.011 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% you have to listen and care, right? 18:33.112 --> 18:34.847 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% 'Cause it all starts with a connection. 18:34.947 --> 18:37.082 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% How else are we gonna be able to change lives 18:37.182 --> 18:39.051 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% if we're constantly pushing them out? 18:39.151 --> 18:43.422 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Where were you kind of at before Mar brought you in here? 18:43.522 --> 18:44.256 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Rock bottom. 18:44.356 --> 18:45.757 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Rock bottom. 18:45.858 --> 18:48.861 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Homeless, on drugs, on the verge of giving up on myself. 18:49.995 --> 18:52.197 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - What you guys are doing now, this is gonna 18:52.297 --> 18:53.765 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% be with you the rest of your life. 18:53.866 --> 18:55.801 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% That's the one thing, great thing about cooking. 18:55.901 --> 18:58.003 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% There's so much like fun road ahead of you. 18:58.103 --> 18:58.837 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% It's eternal. 18:58.937 --> 19:00.105 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% It really is. 19:00.205 --> 19:01.740 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Not only is there a source of money, 19:01.840 --> 19:03.976 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% but it's also a source of power. 19:04.076 --> 19:05.944 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It helped me build my self-esteem. 19:06.044 --> 19:07.379 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It helped me care about myself. 19:07.479 --> 19:10.682 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Each pizza I make and every customer's face I see 19:10.782 --> 19:12.618 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% when they do get a work of art, 19:12.718 --> 19:15.020 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% it's what I make pizzas for. 19:15.120 --> 19:16.822 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Roy] Look at that spin! 19:16.922 --> 19:20.559 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - People giving an effort for another person 19:20.659 --> 19:22.060 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% without asking for something in return 19:22.161 --> 19:23.529 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and that's what I've learned at Dough Girl. 19:23.629 --> 19:25.964 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I'm able to put my effort into something 19:26.064 --> 19:28.934 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and I really did not expect any return. 19:29.034 --> 19:31.170 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I just want others to feel what I feel 19:31.270 --> 19:33.071 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% and that's feel needed, feel loved. 19:33.172 --> 19:35.240 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Somewhat accomplished, and feel that you're doing something 19:35.340 --> 19:37.042 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% for yourself and for others. 19:38.477 --> 19:40.345 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - There's something about cooking, about kitchen, 19:40.445 --> 19:42.247 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% that it's like a gang, to be honest. 19:42.347 --> 19:45.751 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Ya know, in many ways where you just gotta show up 19:45.851 --> 19:47.085 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% and prove yourself 19:47.186 --> 19:48.654 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% and be loyal. - [Mar] That's what it is. 19:48.754 --> 19:50.222 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% So I'm tryin' to reinforce that 19:50.322 --> 19:51.990 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and I'm using this as a tool 19:52.090 --> 19:54.226 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% because we all started like this. 19:56.695 --> 19:58.964 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% So let's get the dough. 19:59.064 --> 20:00.999 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - 'Kay, go, over here? - Yeah. 20:01.099 --> 20:02.367 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Just put it straight on that so people 20:02.467 --> 20:03.468 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% can see us making it. 20:03.569 --> 20:04.703 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Oh, that's nice. 20:04.803 --> 20:07.639 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Why is it important for a place like this? 20:07.739 --> 20:10.008 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Like maybe some people may think like 20:10.108 --> 20:13.178 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% ya know, well, everyone's got it hard in life. 20:13.278 --> 20:14.379 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Ya know, for sure. 20:14.479 --> 20:15.881 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% We've had like local places here, 20:15.981 --> 20:18.083 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% like the apartment complex or even the high school 20:18.183 --> 20:20.519 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% at one point was like, we need to get rid of Dough Girl. 20:20.619 --> 20:22.087 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Ya know, it's negative. 20:22.187 --> 20:24.990 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% She allows kids to be on drugs at her location. 20:25.090 --> 20:28.060 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% But you know, drug addiction's not like a light switch. 20:28.160 --> 20:29.895 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You can't turn it on and turn it off. 20:29.995 --> 20:32.831 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% The compassion needs to be where you give them time, 20:32.931 --> 20:34.499 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% you have to have patience. 20:34.600 --> 20:36.335 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - There was a period in my life where I spent 20:36.435 --> 20:38.003 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% a lot of time on the streets. 20:38.103 --> 20:39.238 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% You know, I had a home to go to, 20:39.338 --> 20:41.807 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% but I just couldn't be there. 20:41.907 --> 20:43.108 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - You needed a Dough Girl. 20:43.208 --> 20:44.343 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - I needed a Dough Girl at that time 20:44.443 --> 20:46.511 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% and that Dough Girl wasn't there. 20:46.612 --> 20:49.481 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Since you've been open, have you ever lost some kids? 20:49.581 --> 20:50.649 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - [Mar] Yeah. 20:50.749 --> 20:51.550 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - As far as like - Well, that they died? 20:51.650 --> 20:52.551 align:left position:37.5%,start line:86.67% size:62.5% - Yeah. - or they died? 20:52.651 --> 20:54.753 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Died on drugs, yeah. 20:54.853 --> 20:55.621 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% Yes. 20:57.022 --> 20:57.823 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% Yes. 20:59.358 --> 21:01.326 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% A lot of people have these services for the youth. 21:01.426 --> 21:03.462 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% They use one system for everyone. 21:03.562 --> 21:05.564 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% But everyone is individually their own person 21:05.664 --> 21:06.965 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% and they got the wrong thing going. 21:07.065 --> 21:09.234 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% So we can't apply one thing to everyone. 21:09.334 --> 21:11.470 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We can wish for that, but that's not reality. 21:11.570 --> 21:13.605 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - And a small place, like Dough Girl, 21:13.705 --> 21:16.808 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% it makes a difference, even if it's 10 kids lives, 21:16.908 --> 21:19.344 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but those 10 kids will become 30 kids, 21:19.444 --> 21:20.679 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% will become 100 kids. 21:20.779 --> 21:22.481 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Mar] Even if it's one kid. - One kid. 21:22.581 --> 21:23.949 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It's Coca and Jay. - I did it. 21:24.049 --> 21:25.250 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's Coca, Jay, it's Eman. 21:25.350 --> 21:26.685 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I did it, I did it. 21:27.853 --> 21:29.221 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Roy] The craziest thing about Dough Girl 21:29.321 --> 21:31.590 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% isn't the support she's given to these young people, 21:31.690 --> 21:34.026 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% but that she's making one of the best pies in town. 21:34.126 --> 21:37.296 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Worthy of being at the top of every "Best of" List in L.A. 21:37.396 --> 21:39.164 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Tell me about how you first found this place. 21:39.264 --> 21:40.799 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Well, you know what happens when you live 21:40.899 --> 21:43.935 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% in a neighborhood and you drive by day after day 21:44.036 --> 21:45.671 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and then you see a new place pop up. 21:45.771 --> 21:48.440 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Like all of a sudden, the sign, Dough Girl 21:48.540 --> 21:49.474 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and I'm like, wait a minute. 21:49.574 --> 21:51.009 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% That wasn't there yesterday. 21:51.109 --> 21:52.277 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Okay. 21:52.377 --> 21:53.745 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - And I came in and I looked on the wall, 21:53.845 --> 21:56.281 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I saw the menu, I'm like, animal style? 21:56.381 --> 21:58.550 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Like fries on a pie. 21:58.650 --> 22:01.453 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Mobster, like lobster bisque on a pizza? 22:01.553 --> 22:02.721 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Like, in this neighborhood? 22:02.821 --> 22:04.089 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% So I knew something was different 22:04.189 --> 22:06.858 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% with this little hole in the wall pizza spot. 22:06.958 --> 22:08.260 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And I had to investigate. 22:09.227 --> 22:10.996 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - If she didn't have a mission, 22:11.096 --> 22:12.230 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and it was just a pizza place. 22:12.331 --> 22:13.465 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - Oh, it'd still be a great pizza. 22:13.565 --> 22:14.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You think you would a still wrote about it? 22:14.366 --> 22:15.801 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Oh yeah, absolutely. 22:15.901 --> 22:19.071 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% After one bite, regardless of her purpose driven restaurant. 22:19.171 --> 22:21.273 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% This was gonna be on the list. 22:21.373 --> 22:23.108 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% In order to be competitive, you have to offer 22:23.208 --> 22:24.242 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% this kind of thing, in this day and age, 22:24.343 --> 22:26.478 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% as you know, as a restaurateur. 22:26.578 --> 22:28.780 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% But how do you do that and make a profit 22:28.880 --> 22:30.415 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% and help your mission? 22:30.515 --> 22:31.650 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% That's a tall order. 22:31.750 --> 22:32.884 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - Hard enough to run a restaurant. 22:32.984 --> 22:34.152 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - It's hard enough to run a restaurant. 22:34.252 --> 22:37.122 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We need the consumers to chip in on it. 22:37.222 --> 22:40.092 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% If you're willing to go to a high end restaurant, 22:40.192 --> 22:42.294 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% you're expected to pay more for that meal. 22:42.394 --> 22:45.797 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Beause you're getting elevated food, better ingredients, 22:45.897 --> 22:47.299 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% the chef's background. 22:47.399 --> 22:49.368 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We could kinda redirect that 22:49.468 --> 22:51.002 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% for the purpose driven restaurant. 22:51.103 --> 22:52.904 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Add value to things. 22:53.004 --> 22:54.072 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Basically adding value. 22:54.172 --> 22:55.607 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - That's a great point, Eddie. 22:55.707 --> 22:58.910 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - The added value would be the community would benefit. 22:59.010 --> 23:00.912 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% It's worth a shot. 23:01.012 --> 23:03.415 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Everybody wants a good story and a happy ending. 23:04.883 --> 23:06.885 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - To be able to go to every 'hood, and see a Dough Girl. 23:06.985 --> 23:09.388 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And see what Dough Girl is doing here and make a lot more. 23:09.488 --> 23:12.491 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And walk into every city and see that it was possible, 23:12.591 --> 23:14.860 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% if I'm profitable and my purpose is here, 23:14.960 --> 23:17.229 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% why aren't they taking that approach? 23:17.329 --> 23:18.430 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% They have to have compassion. 23:18.530 --> 23:19.931 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Things need to change. 23:20.031 --> 23:22.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Every kid that walks in here, always leaves 23:22.100 --> 23:24.870 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% with a great outlook and they're backed by me 23:24.970 --> 23:27.706 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and I'm not gonna lose, ya know what I mean? 23:27.806 --> 23:28.673 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% I will not lose. 23:31.076 --> 23:33.979 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Dough Girl Pizza, how can I help you? 23:34.079 --> 23:36.481 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - It's not like she's doing this to get a kid 23:36.581 --> 23:38.884 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% from a C to an A, ya know? 23:38.984 --> 23:41.420 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Like she's having to dig all the way deep 23:41.520 --> 23:44.790 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% and literally get them from not killing themselves. 23:44.890 --> 23:46.491 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Now, when I say it like that, 23:46.591 --> 23:48.994 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% doesn't that put things in context? 23:49.094 --> 23:50.362 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Like we have a problem. 23:56.234 --> 23:58.603 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You're not made if you don't take it back home. 24:02.140 --> 24:03.275 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Straight ahead here. 24:03.375 --> 24:05.043 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% That was the playground where every time 24:05.143 --> 24:07.312 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I woke up in the morning there was always like shells, 24:07.412 --> 24:09.514 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% like gun shells and smelled like gunsmoke. 24:10.649 --> 24:12.517 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Gang bangin' in the '80's was real. 24:12.617 --> 24:14.419 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% It was like the goal of being young. 24:15.287 --> 24:16.388 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% It shaped me who I am. 24:17.989 --> 24:19.825 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% This is known as the San Fernando Gardens 24:19.925 --> 24:22.160 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and it's also known as Pacoima Projects. 24:22.260 --> 24:23.662 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And this is where I grew up. 24:24.830 --> 24:26.364 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% There's a little Mar in here somewhere, guys. 24:26.465 --> 24:28.166 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% There's a little Dough Girl. 24:28.266 --> 24:30.101 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% There's a young child with dreams 24:30.202 --> 24:31.436 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% of becoming something. 24:31.536 --> 24:35.040 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I just want to make sure to be that person 24:35.140 --> 24:36.508 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% that tell them they can do it. 24:36.608 --> 24:38.743 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Not only tell 'em, but walk 'em through it. 24:40.178 --> 24:42.380 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It still looks the same after so many years. 24:42.481 --> 24:45.951 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Which is why Dough Girl is gonna come and change it. 24:47.118 --> 24:49.721 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I really see great things for this place. 24:49.821 --> 24:51.022 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% It's a lot of potential. 24:54.392 --> 24:57.429 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I was lookin' in here to Dough Girl number two. 24:57.529 --> 24:59.931 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I would see like this spot here. 25:00.031 --> 25:02.067 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% The vision is to have it as closest 25:02.167 --> 25:04.169 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% to the projects as possible, 25:04.269 --> 25:07.339 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% so that I can deliver pizza to their door. 25:07.439 --> 25:09.908 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Basically, channel the youth 25:10.008 --> 25:12.110 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and the problems they are having through food, 25:12.210 --> 25:13.512 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% through good quality food. 25:15.814 --> 25:16.715 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% It's gonna happen. 25:23.989 --> 25:26.124 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - This place should be packed out the door, 25:26.224 --> 25:27.425 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% line around the corner. 25:27.526 --> 25:30.262 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% She should be so busy that she can't stop 25:30.362 --> 25:33.298 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% because that in turn is helping people. 25:33.398 --> 25:36.468 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And then that story is reinforced in other people 25:36.568 --> 25:39.337 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% saying, you know what social good does good. 25:39.437 --> 25:40.572 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% It is good. 25:40.672 --> 25:41.940 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And it's good for everyone. 25:42.040 --> 25:43.808 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It's also good for my pocketbook, as well, 25:43.909 --> 25:45.076 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% as an investor. 25:45.176 --> 25:48.179 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And then that continues on because of the story. 25:50.949 --> 25:52.751 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Mar] All right, let's eat. 25:52.851 --> 25:53.585 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Here, you want one of these? 25:53.685 --> 25:54.519 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Which one? 25:55.820 --> 25:56.888 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% I want more. 25:56.988 --> 25:58.156 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% That's perfect. 25:58.256 --> 25:59.658 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Look at that fresh mozz right there. 25:59.758 --> 26:00.525 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% Whoo! 26:02.093 --> 26:05.530 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - If we add value to rare ingredients, 26:05.630 --> 26:07.999 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% we should add value to rare people as well.