that's one of the messages that sheriff alec villanueva has been telling the rest of us here in los angelesns us, we are happy that he is. thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: everything is complicated, but i don't think it's complicated to say the actions of one prosecutor really have changed here. >> definitely. and its first year in office, the first full year, he rejected over 12,200 cases for my agency alone. and multiply that by two, that is all the other local police departments in the l.a.p.d. so his efforts are really nullifying the legislative intent in sacramento where misdemeanor crimes are seldom prosecuted. if he believes it's attached to homelessness or drug abuse, they are not going to touch him. so obviously that's fostering a climate where homelessness, drug abuse is just spiraling out of control. you are seeing it with your own eyes. >> tucker: you certainly are. anyone who spent a lot of time in l.a., there's -- it really is a good city. it's gotten widespread there's no arguing that. he's the prosecutor, you are the sheriff, there should be a relati