For one thing, the San Diego Spielberg Team has more clout than I ever dreamed of. Also, Gavin Newsom’s people running California. Besides those obvious ones… there are gang leaders in the Ventura/Oxnard area who are above me and know I am small. They’ve even lent me people to hang out with and for protection at times. Some of the people I was given were tru-blooded Fast and Furious drivers and creatives for the movies and other content too!
A long time ago I was told I was too small, too sick to get a job at an Irish pub in San Diego, CA. The big Irish restaurant Donovan’s said similar. Irish are tough people, they do know people too.
I couldn’t get a job or a coffee at the La Jolla Pannikin for decades. They knew me too. I eventually talked people into letting me politely buy a drink now and then.