San Diego Week: Friday, Apr. 1, 2011

GOOD EVENING I'M ALLISON ST. JOHNS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOVERNOR BROWN'S PLAN TO BALANCE
THE BUDGE HAS IMPLODED. WE'LL SPEAK WITH A REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF OUR STATE
ASSEMBLY ABOUT WHY AND WHAT'S NEXT. SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF 40 CITIES AROUND THE STATE TO ADOPT
NEW RULES RATHER THAN BAN THE MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES WE'LL FIEND OUT WHERE THEY CAN AND CAN'T BE
LOCATED >>> HEALTH OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WHOOPING COUGH VACCINE MAY NOT PROTECT
US FOR AS LONG AS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. TREES ARE DYING. WE'LL HAVE A STORY ABOUT WHAT'S
KILLING THEM. PLUS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR OF WIN, WIN A SPORTS FILM THAT'S NOT ABOUT
WINNING. FIRST THE HEADLINES.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS COMING OUT OF THE STATE CAPITOL.
THERE IS, ALLISON. CALIFORNIA'S THREE YEAR DROUGHT IS NOW OVER. GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN
FORMALLY RESCINDED THE DROUGHT DECLARATION THIS WEEK AFTER AN ABUNDANCE OF RAIN AND THICK
SNOWPACK HAVE PUT THE STATE'S RESERVOIRS AT ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS.
BROWN HOWEVER SAYS IT'S CRITICAL THAT CALIFORNIANS CONTINUE TO CONSERVE WATER. A SAN DIEGO POLICE
OFFICER ACCUSED OF ASKING WOMEN FOR SEXUAL FAVORS DURING TRAFFIC STOPS IS NOW FACING
MORE CHARGES. THE ADDITIONAL CHARGES AGAINST OFFICER ANTHONY INCLUDE ASSAULT UNDER COLOR
OF AUTHORITY AND RECEIVING A BRIBE. THE CHARGES WERE FILED AFTER TWO MORE WOMEN CAME FORWARD
WITH ACCUSATIONS. NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNOR BROWN AND GOP LAWMAKERS OVER THE STATE BUDGET
COLLAPSED THIS WEEK. GOVERNOR BROWN PLANS TO TAKE HIS PITCH TO EXTEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN TEMPORARY TAX EXTENSIONS TO THE PUBLIC NEXT WEEK. HE IS WARNING OF DEEPER CUTS TO
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY IF THE TAXES ARE NOT EXTENDED.
AS WE JUST HEARD THIS WEEK GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN SAID HE'S GIVEN UP NEGOTIATING WITH
REPUBLICANS TO SUPPORT A JUNE BALLOT MEASURE. IT WOULD HAVE ASKED VOTERS IF THEY ARE WILLING
TO EXTEND TAXES TO HELP BALANCE THE STATE'S CRIPPLED BUDGET.
UNFORTUNATELY EVEN THOUGH WE CAME VERY CLOSE, THERE ARE ISSUES THAT I THINK ARE IMPOSSIBLE
TO RESOLVE AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE ASSEMBLYMAN NATHAN FLETCHER AND TONY ATKINS WITH US THANK YOU FOR COMING IN
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
THANK YOU ALLISON
ASSEMBLYMAN FLETCHER LET's START WITH YOU. THE REPUBLICANS DID HAVE A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNE
TO GET AT LEAST A LOT OF WHAT THEY WANTED BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR REALLY WANTED YOUR SUPPORT.
BUT YOU'VE ENDED UP WITH NOTHING. WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE REACHED A CONCLUSION?
WELL, IT'S A FAIR QUESTION. IT'S A GOOD ONE FOR THE GOVERNOR WHO LEFT THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE. I THINK ALL PARTIES NEED TO RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATION TABLE. CALIFORNIA HAS A
BUDGET DEFICIT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF WHICH IS REALLY THE SYMPTOM. BUT THERE'S AN UNDERLYING
PROBLEM THAT'S CAUSING IT THAT'S OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IS BROKEN OUR ECONOMY IS BROKEN
WE'RE NOT A COMPETITIVE PLACE.
IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO ONLY TREAT THE SYMPTOM BUT TREATING THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. PENSION
REFORM COMMON SENSE REGULATORY RELIEF BUDGET REFORM AND REAL EFFORT TO GET CALIFORNIANS
WORKING AGAIN. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN A COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION. YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE TEMPORARY TAXES AND TEMPORARY CUTS. WE NEED TO STRUCTURALLY
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ALL PARTIES NEED TO GO BACK TO NEGOTIATING TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION
ASSEMBLYWOMAN ATKINS YOU HAVE JUST JOINED THE ASSEMBLY BUT YOU HAVE MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
ON THE CITY COUNCIL YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT PENSION REFORM. WHY CONE THE GOVERNOR DESIGN A PENSION
REFORM PROPOSAL THAT MIGHT PLEASE THE REPUBLICANS
THE GOVERNOR HAS A PLAN AND HAS A PROPOSAL, AND I AGREE THAT WE DO NEED TO BE BACK AT
THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. BUT HE'S LAID OUT A PENSION PLAN, HE HAS PLANS FOR REFORM. I MEAN,
I THINK HE IS LOOKING AT STRUCTURAL REFORM AND CHANGING GOVERNMENT AS WE KNOW IT. HE
TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE CAMPAIGN BRINGING GOVERNMENT LOCAL BACK TO THE PEOPLE. THAT'S
THE WHOLE REALIGNMENT PROPOSAL. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO PUT INTO PLACE.
HE TALKED ABOUT NO NEW TAXES WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL. THESE AREN'T NEW TAXES, AND IT'S
AN EXTENSION TO ALLOW US TO WORK WITH THE ECONOMY THAT IS SLOWLY STARTING TO IMPROVE
WITH THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO SEE THAT WE CAN RIGHT THE SHIP. SO I THINK HE'S OFFERED SOME
EXTRAORDINARY REFORM. BUT WE'VE GOT TO MEET EACH OTHER HALFWAY I AGREE WE STILL HAVE TIME
TO DO THAT AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT
WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ON THE STREET THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE BUDGET WHETHER
THEY WOULD SPORT A TEMPORARY TAX EXTENSION. LET's TAKE A LOOK.
I DO BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A CONSENSUS GOING FORWARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME SOME PEOPLE
HAVE PUT THEMSELVES IN POSITIONS TO WHERE THIS IS NO WAY TO MAKE AMENDS, AS A CONSEQUENCE
SOMETIMES ONE HAS TO DRAW THE LINE IN THE SAND AND UNFORTUNATELY I SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR
WITH REGARD TO THAT
I WOULD VOTE YES TO TEMPORARILY EXTEND TAXES, BRIDGE THE GAP, AS IT STANDS IN THE STATE
BUDGET. BUT TEMPORARILY
SO NOW THE GOVERNOR HAS ALREADY SIGNED OFF ON $11 BILLION WORTH OF TAX CUTS WHICH WILL
GO LESS THAN HALFWAY TO SOLVING THE BUDGET. SO, ASSEMBLYMAN FLETCHER HOW CAN THE REPUBLICANS
JUSTIFY THINGS LIKE A BILLION DOLLARS OF TAX BREAKS FOR BIG COMPANIES WHEN SCHOOLS AND
EVEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED ARE BEING DEVASTATED?
WELL, YOU CAN'T JUSTIFY ANY TAX BREAKS. YOU SHOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR THEM. BUT WHAT YOU
SHOULD BE DEMANDING IS A HARD LOOK AT WAY THE STATE OPERATES. WE NEED TO ASK THE DIFFICULT
QUESTIONS WHY IS IT TODAY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS 12,000 MORE STATE EMPLOYEES THAN IT HAD
ONE YEAR AGO DESPITE THE FACT EVERY SMALL BUSINESS I TALK TO AND MEET WITH SAYS WE'RE
WORKING LONGER AND HARDER WITH FEWER PEOPLE TO DO MORE. HOW DOES THE STATE DO THAT. WE
NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE WHY WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION COSTS OF ANY
STATE IN AMERICA. WE'LL REALLY NEED TO LOOK INSIDE OUR STATE GOVERNMENT AND HOW CAN WE
MAKE IT FUNCTION BETTER HOW CAN WE MAKE IT WORK HARDER HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE INNOVATIVE
THAT HAS TO BE A CRITICAL PART OF THE QUESTION BECAUSE THE VOTERS ARE NOT GOING TO STEP BACK
AND SAY WHEN WE'VE MADE SACRIFICE AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN TERMS OF THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF
STATE GOVERNMENT YOU KNOW THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THAT WE HAVE
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE SO EVERY DIME IS SPENT AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE CUTS ARE REAL. THEY ARE HAVING A REAL IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOLS AND PEOPLE'S LIVES.
INCREASING TAXES HAS A REAL IMPLICATION AS WELL. PRESIDENT OBAMA A YEAR AGO SAID THE
WORST THING YOU CAN DO IN A RECESSION IS TO RAISE FAXES IT HAS A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON
ECONOMY AND SMALL BUSINESSES. ALL THE OPTIONS ARE DIFFICULT AND BAD. WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS
ON THE STRUCTURAL REFORMS TO STATE AND RESTORING CONFIDENCE THE PUBLIC HAS CONFIDENCE THEY
HAVE A STATE THAT'S WORKING HARD
ASSEMBLYWOMAN ATKINS, THE DEMOCRATS SAID ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS TO TRY TO GET A BALLOT ON
IN NOVEMBER FOR THE TAX EXTENSION. HOW WOULD THAT HELP THIS BUDGET THOUGH?
WELL, IT WOULDN'T HELP IN THE SHORT TERM. I MEAN, WE'VE GONE A LONG WAY EARLIER THAN
THE PROCESS NORMALLY HAS TAKEN. WE'VE DONE 11.3 I THINK BILLION AT THIS POINT IN CUTS,
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GO BACK TO NEGOTIATING WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND COMPROMISE. I DO BELIEVE
THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS LAID OUT REFORM. HE HAS LAID OUT A PLAN. HE HAS ASKED FOR A 5
YEAR EXTENSION OF A VEHICLE LICENSE FEE THAT WAS CUT AT A TIME WHEN WE REALLY NEEDED THAT.
THAT $40 BILLION WOULD SOLVE OUR BUDGET DEFICIT TODAY HAD WE CONTINUED THAT ONE FEE AND TAX
THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE. I THINK THE GOVERNOR IS ASKING CITIZENS, HE IS NOT UNILATERALLY
SAYING INCREASE TAXES OR EXTEND. HE'S SAYING YOU DECIDE. AND SO I THINK WHAT HE'S ASKING
IS FOR CALIFORNIANS TO WORK TOGETHER, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND CITIZENS TO WORK TOWARDS
RIGHTING THE SHIP. I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT CASE TO THE
PUBLIC. AND WE HAVE 75 DAYS. WE HAVE STARTED EARLIER. IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COME TO SOME
RESOLVE QUICKER, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE OPTIONS ARE RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE LOOKING, THE
GOVERNOR IS LOOKING. LEADERSHIP IS LOOKING AT WHAT ALL THE ALTERNATIVES MIGHT BE. IN
LIEU OF HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER.
OKAY. WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WE HOPE THAT YOU MAKE SOME PROGRESS
IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND LIKE TO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
CALIFORNIA HAS THE WORST WHOOPING COUGH OUTBREAK IN MORE THAN 60 YEARS IN 2010, MORE THAN A
THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE TREATED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THEY SPENT MONTHS INVESTIGATING THE
EPIDEMIC AND FOUND SOMETHING SURPRISING. MANY OF THE PEOPLE GETTING SICK HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY
IMMUNIZED. THIS WEEK A CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH OFFICIALS ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
VERY THING. REPORTER JOANNE INFORMATION RAIN JOINS ME NOW. TELL US ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE
WELL, THIS WAS A NATIONAL VACCINE CONFERENCE, A NUMBER OF HEALTH OFFICIALS FROM VARIOUS
STATES, INCLUDING INVESTIGATORS FROM THE CDC. IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE LOOKING
AT OF COURSE WAS OUR PERTUSSIS OUTBREAK IN CALIFORNIA. THE TITLE WAS CALLED WHAT'S AN
EPIDEMIC LIKE THIS DOING IN A HIGHLY VACCINATED COMMUNITY
WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS FACT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED ARE STILL
GETTING IT?
CDC INVESTIGATORS ALONG WITH HEALTH OFFICIALS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GATHERED
DATA LAST YEAR. THEY CAME TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY, OTHER COUNTIES AND THEY COLLECTED THE DATA
ON WHO WAS GETTING SICK, HOW OLD THEY WERE AND IMMUNIZATION STATUS ACTUALLY MUCH THE
SAME AS OUR INVESTIGATION WITH THE WATCH DOG LAST YEAR. WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THIS. THAT
IN EARLY --IN THE GROUPS OF CHILDREN WHO WERE QUITE YOUNG, 4 TO 5 YEARS OLD THE VACCINE
WAS HIGH AS IT 5% EFFECTIVE. 6 TO 7 YEARS OLD IT DECLINED SLIGHTLY. 8 TO 10 YEARS OLD
IT WENT DOWN FURTHER TO THE 81%. SO WHAT THEY SAW WAS PROTECTION DECLINING AS KIDS GOT OLDER.
EVEN DESPITE HAVING FIVE DOSES OF VACCINE. I WANT TO SAY THIS IS PRELIMINARY DATA. THE
CDC STRESSES THIS AS WELL BUT IT RAISED THE QUESTION OF HOW LONG ARE YOU PROTECTED ONCE
IMMUNIZED, WHEN DOES IMMUNITY WANE
IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED DATA TO SUGGEST THAT IMMUNITY MIGHT
BE WANEING?
NOT REALLY. THERE HAVE BEEN RESEARCH IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE SUGGESTED THIS. IN FACT,
IN THE NETHERLANDS LAST YEAR I TRAVELED TO THE NETHERLANDS TO INTERVIEW A DUTCH SCIENTIST,
HE WORKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT. THE NETHERLANDS WENT THROUGH A SIMILAR OUTBREAK OF PERTUSSIS
IN 1996 THEY HAD THESE SAME QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR THE PAST 15
YEARS. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ZEROED IN ON IS WANEING IMMUNITY AND POSSIBLE MORE VIRULENT
STRAIN OF DISEASE. SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING FROM DR. FRITZ MY. HE'S THE DUTCH SCIENTISTS
AND HE EXPLAINS HIS THEORY IN THIS CLIP.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS FIRST THE BACTERIA WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED VERY WELL BY THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE MISMATCH. AND SECOND OF ALL, EVEN THOUGH IMMUNE RESPONSE IS STARTED
IN THE BODY, THE TOXIN WILL BE ABLE TO DELAY IT. YOU COULD SAY AT LEAST CHANGES WORK TOGETHER
BY DECREASING THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE VACCINE IS PROTECTED FURTHER.
JOANNE PEOPLE MAY BE WONDERING IS THE VACCINE GOING TO PROTECT THEM. >>
THE CDC SAID THIS IN THEIR PRESENTATION, THAT IN FACT THEIR DATA WAS REASSURING. THAT IT
DID SAY LOOK THIS VACCINE WORKS. THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG DOES IT WORK. SO THEY ARE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THEIR DATA, CLEAN UP THEIR DATA AND DO MORE RESEARCH. THEY WANT
TO STRESS THAT IMMUNIZATION IS STILL THE BEST TOOL AGAINST DISEASES LIKE THIS. AND IN FACT
THEIR STUDY DID SHOW THAT AMONG MOST AGE GROUPS IT'S HIGHLY EFFECTIVE.
IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEW STRAIN AT WORK HERE?
WELL, THERE IS IN TERMS OF OTHER RESEARCH OUTSIDE OF THE U. S. IN FACT, DR. FRITZ MY
WHOSE RESEARCH HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS NEW MORE VIRULENT STRAIN, AT THE CONFERENCE OFFICIALS
FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ACTUALLY HAD A PRESENTATION SAYING, ASKING
WHY DO WE HAVE MORE PERTUSSIS. MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO IT WAS NEARLY WIPED OUT. NOW WE
HAVE THOUSANDS IN CASES IN THE STATE HOW COME. ONE OF THE REASONS LISTED ON THEIR SLIDE IN
THEIR PRESENTATION WAS, IS IT A MORE VIRULENT STRAIN OF THE DISEASE. THAT'S STILL A QUESTION
THAT'S BEING PURSUED BY SCIENTISTS
YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE REPORTING ON THIS I UNDERSTAND
OH, I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR LOTS MORE ABOUT IT. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF NEW STUDY INTO THIS
AREA NOW
THANKS SO MUCH JOANNE >> THANKS ALLISON.
MORE THAN 200 CITIES AROUND CALIFORNIA HAVE EITHER PUT A MORATORIUM ON MEDICINAL MARIJUANA
DISPENSARIES OR BANNED THEM OUTRIGHT. THIS IN SPITE OF THE FACT IF CALIFORNIA VOTERS
VOTED 15 YEARS AGO TO APPROVER MARIJUANA FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. SAN DIEGO COUNCIL IS NOT
BANNING THEM. THIS WEEK THEY ADOPTED REGULATIONS ON WHERE DISPENSARIES CAN AND CANNOT BE LOCATED.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US CHRIS
THANK YOU. GOOD TELL US WHERE CAN THE DISPENSARIES NOT BE LOCATED?
THEY CANNOT BE LOCATED IN MOST COMMERCIAL AREAS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND THEY
CAN BE LOCATED IN SOME COMMERCIAL AND SOME INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
SO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE A THOUSAND FOOT BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN THEM
AND CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS AND THAT WERE REDUCED TO 600 FEET. HOW DID THE COUNCIL MEMBER CONVINCE
HIS COLLEAGUES TO MAKE THAT CHANGE?
I THINK WHAT HIS COLLEAGUES WERE THINKING AND WHAT THEY SAID IN THEIR --ON MONDAY WAS
THAT THE, PROBABLY THE MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT REGULATION WAS THE BEING IN LIMITED
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS. THE BUFFER ZONES MATCHUP WITH THE NEW STATE RULES ON THAT WHICH
APPLY TO SCHOOLS AND ALCOHOL VENDING OPERATIONS. AND SO I THINK THEY WANTED THAT TO BE IN LINE
WITH THE NEW STATE RULES
UNDER THESE NEW RULES HOW MANY DISPENSARIES DO THEY ESTIMATE COULD ACTUALLY OPERATE?
THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE UNDER THE THOUSAND FOOT RANGEED ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 30. WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY HOW MANY IT IS NOW, BUT SOME FOLKS HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF
WIGGLE ROOM AND MAY CREATE A COUPLE MORE AREAS WHERE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO OPEN UP.
YOU SAT THROUGH FIVE HOURS OF TESTIMONY. WERE THERE MORE PEOPLE DOWN AT CITY COUNCIL WANTING
TO GET RID OF THE DISPENSARIES OR MORE PEOPLE WANTING TO LOOSEN REGULATION'S
I THINK MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO WANTED THE REGULATIONS LOOSENED ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME REGULATIONS
SHOULD EXIST BUT THEY THOUGHT THESE WOULD BE TOO ONEROUS AND THOUGHT THAT THE ACCESS
TO MEDICINAL MARIJUANA WOULD BE TOO LIMITED IF THE ORIGINAL RESTRICTIONS WENT THROUGH.
OKAY, SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF MEDICINAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES CURRENTLY OPERATING IN THE CITY.
WE VISITED ONE IN MISSION VALLEY AND SPOKE TO THE MANAGER AND HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY
WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF FEES THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT EVEN AT THE
11,000 MARK THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT FOR A FEE. SO THOSE ORDINANCE ARE GOING TO PUT
US OUT OF BUSINESS, BUT MORE CONCERNED IS THE PATIENTS WE'VE BEEN SERVING, WHICH IS
THE ONLY REASON NICK AND I GOT INTO THIS, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM ANYMORE. MOST
EVERY ONE OF OUR PATIENTS IS A FOUR STAGE CANCER PATIENT. THE CANNABIS WILL REPLACE
CLOSE TO 9 DIFFERENT PHARMACEUTICALS THAT THESE PATIENTS ARE TAKING WHICH ALLOWS THEM
TO RESPOND TO THE CHEMO OR THE RADIATION TREATMENT MUCH QUICKER BLOOD LEVELS COME BACK UP QUICKER.
SO, TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE CANCER PATIENT AT THAT STAGE IT'S NOT RIGHT.
I BELIEVE HE WAS ACTUALLY IN MISSION GORGE CLOSE TO THE HOSPITAL WHICH I THOUGHT WAS
INTERESTING. WHAT ABOUT THE LICENSE FEE, BECAUSE IT'S QUITE HIGH I UNDERSTAND. HE SEEMS TO
FEEL THAT'S PROHIBITIVE. WHAT KIND OF FEES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
IN THE COUNTY THE LICENSE FEE I BELIEVE IS 11,017. AND I THINK THAT'S AN ANNUAL FEE.
THE CITY HAS NOT INDICATED WHICH DIRECTION IT WOULD GO. THE BUDGET ANALYST DID INDICATE
THAT CITIES SUCH AS OAKLAND AND SOME OTHERS HAVE FEES THAT ARE ON A SLIDING SCALE DEPENDING
ON HOW MANY MEMBERS THEY HAVE AND HOW BIG THEIR OPERATIONS ARE. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE
WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE IS PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THESE ORDINANCES THAT WOULD REQUIRE
THE DISPENSARIES TO LET THE CITY RECOUP THEIR COSTS FOR WHAT THIS MIGHT CAUSE THEM TO EXPEND
IN ENFORCEMENT
YOU MENTIONED THE COUNTY. HOW DO THE CITY'S NEW REGULATIONS COMPARE WITH THE COUNTY'S
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE SAY THE COUNTY'S WAS LIKE A DEFECT OR BAN.
SOME PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY'S ARE DEFACT TO BAN. THEY WILL POINT TO THE
FACT SINCE LAST JUNE WHEN THEY WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ONLY 3 POTENTIAL
DISPENSARY OWNERS HAVE APPLIED, AND ONE OF THEM IS GETTING CLOSER, AND THE OTHER TWO
I THINK MAY HAVE DROPPED OUT. AND THE --THERE WAS ORIGINALLY 16 AREAS OF THE UNINCORPORATED
COUNTY WHERE THOSE CAN OPERATE
SO THAT ONE IS PROVED TO BE VERY RESTRICTIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND FILLING
US IN, CHRIS
NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU.
THERE'S A KILLER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. ITS PREY OAK TREES. ED JOYCE TAKES US TO THE STATE
PARK WHERE THE GOLD SPOTTED OAK BOAR
I'M SITTING ON A 200-YEAR- OLD COAST LIVE OAK NOW DEAD KILLED BY A BEETLE. I'LL REFER
TO THIS COLLECTION OF DEAD OAKS AS THE BONE YARD. THESE AREN'T THE LAST TREES TO FALL
VICTIM TO THE BEETLE. AT RISK HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ICONIC COLD FRONT LIVE OAK TREES
FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO OREGON.
THIS IS TYPICAL OF A LOT OF INJURY YOU'LL SEE IN THE AREA THESE VERY LARGE DIAMETER
COAST LIVE OAK WHICH IS ITS FAVORITE HOST
SPEAK MOL GIST TOM COAL SAYS THEY HAVE A VORACIOUS APPETITE FOR THE TALLEST OAKS
THIS IS WHAT IT WILL ATTACK FIRST IT WILL SLOWLY MOVE FROM THE LARGER SIZE CLASS TO
THE SMALLER SIZE CLASS
THE BEATLES CHOKE THE TREE KEEPING NUTRIENTS FROM GETTING TO ITS ROOTS
WHAT KILLED THIS TREE IS THE LARVAL FEEDING YOU CAN SEE THIS ON THE WOOD SURFACE ALL THIS
KIND OF DESCRIBE LILY LINES MEANDERING FEEDING PATTERN. IT GIRDLES THE TREE.
HE SAYS THE MATURE SPOTTED BEETLES LIE DOMINANT IN THE WINTER WAITING FOR WARM WINTER. THE
ADULTS DO MINOR FEEDING AND LAY THEIR EGGS THAT OVER TIME KILL THE TREES. COLEMAN SAYS
IT'S THESE TINY OFF SPRING WHICH CAUSE THE BIG PROBLEMS
THE LARVAE ARE REALLY THE DAMAGING AGENT THAT ARE KILLING THE TREES.
IT'S NOT THE ADULTS. IT'S THE DAMAGE FROM THE LARVAL FEEDING THAT GIRDLE THE TREE AND
CAUSE THE MORTALITY.
DAMAGE TO THE BASE OR MAIN STEM OF THE COLD FRONT LIVE OAKS IS WHAT TIPPED COLEMAN AND
OTHER TO THE BEETLE'S PRESENCE
SO MUCH THAT THE BARK WILL JUST KIND OF SLOUGH OFF LIKE THIS
THE CROWN OR TOPS OF THE TREES IS ANOTHER SIGN. IT TAKES SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE TREES
TO DIE. DOZENS OF TREES HAVE BEEN KILLED HERE AT THE GREEN VALLEY CAMP GROUND ALONE. PARK
WIDE THE NUMBERS ARE IN THE HUNDREDS. ALL THE LARGE TREES IN THIS PICNIC AREA HAVE DIALED.
MOST OF THEM DIED. MOST OF THEM IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THEY HAD BEGUN THEIR PROGRESSION
TOWARDS DEATH. THESE TREES WILL LIKELY MEET THE SAME FATE
THOMAS SCOTT SAID THE GOLD SPOTTED OAK BORE IS NOT NATIVE TO SAN DIEGO COUNTIES HOW THE
INVASIVE SPECIES GOT HERE ISN'T CLEAR. THE BEST GUESS IT HITCHED A RIDE IN A LOAD OF
FIREWOOD FROM ARIZONA. THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO AND
NEARBY COUNTIES WARNING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DANGERS LURKING IN FIREWOOD
IF YOU BUY FIREWOOD THAT'S GREEN OR TRANSPORT FIREWOOD THAT'S GREEN TO THE AREA WHERE YOU
LIVE AND YOU HAVE OAK TREES, CHANCES ARE IN A YEAR OR TWO YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE
YOUR OAK TREES THIN AND YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE THE KIND OF DECLINE WE HAVE IN THE
SCENE BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW
THE COLD FRONT LIVE OAK IS A HEARTY TREE BUT IT DON'T HAVE A NATURAL HAD DEFENSE FOR THE
GOLD SPOTTED OAK BORE
IT'S A STRIKING THING TO SEE A TREE GO THROUGH CATASTROPHIC FIRES DROUGHTS AND SURVIVE IN
THIS CLIMATE TO BE WAY LAID BY A BEETLE THAT IS LEATHER LESS THAN A SENT MEETS LONG.
RESEARCHERS ARE STUDYING WAYS TO CONTROL THE BEETLE. BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO ERADICATE THE
PEST. THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION IS REAL
THE LINE IN THE SANDS IS URBAN LOS ANGELES. IF WE DON'T STOP THIS BEETLE AND IT MAKES
THAT JUMP ACROSS LOS ANGELES IT WON'T STOP UNTIL IT GETS TO OREGON. TOM McCARTHY WON A CLAIM FOR HIS FIRST TWO
FILMS IF STATION AGENT AND THE VISITOR. HE CONTINUES HIS FILM SUCCESS RECORD WITH WIN,
WIN STARRING PAUL GEE MATTIE AND NEWCOMER ALEX SHAVER. FILM CRITIC SPOKE WITH McCARTHY
AND SCHAFFER OF BRINGING THE CHARACTER OF KYLE TO THE SCREEN.
FILMMAKER TOM McCARTHY HAS A KNACK FOR TELLING STORIES ABOUT REAL PEOPLE. HIS LATEST FILM
WIN, WIN LOOKS TO A HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACH. ONE OF THE FIRST CHALLENGES WAS CASTING
THE ROLE OF TEEN WRESTLE LETTER KYLE. McCARTHY FIRST LOOKED TO PROFESSIONAL ACTORS
I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THEM I'M NOT GETTING THE QUALITY I WANT. I'M GETTING SOMETHING
RAW HERE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE PRODUCTION IF THIS KID COULD WRESTLE
MY FRIEND TEXTED ME SAID YOU SHOULD AUDITION FOR THIS ROLE MY INITIAL RESPONSE WAS NO.
THIS IS WRESTLING SEASON I'M FOCUSING ON WRESTLING AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I DIDN'T WANT TO
DO IT I DIDN'T THINK I HAD THE TIME TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND AUDITION FOR A ROLE FOR
ACTING SOMETHING I NEVER DID. IT WAS LIKE I WASN'T REALLY INTERESTED IN. BUT THEN HE
TOLD ME IT WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND I BECAME INTERESTED
AND I WAS LIKE YEAH IT REALLY IS I'LL NEVER GET A CHANCE TO BE IN A MOVIE AGAIN
DID YOU REACH YOUR MOM?
I TOLD HER I WAS COMING HOME.
DID SHE WANT TO TALK TO MAY OR ANYTHING?
NO.
JUST VERY SHORT OF SHUT DOWN CHARACTER TEENAGER WE KNOW AND LOVE SO MUCH. WHICH IS REALLY
DIFFICULT TO BRING TO THE SCREEN ACTUALLY BECAUSE YOU RUN THE RISK OF THE CHARACTER
BEING VERY FLAT. I THINK HE FOUND A WAY TO BE IN HIS DIRECTNESS BE VERY CHANGE.
I WANT TO SMOKE SHOULD I GO OUTSIDE
YOU SHOULDN'T BE SMOKING
I KNOW, BUT IF I DO
HE'S VERY QUIET AND RESERVED THERE'S STILL SOMETHING THE MINDS IS WORKING UNDER THERE
YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPENING WHICH I THINK FELT VERY AUTHENTIC TO US
ONE THING THAT I FIND INTERESTING IN PARTICULAR IS THAT WHEN I'M WRESTLING I'M ALWAYS PUTTING
ON A SHOW FOR PEOPLE. I WANT PEOPLE TO WATCH ME AND SAY WOW DID HE REALLY JUST DO THAT
OH, MY GOD HOW DOES HE DO THAT I WANT PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED IN MY MATCH. I GUESS THAT'S
WHAT I WANT ME TO BE ON-SCREEN I WANT PEOPLE TO WATCH ME AND SAY HOLY CRAP THERE KID IS
GOOD AT ACTING.
MY FEELING WHEN AUDIENCES CONNECT WITH CHARACTERS THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR THE RIDE. THEY ARE
GOING TO BELIEVE IN IT THEY ARE GOING TO ENJOY THAT EXPERIENCE. IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN WATCHING
IT WITH AUDIENCES TO SEE WHAT THEY TAKE AWAY
WIN, WIN OPENS TODAY IN SELECT SAN DIEGO THEATERS. NOW HERE'S AN UPDATE ON WHAT KPBS IS WORKING
ON FOR NEXT WEEK
COMING UP NEXT WEEK WE'LL HEAR HOW FOSTER KIDS ARE GENERALLY LEFT DESTITUTE. ONCE THEY
AGE OUT OF CARE SOME OF THE CHILDREN COULD HAVE NEST EGGS THAT THE STATE DID NOT CONFISCATE
THEIR ASSETS. ON THESE DAYS ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEXICALI EARTHQUAKE WE'LL
FIND OUT WHY SOME VICTIMS REMAIN HOMELESS.
THANK ANITA. YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY OF THE STORIES THAT YOU SAW TONIGHT BY GOING TO OUR
WEB SITE AT KPBS.ORG/SD WEEK. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR WEEKEND
WEATHER FORECAST. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND GOOD NIGHT.