San Diego Week: Friday, Feb. 11, 2011

FROM THE STUDIO, THIS IS SAN DIEGO WEEK.
GOOD EVENING. GLORIA HAS THE NIGHT OFF. EVENTS IN EGYPT ARE GRIPPING THE WORLD. WE WILL HEAR
FROM THE PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO WHO ARE AFFECTED AND HOW THIS COULD AFFECT OTHER MIDDLE EASTERN
COUNTRIES. AND MORE GUNS THAN ANY OTHER STATE, MEASURES TO STOP THE FLOW ARE BEING BLOCKED.
CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, BUSINESSES ARE STEPPING INTO HELP AND WE WILL MEET A NEW MEMBER OF
THE CITY COUNCIL BUT FIRST HEADLINES COMING UP.
JOINING ME FROM THE KPBS NEWS CENTER HERE IS MORE.
Reporter: THEY REJOICED OVER PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK'S RESIGNATION FOLLOWING WITH A RALLY
AND VISITS FOR THE MOSQUE'S PRAYERS.
WE NEVER LOST HOPE AND FROM DAY ONE WE KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN AND IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF
TIME.
Reporter: MANY EXPECT AN ERA OF TRANSFORMATION HOW TO PULL THEM OUT OF THE STAGNANT ECONOMY
AND
SOME LOCAL EGYPTIANS SAID THEY WOULD CONSIDER RETURNING TO THEIR HOMELANDS TO HELP REBUILD
THE COUNTRY. A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION SHOWED NO FLAWS IN TOYOTA'S ELECTRONIC SYSTEM TO
TRIGGER SUDDEN ACCELERATION. AND CHP OFFICER AND HIS FAMILY DIED IN A CRASH WHEN THE LEXUS
THEY WERE RIDING IN COULD NOT BE STOPPED IN 2009. A HOLY MAN WAS ARRESTED BY SAN DIEGO
POLICE FOR SELL LIZING -- SOLICITING PROSTITUTES. IT IS MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN OSAMA BIN LADEN IN
INSPIRING TERROR PLOTS.
A POLL OFFICER IS -- POLICE OFFICER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER A FEMALE CO-WORKER ACCUSED
HIM AND HE NOW HAS TURNED IN HIS BADGE AND GUN. ALLISON?
Reporter: EGYPTIANS MAKE UP ONE OF THE LARGEST ARAB POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND
HERE IN SAN DIEGO, RESIDENTS WITH MIDDLE EAST CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN ELECT IF I HAVE PAID
TO BY -- ELECTRIFIED BY WHAT IS HAPPENING. THEY HAVE LIVED HERE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS
AND FIRST OF ALL HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PROTESTS IN THE SQUARE
AND THE RESULTS THAT HAVE COME ABOUT.
I AM SO PROUD OF THE EGYPTIAN COMMUNITY THAT HAS STOOD UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND I AM OVERJOYED.
I AGREE AND WHAT MAKES ME MORE PROUD WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS SO PEACEFUL, NOT ONE OF THESE
PROTESTERS AND IT HAS BEEN OVER 18 DAYS, HAVE THEY EVER USED VIOLENCE OR FORCE.
Reporter: NOW MIRA YOUCO FOUNDED THIS ORGANIZATION AND TELL US WHY YOU DECIDED TO FOUND IT.
SURE, EGYPTIAN AMERICANS SAID WHAT IS GOING ON IN EGYPT ESPECIALLY IN THE BEGINNING OF
THE PROTESTS WHEN WE SAW THE POLICE BEATING THE YOUTH FORCE AND THE INTERNET BEING CUT
OFF AND CELL PHONES NOT BEING RELIABLE. WE FELT WE HAD TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD AND SAY
DON'T DO THAT, DON'T TAKE AWAY THOSE RIGHTS AND LET THEM VOICE THEIR OPINION AND WE STARTED
A GROUP, WE DEMAND PEOPLE TO HAVE A VOICE AND TRYING TO GIVE AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN.
Reporter: YOU HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 20 YEARS, WHAT IS THIS STRONG CONNECTION WITH EGYPT?
I THINK ANYBODY WHO HAS VISITED THAT COUNTRY CAN UNDERSTAND HOW WARM AND HOSPITABLE EGYPTIAN
PEOPLE ARE. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE AT HOME BUT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, THE GOVERNMENT
HAS SUE PRESSED PEOPLE SO MUCH THAT THAT WARM HOSPITALITY HAS DIMINISHED BECAUSE PEOPLE
HAVE LIVED IN FEAR FOR SO LONG.
Reporter: YOU TOO HAVE FAMILY IN EGYPT?
YES, AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY SECOND HOME. I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR IT, I GREW UP THERE
AND I LEFT THERE WHEN I WAS 24. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN EGYPT INTERESTS ME AND I AGREE,
IT HAS BEEN GETTING FROM BAD TO WORSE AND I AM HAPPY BECAUSE AFTER THE PEOPLE WENT UP
IN THE SQUARE THEY WENT BACK TO EGYPTIANS WHO LOVE AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER AND REALLY
TO ME THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING EVER OUT OF THAT.
Reporter: HAVE YOU SPOKEN MUCH TO YOUR FAMILY AT HOME? HAVE CONDITIONS CHANGED MUCH?
TODAY I SPOKE TO MY IN-LAWS AND THEY ARE SO HAPPY. THEY HAVE NOT GONE OUT IN THE STREETS
BUT THEY ARE JUST HAPPY AND I AM HAPPY FOR THEM.
Reporter: NOW, YOU ARE CHRISTIAN AND I WONDER WHAT YOU FEEL ABOUT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD,
THEY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE AND THEY MAY PLAY A ROLE IN THE FUTURE. ROOM THERE HAS BEEN
A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND WE TRY TO SEE THEM AS A LARGER GROUP.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE REPRESENTED AND I THINK THEY HAVE 20 OR 30% OF THE SOCIETY
AT LARGE. THIS ARE MANY WHO WANTS TO FOLLOW AND THE TEASINGINGS SAY --TEACHES SAY MUSLIMS
SHOULD LIVE IN PEACE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DIFFICULTIES.
Reporter: WHAT SORT OF ROLE DO YOU THINK UNITED STATES SHOULD PLAY JUST PREVIOUSLY?
I WOULD LIKE THEM TO SUPPORT WHATEVER THE PEOPLE WOULD CHOOSE AND I HAVE BIG DOUBTS
THEY WILL CHOOSE THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND I WOULD START A SENTENCE SAYING YOU GIVE THEM
CREDIT FOR THIS REVOLUTION, THAT IS NOT THEIR CREDIT. THEY SHOULD NEVER TAKE ANY CREDIT.
IT WAS DONE BY YOUTHS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. THEY WANTED TO JOIN
IN BUT THEY ARE NOT THE MAJOR FORCE BEHIND IT.
Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
THANKS FOR HAVING US.
EVENTS IN EGYPT RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE DOMINO EFFECT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE IS PART
OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN SAN DIEGO AND IS WRITING A BOOK ON ISLAM. THANKS FOR
JOINING US. YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE OVERWHELMING COUNTRIES AS A RESULT, WHY
NOT?
I DON'T. FOR ANY MIDDLE EAST EXPERT, THE RAPID AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS DEMAND A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF HUMILITY ON OUR BEHALF AND IT IS HARD TO MAKE PREDICTIONS. I CAN SAY WITH A CERTAIN
DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE, THERE ARE CERTAIN REGIMES THAT ARE MORE VULNERABLE THAN OTHERS. THEY
ARE MORE VULNERABLE THAN THE MONARCHS.
THEY DID CAN BE SPLIT UP AND I THINK FOR EXAMPLE MARROWCO MINUS IRAN AND IRAQ, THEY HAVE A
STRONG POLITICAL HOLD ON POWER AND IN THE CASE OF THE GULF, THEY HAVE TAKEN BETTER CARE
OF THEIR CITIZENS. FOR EXAMPLE HE CLAIMED DIRECT DESKIN DENS -- DESCEND DANES -- DESCENDANTS.
FOR EXAMPLE THE KING TALKED ABOUT A POWERFUL PRIME MINISTER CITIZENS OF OTHER COUNTRIES
FOR EXAMPLE THE KING HAS THE POWER TO CHOOSE THE PRIME MINISTER.
Reporter: WHAT IS MORE LIKELY TO CHANGE?
WE ARE LOOKING AT FIVE PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLIC APPLICATION. TEN NEARBY WHY, EGYPT AND YEMEN,
ALGERIA. THE PRESIDENT IN ALGERIA IS 75 YEARS OLD AND HE ALSO IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MILITARY'S
POWER SO ALGERIA IS A PLACE TO LOOK AT. YEMEN, THE PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY SAID HE WILL STEP
DOWN BY 2013 BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER PROTESTERS WILL BE OKAY WITH THAT. AND THEN IN THE CASE
OF SYRIA. THE FAMILY THERE IN MANY WAYS RECENT BALLS A MONARCH -- RECENT BALLS --RECENT BALL
-- REACCIDENT BALLS A MONARCH CAN I.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE ROLE MIGHT BE?
I THINK THE HOPE IS, IN A POST EGYPT, THE BROTHERHOOD WILL BE ONE PARTY OF MANY AND
THEY WILL HAVE A VOICE BUT THEY WILL NOT BE THE ONLY VOICE. THEY HAVE MANAGED UNDER HIS
REGIME TO BE THE BEST BUT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SHOWED A CERTAIN VULNERABILITY. WHERE OTHERS
COME TO LIVE AND SOCIETY EMERGES, IT IS ONE PLACE OF MANY AND THEY WILL BE A VOICE BUT
THEY WILL NOT BE THE VOICE.
Reporter: IT IS VERY GOOD TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE, THANK YOU.
WHEN ASSAULT WEAPONS ARE SEIZED FROM MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS THEY ARE TRACED IN OTHER BORDER
STATES. THEY ARE ASKING FOR A NEW LAW THAT WILL REQUIRE GUN SELLERS TO REPORT WHEN A
CUSTOMER BUYS TWO OR MORE SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPONS BUT IT HAS BEEN PLACED ON HOLD. AMY, HOW MUCH
DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY GUNS ARE ACTUALLY SMUGGLED INTO MEXICO FROM THESE STATES?
THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW HOW MANY BECAUSE THEY ARE HIDDEN BUT THE AMOUNT OF TF DIRECTER
, A T-F-DIRECTER SAID 55,000 WERE TIED BACK TO U.S. GUN SHOPS AND THAT'S 70% AND THE FOUR
BORDER STATES ARE THE TOP PROVIDERS OF THOSE GUNS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, MEXICAN
CRIMINALS LOOK TO THE U.S. FOR GUNS BECAUSE GUN LAWS ARE EXTREMELY STRICT CITIZENS ARE
NOT ALLOWED TOPI OR POSSESS THESE TYPES THAT ARE BOUGHT IN THE U.S.
Reporter: SO HOW DO WE KEEP TRACK?
THAT IS A PROBLEM, THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY TO TRACK IT. THEY SAY OF ALL THE SEMIAUTOMATICS
THEY ARE ENDING UP AT CRIME SCENES AND BROUGHT BACK TO THE U.S. SO YOU CAN GO TO ARIZONA
AND BUY AS MANY SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPONS AS YOU PLEASE AND THERE IS NO REPORTING REQUIREMENT
FOR THAT GUN SHOP TO NOTIFY THEM THAT SOMEONE HAS DONE THAT. AND THAT'S DIFFERENT WITH HANDGUNS.
GUN SHOPS HAVE TO REPORT BACK IF THEY SELL TWO OR MORE TO THE SAME PERSON.
Reporter: SO WHAT IS THE CHANGE?
THEY WANT TO REPORT IF SOMEONE BUYS TWO OR MORE IN THE SPACE OF ONE PERSON TO LET THEM
KNOW SO THEY CAN HAVE A LEAD INSTEAD OF WORKING BACKWARDS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT ENDED
UP AT A CRIME SCENE IN MEXICO. >>REPORTER: HOW HAVE THEY REACTED?
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THEM BUT CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA, SOME SAY THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
OF GUN SHOP OWNERS. WE ALREADY DO IT FOR HANDGUNS SO IT IS INTO THE PROBLEM FOR SEMIAUTOMATIC
WEAPONS. SOME SAY IT IS A BURDEN, WE DON'T WANT TO FILE ALL THE PAPERWORK BUT SOME SAY
IF WE DON'T FIGHT PAPERWORK DIRECTLY SAY IT WILL BE A PROBLEM. SOME SAY THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO STOP THESE MEASURES AND IT IS A PRETEXT FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO
CRACK DOWN AND REGISTER GUNS.
Reporter: IN THE FEW SECONDS WE HAVE LEFT, WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE'S POSITION?
THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT REQUIRED AS A MEASURE AND THEY SAY IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY
BUT THEY WANT 90 DAYS OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND COMMENT AND IT IS EXPECTED IN APRIL THEY
WILL COME OUT WITH A DECISION.
Reporter: WHY IS IT CARTELS DON'T BUY GUNS IN MEXICO?
BECAUSE GUN LAWS ARE EXTREMELY STRICT IN MEXICO AND ONE IS RUN BY THE MILITARY AND YOU ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THE KIND OF WEAPONS THE CARTELS WANT.
AMY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. .
Reporter: A RESTAURANT IN DELMAR IS THE FIRST TO OFFER FANCY DEANING. THEY ARE SEVERAL LOCAL
BUSINESSES REACHING OUT TO AUTISM FAMILIES.
READY?
JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY.
Reporter: SING SOMETHING A SONG IN A SMALL MOUND IN HER BACKYARD, SHE SOUNDS LIKE A TYPICAL
FOUR-YEAR-OLD UNTIL YOU LISTEN CLOSELY.
SOPHIA HAS AUTISM. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED JUST BEFORE SHE TURNED TWO.
SOME OF MOMS I KNEW SAID SOPHIA WAS NOT ANSWERING TO HER OWN NAME AND WAS NOT VERBALIZING THAT
MUCH. >>REPORTER: HER PARENTS TOOK HER TO THE PEDIATRICIAN.
THE DOCTOR SAID HOW MANY WORDS IS SHE USING? BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AND SHE LOOKED VERY WORRIED
AND CONCERNED AND SHE WENT FROM THE HAPPY SMILING DOCTOR AND SAID WE NEED TO SCREEN
HER FOR AUTISM. SHE SHOULD BE USING 75 TO 100 WORDS RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: IT IS A BRAIN DISORDER THAT DISRUPTS A CHILD'S BEHAVIOR AND ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE.
1 IN 10 HAVE SOME FORM OF AUTISM. LITTLE OR NO VERBAL AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND
SENSORY SENSITIVITY TO SOUND LIGHT AND TOUCH. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT MAKE IT
DIFFICULT FOR THE FAMILIES LIKE GONZALES -- GONZALEZ'S TO GO OUT AND EAT.
SOMETIMES SOPHIA IS OUT OF CONTROL AND WE CAN'T GO.
Reporter: THAT IS BEGINNING TO CHANGE, THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE OUR GUEST WHO IS A MANAGER
AT THE RESTAURANT.
WE SET IT ASIDE FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY
GREAT IDEA.
Reporter: RECENTLY DENNY'S BECAME THE FIRST AND ONLY RESTAURANT TO DESIGNATE AN AUTISTIC
FRIENDLY RESTAURANT.
I AM INTO THE RESPONSIBILITY AND I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD DO A LITTLE MORE TO TRY TO HELP EACH
OTHER OUT. THIS IS ONE WAY TO DO THAT. >>REPORTER: THE COOKS GOT A LIST OF SPECIAL DIETARY CHANGES
AND THERE WAS NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR THE MEALS OR THE ROOM. DENNY'S PLANS ON OFFERING THESE
NIGHTS FOR FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN ONCE A MONTH.
I THINK IT IS GREAT FOR THE FAMILIES AND THE KIDS.
Reporter: OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE THE YMCA AND AM MC THEATERS ALSO CATER TO PEOPLE
WITH AUTISM.
THERE ARE TWO IN SOUTH BAY WHICH DO A SENSORY FRIENDLY FILM AND THEY TURN DOWN THE SOUND
BECAUSE THEY ARE SENSITIVE TO SOUND AND THEY TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS.
Reporter: PATTY GONZALEZ SAYS IT IS THESE GESTURES OF -- GENTLEMAN'S TO YOURS OF --
GESTURES OF SUPPORT THAT TOUCHES HER MOST.
BECAUSE IT HAS MEANT ALL THE DIFFERENCE TO OUR FAMILY.
Reporter: A DIFFERENCE SEEN IN SOPHIA'SABILITY TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK AND POSE FOR THE CAMERA
AND EVEN SAY GOODBYE TO NEWLY MADE FRIENDS.
BYEBYE.
BYEBYE.
LORI ZAP WAS ELECTED TO REPLACE DONNA FRY WHO WAS TERMED OUT OF OFFICE IN DISTRICT 6.
I SPOKE TO HER EARLIER ABOUT HER GOALS.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. HOW WILL YOUR PRESENCE ON THE BOARD CHANGE THE WAY
THEY DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE?
I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO US AND RIGHT NOW
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IS SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING
TO FIGHT HARD TO REFORM OUR PENSION SYSTEM, SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES LIKE I DO IN BRINGING
COMPETITIVE BIDDING TO SUPPORT SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN FREE UP MORE MONEY FOR CORE SERVICES
WHICH IS PARAMOUNT. ONE THING WE SHOULD BE DOING WELL AND HAVE A LOT OF MONEY FOR, MY
MOTTO IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU CREATE ONE MORE JOB SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
RESONATED AS I WAS CAMPAIGNING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK IF WE CAN DO THOSE SHE
THINGS IT WILL --THOSE THREE THINGS IT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO DEALING WITH OUR PROBLEMS.
AGAIN IT
IS ABOUT PHILOSOPHY AND GOVERNMENT AND INTERVENTION AND I HAVE BEEN A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. BELIEVE
ME, I UNDERSTAND FIGHTING OUT THERE, THE BUREAUCRACY. I HAVE DEALT WITH TAXES BUREAUCRACY LITIGATION
AND I HAVE LIVED UNDER THAT AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND THAT'S NICHE FOR EVERYONE. THERE
IS A PLACE FOR SMALL BUSINESS, THERE IS A PLACE FOR WAL-MART. I DON'T THINK IT IS MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE HERE AND TO ME IT IS ABOUT CONSUMER CHOICE AND IT IS ABOUT AFFORDABLE GROCERIES
FOR PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY WHO ARE
ON FIXED INCOME. I SHOP AT FOUR DIFFERENT STORES. I DON'T BELIEVE GOVERNMENT DICTATING
WHERE PEOPLE SHOULD SHOP IS A GOOD POLICY.
ALSO DURING YOUR CAMPAIGN THERE WERE ISSUES THAT CAME UP THAT WERE IN THE VIEWER'S MINDS.
AND YOU YOURSELF WHILE YOU WERE IN BUSINESS FILED LAWSUITS SOME AGAINST YOUR OWN FAMILY
MEMBERS. HOW DO YOU RECONCILE?
IT IS AMAZING HOW PEOPLE GROCERY DISTORT THINGS. IT IS A MEWSING, BUT IT WAS JUST BUSINESS
LAWSUITS. I KNEW THESE LAWSUITS WERE THERE WELL BEFORE I RAN FOR OFFICE AND FOUR OF THEM,
WE WERE BUSINESS OWNERS AND SMALL BUSINESS AND ON OCCASION VENDORS WOULD NOT PAY US AND
IN THE END WE FILED SMALL CLAIMS COURT. IN FOUR INSTANCES WE WON THEM ALL. THERE WAS
A CLAIM FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY AND I KNOW THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO BELIEVE
BUT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES DID NOT WANT TO PAY THE CLAIMS AND WE FILED LAWSUITS AND WE
WON THAT AS WELL. AND ONE WAS A FAMILY MEMBER. IT WAS WELL OVER A DECADE AGO. IT WAS BETWEEN
FAMILY MEMBERS AND IT WAS AN INTERNAL DISPUTE AND WE FILED AS A DEFENSE. WE DID NOT FILE
THE INITIAL LAWSUIT. THESE WERE COMMONPLACE BUSINESS LAWSUITS AND ANY ONE IN BUSINESS
UNDERSTANDS THIS AND ANYBODY WHO CONSIDERS THIS PETTY HAS NEVER BEEN IN BUSINESS SO THAT
WAS ABOUT IT. IT WAS CAMPAIGN RHETORIC. JUST MEANT TO TRY TO DISTORT THE FACTS.
TURNING TO THINGS THAT MATTER TO BUSINESS, TAXES FEES AND YOU ARE AGAINST RAISING TAXES
AND YOU VOTED FOR A WATER INCREASE BUT YOU DID PUSH FOR A STATE AWE DATE --AUDIT FOR
RAISING THE COST OF WATER HAS THE CITY FOLLOWED UP ON THAT?
ABSOLUTELY AND WE HAVE THE LEGISLATION READY TO GO AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORS TO INTRODUCE
THIS INTO THE LEGISLATURE. THIS IS SUCH A COMPLEX ISSUE. THERE IS THE METROPOLITAN THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY. THIS CAME FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION, AND THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED
MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS UNFORTUNATE FOR ME SLATED WHEN I AM IN OFFICE BUT THEY WERE PASSING
THROUGH THESE --THEIR FEE INCREASE TO US TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF 25 MILLION A YEAR NO MATTER
WHAT THESE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO GET THEIR MONEY FROM SAN DIEGO EVEN MORE DEFERRING OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL THANK YOU.
AND HERE IS AN UPDATE WITH WHAT KPBS IS WORKING ON FOR NEXT WEEK.
COMING UP MONDAY, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT MEXICAN RODEO AND ON THESE DAYS WE HEAR ABOUT QUESTIONABLE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STAFFERS WORKING FOR STAFFERS AND THOSE SET TO BENEFIT. ALLISON?
YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY OF THE STORIES YOU SAW TONIGHT BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE. WE WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND HERE IS A LOOK AT THE WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST, THANKS FOR WATCHING
AND GOOD NIGHT.