>>> A MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING, FLOOD, REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWE OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THE DAYS COULD BE NUMBERED FOR TIKTOK IN THE UNITED STATES.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

I'M MAYA TRABULSI.

TODAY, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD FORCE THE PARENT COMPANY OF TIKTOK TO SELL TO AN AMERICAN OWNER OR BE PULLED FROM U.S. APP STORES.

TRUST OVERWHELMINGLY.

SAN DIEGO LAWMAKERS ARE SPLIT ON THE ISSUE.

KARIN CAIFA REPORTS ON WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR TIKTOK USERS OF THE BILL IS SIGNED INTO LAW.

>> Reporter: IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE, IT IS VERY RARE FOR LEGISLATION TO GET THIS KIND OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY IN THE U.S. HOUSE.

MEMBERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE CITING NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS AROUND A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT HAS MORE THAN 170 MILLION USERS IN THE U.S.

MANY OF THOSE USERS NOW WORRIED, THOUGH, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

THE CLOCK MAY SOON BE RUNNING OUT ON TIKTOK.

IN A SHOW OF BIPARTISANSHIP, THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSING A BILL TUESDAY THAT WOULD PROHIBIT TIKTOK FROM U.S. APP STORES UNLESS THE PLATFORM IS DIVESTED FROM ITS CHINA LINKED PARENT COMPANY, BYTEDANCE, WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS.

>> THIS IS NOT A BILL TO BAN TIKTOK.

THEY JUST NEED TO SELL TIKTOK TO AN AMERICAN OWNER.

>> LEGISLATORS WARNING THE APP LEAVES USERS VULNERABLE TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

>> WE KNOW TIKTOK HAS BEEN MANY COLLATING INFORMATION, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AMERICANS PRIVATE DATA.

AND, WE KNOW THAT IF ASKED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO TURN THAT INFORMATION OVER, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO.

>> Reporter: CHINA CALLING THE MOVE IN ACTIVE BULLYING WHILE SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS STORY ABOUT GENERATIONAL IMPACT.

>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE COUPLE WITH YOUNG VOTERS.

I THINK IT IS BAD POLICY.

>> Reporter: MANY OF THE ROUGHLY 170 MILLION AMERICAN USERS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS.

>> IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS BAND, YOU ARE VOTING AGAINST MY FIRST AMENDMENT AND MY WAY OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

YOU ARE VOTING AGAINST MY SMALL BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: PROPONENTS ARGUE THE BILL DOES NOT INFRINGE UPON USER'S SPEECH.

>> IT CANNOT, CANNOT BE USED TO CENSOR SPEECH.

IT TAKES NO POSITION AT ALL ON THE CONTENT OF SPEECH, ONLY FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROL.

>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, TIKTOK SAID IT WILL FOCUS ON THE SENATE, WHERE THE FATE OF THE LEGISLATION IS UNCLEAR.

AMID ALL THE CHATTER TODAY, FOR TIKTOK USERS WATCHING RIGHT NOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THERE WILL BE NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES TO THE APPLICATION.

THE BILL NEEDS TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE U.S. SENATE AND THE PRESIDENT'S DESK BEFORE CHANGES WOULD TAKE EFFECT.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. STATES HAVE RESTRICTED THE USE OF TIKTOK ON GOVERNMENT DEVICES BUT THE MOVE TOWARD PROTECTING PERSONAL DEVICES WILL LIKELY FACE COURT CHALLENGES ON FIRST AMENDMENT GROUNDS.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WAS SPLIT ON THE BOAT AND NOT NECESSARILY ALONG PARTY LINES.

REPUBLICAN REP THE NATIVE DARRELL ISA VOTED YES.

AMONG THE DEMOCRATIC REP SEDATIVES MIKE LEVIN AND SCOTT PETERS, TWO OTHER LOCAL DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVES SARAH JACOBS AND MICHAEL VARGAS VOTED NO.

>>> TONIGHT, LOOKING A LITTLE FARTHER AHEAD, WE ARE DROPPING TO A LOW OF 52.

WE WILL GO DEAL WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.

AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY, THE WIND WILL START TO RAMP UP AGAIN.

WE WILL SHOW YOU THE AREAS MOST AT RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND AND WHEN WE COULD SEE THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN, STICK WITH US.

>>> FIVE FOR FAMILIES WHOSE HOMES WERE DAMAGED DURING JANUARY'S FLIGHT ARE TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NATIONAL CITY.

THEY ALL LIVED NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON EAST EIGHTH STREET AND THE THEY LOST EVERYTHING IN THE FLOOD.

THE BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE THE CITY NEGLECTED TO OPEN A GREAT HOMES, CAUSING DEBRIS TO CLOCK THE STORM DRAIN.

ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS SAYS SHE WANTS THE CITY TO PAY NOT ONLY TO REBUILD HER HOME BUT ALSO FOR HOSPITAL BILLS.

>> I LOVE NATIONAL CITY AND I LOVE OUR HOME.

MY SON SUFFERED A BACTERIAL INFECTION.

SITTING IN THE WATER FOR 2.5 HOURS HOLDING ONTO HIS DAD.

I'M GOING TO HOPE THAT THE CITY REALIZES THIS IS SOMETHING THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF.

>> THE CLAIMS WERE FILED ON NOVEMBER 29th AGAINST NATIONAL CITY.

THE FAMILIES ARE NOW IN A 45 DAY WINDOW GIVING THE CITY TIME TO RESPOND.

IF THE CITY DENIES THEIR CLAIM, THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE FAMILIES WILL HAVE SIX MONTHS TO FILE A LAWSUIT.

>>> THE COUNTY IS DEVELOPING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX IN TROYA VIEW.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE HANSEN LOOKED AT MY NEIGHBORS ARE PUSHING BACK.

>> Reporter: 137 APARTMENTS FOR LOW AND EXTREMELY LOW INCOME SENIORS WITH ON SITE CHILDCARE AND A COMMUNITY GARDEN.

THAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE MARKET STREET LOT THAT USED TO HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND NOW SETS EMPTY.

THE COUNTY HOUSING DIRECTOR, DAVID ESTRADA, SAYS THE PROJECT MEETS A DIRE NEED.

>> FOR SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET THEIR DAILY NEEDS AND REALLY DON'T HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAINTAINING THEIR HOUSING, A PROPERTY SUCH AS THIS WILL PROVIDE THEM THE KIND OF STABILITY THEY NEED.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY HAS A HOUSING CRISIS.

A SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT IS SHORT ABOUT 120,000 HOMES.

THEY PLAN TO BUILD AT LEAST 10,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS ON GOVERNMENT LAND BY 2030.

STATE LAW REQUIRES THEM TO USE NO LONGER NEEDED SURPLUS LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

THERE IS 11 SUCH SITES SO FAR, MOST IN THE SAN DIEGO METRO AREA, INCLUDING THIS LOT IN CHOLLAS VIEW.

AREA NEIGHBORS SAY IT IS A GREAT PLAN, FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> WE ARE GOING TO OPPOSE THIS .

YOU SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ROBUST COMMUNITY OPPOSITION.

>> Reporter: HERE, THEY SAY IT IS WORSENING ISSUES THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TRY TO ADDRESS.

>> THE SAME PROBLEMS WE HAD IN 1963 IS THE SAME CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HAVING NOW.

SEGREGATION, THE CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY.

>> Reporter: MARY YOUNG SITS ON THE PLANNING GROUP FOR THE AREA, WHICH OF THE STATE DEFENSE AS A LOW RESOURCE.

IT HAS HIGHER POVERTY AND LOWER EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND HOME VALUES.

RESIDENTS ARGUE LOCATING THIS DEVELOPMENT HERE WOULD RAISE THAT POVERTY LEVEL.

YOUNG SAYS THE COUNTY'S LAND- USE CHOICES ARE MAKING DISPARITIES WORSE.

>> THEY MAKE THESE DECISIONS TO CONTINUE LAYERING POVERTY ON TOP OF POVERTY ON TOP OF POVERTY AND THINKING THAT THE OUTCOME MAY BE SOMEHOW DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: RESEARCH INDICATES THIS ISSUE IS RACIALLY SKEWED.

POOR WHITE FAMILIES TEND TO LIVE IN COMMUNITIES WITH LOWER POVERTY LEVELS OVERALL.

POOR BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES, MORE OFTEN, LIVE IN COMMUNITIES WITH HIGHER POVERTY OVERALL.

AND, FACE HARDSHIPS THAT RESULT FROM PERSONAL POVERTY COLLIDING WITH COMMUNITY POVERTY.

LESS RESOURCED SCHOOLS, LESS SAFETY, MORE POLICE VIOLENCE, LOWER QUALITY HOUSING.

CHOLLAS VIEW IS MOSTLY BLACK AND LATINO.

YOUNG SAYS SMALL DECISIONS LIKE WHERE TO LOCATE ONE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX CHIP AWAY AT THE RESIDENCE LONG-TERM GROWTH.

>> WHATEVER WEALTH EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THAT WE SHOULD BE BUILDING, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE IT IS CHISELED AWAY.

>> Reporter: YEARS BEFORE NEWS OF THIS COMPLEX, THE PLANNING GROUP PUBLISHED PRIORITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT SAID THE GROUND LEVEL OF MIXED-USE LOTS SHOULD BE FOR THINGS LIKE RETAIL, OFFICES, GROCERY AND DRUG STORES.

THERE SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JUST RENTALS.

FOR MIDDLE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE COMMUNITY'S OVERALL POVERTY.

THEY ASKED WHY THE DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T FOLLOW THESE GOALS AND SAY THAT COUNTIES DIDN'T CONSULT WITH THEM BEFORE HIRING A DEVELOPER.

THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX WAS NEWS TO HER NEIGHBORS SAYS JACINA HINAHOSA.

>> SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO ATTEND, THEY ARE WORKING OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT LANGUAGE.

>> Reporter: SHE AND HER SON, ALONZO, WANT TO SEE THE LOT USED FOR A PARK, SOMETHING TO HELP EASE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, LIKE THE RECENT FLOODING, SHE SAYS, WHICH HIT LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR THE HARDEST.

THERE ARE A FEW GREEN SPACES IN CHOLLAS VIEW THAT SCHOOLS OR CEMETERIES.

PLANNING GROUP MEMBERS ARGUE THE LAND DIDN'T HAVE TO BE DECLARED SURPLUS .

IT COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR SOMETHING LIKE A PARK.

THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE LOCATED SOMEWHERE WITH MORE RESOURCES TO GIVE THEM SENIORS A SHOT AT BETTER OUTCOMES WITHOUT WORSENING ALREADY EXISTING POVERTY.

HOUSING DIRECTOR DAVID ESTRELLA SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS THEIR CONCERNS BUT HE ALSO HEARS FROM PEOPLE WHO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

>> FOLKS THAT ARE FORMERLY HOMELESS, FOLKS THAT ARE JUST STARTING OFF THEIR FAMILIES, FOLKS THAT HAVE JOBS THAT ARE WORKING AND JUST CAN'T FIND A PLACE NEARBY WHERE THEIR WORK IS.

WE BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE REGION AND THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE DEVELOPERS PLAN TO BREAK GROUND AS EARLY AS DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY THEY MAY ALSO BE THERE WITH PICKET SIGNS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> IN THE PREVIOUS STORY WE REPORTED ABOUT LEGAL ACTION BEING TAKEN BY FLOOD VICTIMS IN NATIONAL CITY.

I MENTIONED THAT THEIR CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY WAS FILED ON NOVEMBER 29th.

THAT CLAIM WAS ACTUALLY FILED ON FEBRUARY 29th.

>>> NOW TO OUR NEXT STORY.

LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASE IN MAJOR INJURIES SUFFERED BY THOSE TRYING TO CROSS INTO THE UNITED STATES.

UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH SAYS IT HAS TREATED 500 PEOPLE WITH BRAIN INJURIES IN RECENT YEARS.

THE TIME COINCIDES WITH THE WORK DONE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE BORDER WALL IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA.

ONE NEUROSURGEON SAYS EACH CASE CAN COST AROUND $250,000 TO TREAT.

>> IT IS PARTICULARLY STRIKING WHEN YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF A SEVERELY INJURED PATIENT THAT IS SHACKLED TO THE GURNEY THAT THEY ARE COMING INTO THE OPERATING ROOM ON.

IT IS A VISUAL THAT IS JUST REALLY, IT AFFECT YOU.

>> RECENT NUMBERS FROM THE BOARD BORDER PATROL SHOWS 750,000 PEOPLE WERE ENCOUNTERED TRYING TO CROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER FROM LAST OCTOBER THROUGH JANUARY.

120,000 OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS WERE IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS CAMPAIGNING IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF WISCONSIN TODAY.

WHILE HE'S WORKING TO QUELL CONCERNS OVER HIS AGE, FORMER SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT HER TESTIFIED IN CONGRESS ABOUT HIS INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

JULIA BENBROOK HAS MORE ON THE IMPACT IT COULD HAVE ON THE RACE.

>> Reporter: DURING TUESDAY'S HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING, SEVERAL DEMOCRATS WENT AFTER FORMER SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT HUR FOR HIS COMMENTS ABOUT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S MEMORY LAPSES.

ROBERT HUR REFERRED TO BIDEN AS A, "WELL-MEANING ELDERLY MAN," IN THE REPORT RELEASED LAST MONTH ABOUT HIS CLASSIFIED AND PROBE.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN PUBLICLY COMMITTED A VERBAL SLIP OR TWO DURING THE INTERVIEW.

I'M NOT SURE ANY OF THAT MATTERS.

>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS PRESSED ROBERT HUR ON WHY HE DIDN'T CHARGE BIDEN, DESPITE THE EVIDENCE OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN BIDEN'S POSSESSION.

>> IT BOILS DOWN TO A FEW KEY FACTS .

JOE BIDEN KEPT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, JOE BIDEN FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: DURING HIS TESTIMONY, ROBERT HUR STRONGLY REJECTED THE ASSERTION HE HAD EXONERATED THE PRESIDENT, SAYING HE DIDN'T USE THE TERM IN HIS REPORT.

BUT, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS ROBERT HUR'S DECISION NOT TO CHARGE BIDEN IS EVIDENCE THE PRESIDENT IS INNOCENT.

>> IS EFFECT IN 16 MONTHS OF INVESTIGATING.

THERE IS THE CASE HERE.

>> Reporter: LAWMAKERS FOCUSED ON THE CRIMINAL CHARGES FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BASIS FOR HIS HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

EVEN THOUGH ROBERT HUR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT INVESTIGATION, HIS REPORT NOTED THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE TRUMP AND BIDEN CASES.

AMONG THEM, BIDEN'S ATTORNEYS NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE MATERIALS FOUND IN HIS POSSESSION.

IN TRUMP'S CASE, THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES REPEATEDLY TRIED AND FAILED TO GET BACK THE DOCUMENTS.

AT ONE POINT, THE FBI SECURED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR HIS FLORIDA ESTATE.

REPORTING IN WASHINGTON, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>>> THE SLEW OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS FOR BOEING IS HAVING A RIPPLE EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SAID IT PLANS TO HIRE LESS PEOPLE THIS YEAR BECAUSE BOEING, ITS AIRCRAFT SUPPLIER, IS EXPECTED TO DELIVER FAR FEWER PLANS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS.

UNITED AIRLINES IS ALSO CUTTING BACK ON PILOT HIRING BECAUSE BOEING'S EXPECTED MANUFACTURING AND CERTIFICATION DELAYS.

ANALYSTS SAY THESE PROBLEMS COULD END UP COSTING BOEING BILLIONS.

>> IT IS INDEED, IT IS AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER FOR BOEING THAT THEY HAVE FALLEN TO THIS LEVEL.

IT IS REALLY QUITE DISTRESSING.

>> THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 5th ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT WHERE PART OF A 737 MAX DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF THE SIDE OF A PLANE.

THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT HAS GIVEN BOEING AND TELL ME TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO FIX ISSUES LISTED IN A FEDERAL AUDIT.

>>> DEMOCRATIC MAYORS IN CALIFORNIA ARE SUPPORTING A NEW BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD TOUGHEN PUNISHMENTS FOR SELLING DRUGS AND RETAIL THEFT.

THE LEGISLATION WOULD ROLLBACK PARTS OF PROPOSITION 47, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CALIFORNIA VOTERS 10 YEARS AGO TO ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING IN JAILS BY REDUCING PUNISHMENTS FOR CRIMES LIKE DRUG POSSESSION.

VERONICA MIRACLE HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: ON THIS SAN JOSE STREET, IT IS NO SECRET AMONG NEIGHBORS THAT LENA HARTENSTEIN DAUGHTER WAS KILLED BY FENTANYL POISONING.

>> COMPLICATIONS OF COMBINED FENTANYL, SERTRALINE.

>> Reporter: CLEARLY GOT A EXIT FROM A DEALER ON SNAPCHAT BUT THE PILL WAS LACED WITH FENTANYL.

>> HAD TO MAKE THE TOUGHEST DECISION OF MY LIFE AND THAT WAS TO TAKE HER OFF LIFE SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: LACKS CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL POLICIES, SHE BELIEVES, ARE PART OF THE REASON WHY CHLOE DIED.

>> THEY ARE COMING TO THE COURT THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM, GETTING A SLAP ON THE WRIST, GETTING SENT HOME.

FOR A NEW PROPOSAL CALLED THE HOMELESSNESS DRUG ADDICTION AND THEFT REDUCTION ACT IS GETTING HOPE FOR HARDING.

WOULD OVERTURN PARTS OF THE CON CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSITION 47, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CALIFORNIA VOTERS 10 YEARS AGO TO REDUCE OVERCROWDING IN JAILS BY REDUCING PUNISHMENTS FOR SOME CRIMES.

IT TURNED MOST DRUG POSSESSION OFFENSES FROM FELONIES TO MISDEMEANORS.

>> THIS IS FENTANYL.

>> Reporter: THIS NEW PROPOSAL WOULD CREATE HARSHER PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO DEAL FENTANYL AND OTHER HARD DRUGS.

ANOTHER BIG COMPONENT OF THE PROPOSED LAW TARGETING CHRONIC AND REPEATED RETAIL THEFT.

CURRENTLY UNDER PROPOSITION 47, IF SOMEONE STEALS LESS THAN $950 IN MERCHANDISE, IN MOST CASES, THEY WILL BE CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR.

IT IS WHY SOME ARGUE RETAIL THEFT HAS SKYROCKETED IN RECENT YEARS.

THINGS GOT SO BAD THIS SAN FRANCISCO WALGREENS WAS ORDERED TO PADLOCKING ICE CREAM.

>> THIS ENTIRE ROW IS BASICALLY LOCKED UP.

AT ONE POINT WALGREEN SAID THIS STORE HAD THE HIGHEST THEFT RATE OF ANY OF THEIR STORES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: UNDER THE NEW PROPOSAL, REPEAT OFFENDERS COULD BE CHARGED WITH A FELONY.

WHILE THIS PROPOSAL HAS GARNERED PREDICTABLE SUPPORT FROM BIG RETAILERS AND REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE STATE WITH DOZENS OF LAWMAKERS AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS SIGNING ON IN SUPPORT, IT HAS ANOTHER UNLIKELY CHAMPION.

>> YOU ARE BREAKING FROM THE PARTY ON THIS ISSUE.

>> SEE THIS AS A PARTISAN ISSUE.

THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE.

>> Reporter: SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR LONDON BREED IS ONE OF JUST THREE DEMOCRATIC MAYORS SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL.

IT COMES AS SHE FACES A TOUGH REELECTION CAMPAIGN AND A CITY FULL OF VOTERS FRUSTRATED WITH CRIME AND BLIGHT.

>> THEY WANT US TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE VIOLENT TERMINALS ACCOUNTABLE.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR COMMUNITIES AREN'T DESTROYED.

>> DO YOU THINK MAYBE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO SEE THIS AND THINK BE LIBERAL POLICIES DON'T REALLY WORK ?

>> I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY LIBERAL POLICIES DON'T WORK.

WE ARE NOT ABANDONING SAN FRANCISCO VALUES OF SECOND CHANCES AND COMPASSION AND SUPPORT AND HELP.

THOSE THINGS WILL CONTINUE IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT ABILITY.

>> Reporter: FOR BREED AND MANY OTHERS, THIS IS A NUANCED ISSUE.

10 TRAN SPENT 10 YEARS BEHIND BARS, MOST OF THE TIME IN STATE PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.

>> SOMETIMES I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IS EVEN ME.

>> Reporter: TRAN BELIEVES FIXING THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IS THE ONLY WAY TO FREEDOM.

>> MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OF POVERTY, OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO ADDRESS.

IT IS EASIER TO BE LIKE THEY HAVE A CRIMINAL PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: THE PROBLEM I HAVE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AND COULD BE IN THE HANDS OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS AGAIN THIS FALL.

A CALIFORNIA LAWMAKER WANTS TO BAN SCHOOLS FROM SERVING FOODS WITH SYNTHETIC FOOD GUYS THAT BEEN LINKED TO CANCER, HYPERACTIVITY, AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES IN CHILDREN.

SOME REMEMBER JESSE GABRIEL FORMALLY UNVEILED SIBLEY BILL 2316 YESTERDAY AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST IN THE NATION.

IT WOULD PROHIBIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM SERVING SIX ARTIFICIAL DYES THAT CAN BE FOUND IN FOODS LIKE CANDY, ICE CREAM, CEREAL, BAKED GOODS, FLAVORED MILK AND MORE.

>>> THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION IS WARNING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAVING ON PUBLIC LANDS.

KPBS ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SAYS THE GROUP WANTS TO INVEST IN PARKS FOR THE FUTURE.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE FORMER VERY DENSE GROWTH OF TORREY PINES, PROBABLY THE DENSEST IN THE RESERVE.

>> Reporter: TORREY PINES DID RESERVE IS ALREADY FEELING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

HE SAYS THOSE NOW DEAD TORREY PINES TREES WERE RAVAGED BY A BARK BEETLE INFESTATION AFTER THE CONIFERS WERE WEAKENED BY YEARS OF DROUGHT AND HOT TEMPERATURES.

TORREY PINES IS JUST ONE OF NEARLY 300 STATE PARKS THAT NEED HELP BECOMING MORE RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> MY IDENTITY IS TIED INTO BEING ABLE TO SEE AND VISIT PLACES LIKE THIS CLOSE TO MY HOME, CLOSE TO THE COAST.

>> Reporter: A NEW REPORT FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION SAYS WILDFIRES, DROUGHT, AND STORMS ARE JUST SOME OF THE CLIMATE FIELD EVENTS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE STATES NATURAL AREAS.

>> THEY MORE BROADLY I THINK REPRESENT WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT CALIFORNIA FROM REDWOODS TO BEACHES TO DESERTS TO MOUNTAINS.

AND, AS SUCH, THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PLACES.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT CALLS FOR A STEADY STREAM OF STATE FUNDING TO BUILD CLIMATE RESILIENT STATE PARKS.

IT WANTS 75% OF THE STATE SPEECHES WILL DISAPPEAR BY THE END OF THE CENTURY.

THE STUDY CALLS FOR $50 MILLION A YEAR TO IMPLEMENT A SEA LEVEL RISE STRATEGY.

ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND MAKING PARKS CLIMATE RESILIENT CENTERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

>> EVEN IF IT IS TO THE TUNE OF 10, 15, YOU KNOW, $20 MILLION A YEAR, WHICH, TO YOU AND I IS A LOT OF MONEY, TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT HAS A $93 BILLION BUDGET, IT IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY.

>> Reporter: NORTON HOPES FUNDING FOR PARKS WILL BE INCLUDED IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL WHICH ARE PREPARED FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> LET'S START OFF WITH OUR WEATHER HEADLINES.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND EVEN INTO NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME SANTA ANNA WINDS PUSHING INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY.

SOME OF THOSE WINDS COULD BE DAMAGING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MORE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

WE ARE ALSO TRACKING A LATE WEEK CHANCE FOR SHOWERS MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA.

AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS ON TAP.

FOR TONIGHT, WE ARE DROPPING TO 46.

IN OCEANSIDE, A LITTLE WARMER.

SAN DIEGO, A LOW OF 52.

RAMONA, 43.

BORREGO SPRINGS DROPPING DOWN TO A LOW OF 47.

MOUNT LAGUNA AT 29.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, THOUGH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME CLOUDS.

OVERALL, YOU WILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE.

HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60s, LOW 70s FROM SAN DIEGO ALL THE WAY UP TO OCEANSIDE.

BORREGO SPRINGS WILL BE FLIRTING WITH 70 AND MOUNT LAGUNA TALKING ABOUT A FEW SHOWERS SHE WENT THROUGH AS WELL.

LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ON TAP.

THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE SOME CONCERN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THAT WIND DIRECTION CHANGES TO THE NORTH, NORTHWESTERLY FLOW.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE AND ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT AND ALSO DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR.

WE HAVE LOCAL CONDITIONS AS HIGH AS 100 MILES PER HOUR.

BE ON HIGH ALERT.

THERE I HEAR HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH PARTS OF RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES.

AGAIN, HEADS UP, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS.

NOW ALONG THE COAST, WE ARE GOING TO BE COOLING JUST SLIGHTLY FRIDAY BUT NOT BY MUCH.

73 FOR YOUR HIGH ON THURSDAY.

IT WILL BE QUITE WINDY.

FRIDAY, 68.

BY SATURDAY, BACK UP TO THE 70s AGAIN.

BY SUNDAY, WELL, WE WILL SEE CLOUDS AND SUN AND IT WILL BE PLEASANT AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WARMER AIR PUSHING BACK IN.

MEANWHILE, AREAS FURTHER INLAND, PARTLY SUNNY.

IT WILL BE BREEZY FOR THURSDAY.

WE WILL HAVE A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS THEREON AFTER.

I'M NOT GOING TO RULE OUT A STRAY SHOWER BUT THOSE CHANCES DO RISE AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS.

AGAIN, THURSDAY, VERY WINDY.

I'M NOT GOING TO RULE OUT A SHOWER.

THAT WILL BE THE STORY AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY AS WELL.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 30s.

THE SHOWER CHANCE WILL STICK WITH US THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND.

AND THEN IT WILL RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY.

LET'S LOOK AT THE DESERT.

69 FOR THE HIGH ON THURSDAY.

DROPPING TO 66 BY FRIDAY.

WE ARE BACK UP TO THE 70s BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M LITERALLY JUST THE GUY.

>>> THE FUTURE IS MORE CLEAR FOR SOME SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GIVEN A NEW PAIR OF GLASSES.

AS REPORTED MG PEREZ TULSA'S, A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROVIDED MANY OF THEM WITH FREE EXAMS AND I CARE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> ONE IS BETTER.

>> WHAT ABOUT NUMBER THREE ?

>> Reporter: 15-YEAR-OLD MARIAH JORDAN IS SEEING EYE TO EYE WITH AN OPTOMETRIST LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

>> I THOUGHT I ONLY HAD ONE BAD ALLEY BUT I GUESS I HAVE TWO.

>> Reporter: MARIAH IS A JUNIOR JOINING OTHER CLASSMATES AND THEIR FIRST EVER EYE EXAMS HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF THE 37 ECB COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN CITY HEIGHTS.

SHE HAS REALLY NEEDED THIS.

>> DRIVING AT NIGHTTIME IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO SEE.

I ALWAYS SQUINT.

WHEN I SEE SOMEBODY FAR AWAY, I HAVE TO SQUINT.

I CAN'T REALLY SEE FROM THAT FAR.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> Reporter: ADOLFO ROSALES IS A SOPHOMORE WITH SIGHT PROBLEMS OF HIS OWN.

>> I DON'T REALLY LIKE SITTING IN THE BACK.

TO SEE THE BOARD, I NEED TO BE AT THE FRONT MOST OF THE TIME BECAUSE I CAN'T PLEASE THE.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION HAS PARTNERED WITH VSP VISION EYES OF HOPE FOR THE FIRST NONPROFIT EYE CARE COMPANY PROVIDING SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

THE STUDENTS ARE BEING HELPED BECAUSE THEIR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE VISION INSURANCE.

IN MANY CASES, THEY WILL HAVE A NEW PAIR OF GLASSES BY THE END OF THE DAY.

>> AFTER THEY GET THEIR CLASSES, A LOT OF THE TEACHERS REPORT THE KIDS ARE MORE ENGAGED IN THE CLASSROOM, THEIR GRADES ARE IMPROVING, THEY ARE ABLE TO PAY ATTENTION MORE, JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE BETTER.

>> Reporter: VSP BRINGS EYE CARE TO STUDENTS BY TAKING THEIR LAND AND EQUIPMENT ON THE ROAD WITH MOBILE CLINICS, STAFFED WITH WORKERS WHO CAN CREATE EYEGLASSES IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

THERE IS A FLEET OF THREE OF THESE MOBILE I CLINICS AND THEY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY , ALWAYS OFFERING FREE EYE CARE AND GLASSES TO PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM MOST.

>> I LIKE THESE .

>> Reporter: MARIAH JORDAN IS A SATISFIED CUSTOMER.

>> I WAS FEELING VERY STYLISH AND CUTE.

CUTE LITTLE GIRL AND SOME GLASSES.

>> Reporter: OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AT LEAST 70 STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY.

>> JUST GOING THROUGH LIFE, THAT IS HOW LIFE IS.

WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO PUT THE GLASSES ON AT THE END OF THE DAY AND THEY ARE LIKE, THEIR EYES OPEN UP.

THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.

TREES HAVE LEAVES.

>> Reporter: AND STUDENTS HAVE PLENTY OF SMILES.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

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