>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT THE BEST ORIGINAL RECORDING FROM KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

I'M JOHN CARROLL.

WE ARE GOING TO START WITH SOMETHING ON THE MINDS OF SO MANY OF THIS WEEKEND , PAYING THE RENT.

AN ADDED LAYER OF ANXIETY IS OUT THERE AS THE FREEZE ON NO- FAULT EVICTIONS COMES TO AN END.

A GROUP OF MEMBERS IN LINDA VISTA SIT THEY WILL NEED MORE HELP TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE.

>> TENANT POWER.

>> SHE IS ONE OF THE TENANTS FROM THESE APARTMENTS.

>> I PAY MY TIME RENT ON TIME EVERY MONTH.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR TWO YEARS.

I LOVED LIVING HERE.

I WANT TO STAY HERE.

>> ARE COMPLEX HAS A NEW LANDLORD.

LINDA VISTA LLC BOUGHT COSTA VISTA IN JULY.

WARD AND OTHER TENANTS WERE TOLD TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.

SHE WAS HOMELESS BEFORE, AND IS SCARED OF BEING HOMELESS AGAIN.

>> I HAVE AN APARTMENT FULL OF MY MEMORIES AND THINGS.

I'VE BEEN SLOWLY GOING THROUGH THEM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MEMORIES TO THROW AWAY.

IN CASE I CAN'T FIND A PLACE, WHAT CAN I FIT IN MY CAR?

>> ANGEL GONZALEZ HAS BEEN AT COSTA VISTA FOR MANY YEARS.

HE SAYS IT IS SIMILAR TO OTHER OFFERINGS.

>> WITHOUT TELLING ANYBODY, THEY CAME OVER AND STARTED DOING THE DEMOLITION ON THE OUTSIDE AND ON THE INSIDE OF THE APARTMENTS.

IT'S EVIL.

THIS IS TOTALLY EVIL, DOING SOME LIKE THIS.

>> KPBS REACHED OUT TO LINDA VISTA LLC.

WE GOT A STATEMENT BACK SAYING THAT THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED LESS THAN A MONTH AGO AND WE PLAN TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

NO TENANT IS BEING EVICTED TO MAKE RENOVATIONS.

THERE WILL NOT BE AN EFFORT TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE.

TO MINIMIZE AND COMMANDS TO THOSE TENANTS WHO WISH TO MOVE, WE HAVE OFFERED RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY MISCOMMUNICATION SUGGESTING OTHERWISE.

THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT THE ATTORNEY FINALIZE NO-FAULT EVICTIONS FOR TENANTS.

THEY ARE ASKING MARY OR GLORIA TO PASS PROTECTIONS IMMEDIATELY, TO PREVENT TENANTS FROM FALLING TO HOMELESSNESS.

JACOB AERE, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THEY WILL HOLD THEIR FIRST JOINT MEETING AND TICKETS.

THE TOPIC WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE HAVE MORE ON HOW THIS MAY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY.

AND HOMELESSNESS IS THE FOCUS OF THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE PODCAST INCLUDING THE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WATSON AND TODD GLORIA ON THE ROLE OF ENFORCEMENT.

YOU CAN FIND IT ALL ON ALL PODCAST PLATFORMS AND AT KPBS.ORG.

>>> 2022 IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE DEADLIEST YEAR ON RECORD.

TANIA THORNE LOOKED FOR THOSE WHO WERE CALLING FOR ANSWERS LONG BEFORE REACHING THIS POINT.

>> OUTSIDE THE STEPS OF SAN DIEGO'S HALL OF JUSTICE, ADVOCATES CONTINUE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DEATHS THAT HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE THIS YEAR.

>> HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN JAIL?

17, 18, 19.

WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR THIS YEAR.

>> THAT IS DR. RAYMOND FISHMAN.

HE SAYS THAT AS THE NUMBER OF IN CUSTODY DEATH GOES UP, THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR EXCUSES.

THIS YEAR'S DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 17 IN CUSTODY DEATHS THIS YEAR.

THEY DIDN'T COUNT INMATES THAT HAD RELEASED TO THE HOSPITAL.

>> WE ARE READ THAT AS THE IN CUSTODY DEATH RATES GO UP AND IT LOOKS MORE EMBARRASSING FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THAT THEY WILL FIND WAYS TO COVER UP THESE DEATHS AND TRY TO EXPLAIN THEM AWAY.

>> FISHMAN RESIZED THE LAW- ENFORCEMENT REVIEW BOARD FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

>> WE HAD A HISTORY OF NOT BEING TIMELY AND DROPPING THE BALL SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

>> PAUL PARKER IS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

HE IS PUSHING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AS IN CUSTODY DEATHS CONTINUE TO ARISE.

>> WE CAN SAY ALL YOU WANT ABOUT THE DEATHS.

MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD'VE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

>> RIGHT NOW, HE DOESN'T HAVE JURISDICTION OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS OF THE PERSON IN DISTRESS.

>> WE ARE REALLY ONLY GETTING HALF OF THE STORY.

WE REALLY CAN'T LOOK TO SEE IF THE MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AND ACTED IN A TIMELY FASHION AND TOOK THE PROPER STEPS WHEN IDENTIFYING THE MEDICAL INFORMATION.

>> HE IS ADVOCATING FOR ACCESS TO MEDICAL SERVICE RECORDS, AS WELL AS CRACKING DOWN ON DRUGS GETTING INTO JAIL FACILITIES.

TONYA THORNTON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT'S ELECTION SEASON.

THE WILDCARD THIS YEAR IS HOW THE REVERSAL OF ROE V WADE WILL INFORM VOTERS.

A TOWN NORTH OF SAN DIEGO IS DEBATING ABORTION ACCESS.

>> PEOPLE DESCENDED ON TO MAKE IT WAS CITY HALL ON TUESDAY.

SOME TO PROTEST AND OTHERS TO SUPPORT A PROPOSAL TO DECLARE THE CITY A SANCTUARY FOR THE UNBORN.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ON OUR SITE SAY YOU JUST WANT TO KILL BABIES.

>> JUST GOT ALEXANDER HELD UP A MODEL OF A FETUS AS SHE EXPLAINED THE RESOLUTION.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AT SOME POINT MEET OUR MAKER.

WHETHER OR NOT YOUR CHRISTIAN AND BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET OUR MAKER.

SHAME ON YOU.

>> THE COUNCIL VOTED 4-1 AGAINST PUTTING THE SANCTUARY RESOLUTION ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

>> I DIDN'T WANT TO PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA.

IT WAS NOT CLEAR.

>> MARIANNE EDWARDS WAS THE LONGEST-SERVING MEMBER ON THE COUNCIL.

SHE SAID SHE HAS MADE HER PRO- LIFE STANCE CLEAR, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC, IT WAS AGAINST ALEXANDER'S PROPOSAL.

>> YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENCE.

REALLY, WE HAD 84% OF THE EMAILS WE RECEIVED OPPOSED TO HAVING IT ON THE AGENDA.

I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.

>> THE MAYOR SAID THE PROPOSAL FAILED BECAUSE IT LACKED CLARITY.

HE SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH HOW RESOLUTIONS ARE PRESENTED IN COUNCIL MEETINGS.

>> I CAN PROPOSE ANYTHING I WANT TO, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WORK IN THAT SPACE.

WITHOUT HAVING THAT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY OR, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE RIGOROUS REVIEW, IT'S HARD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ANY OF IT.

>> AND THAT, HE SAYS, COULD'VE PUT THE CITY IN LEGAL JEOPARDY.

STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL THREATENED LEGAL ACTION IF THE COUNCIL TRIES TO LIMIT REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE.

>> ALL WE HAVE HERE ARE THE COMMENTS OF COUNCILWOMAN ALEXANDER.

>> HE SAYS WITHOUT A WRITTEN RESOLUTION, HE CAN'T DETERMINE IF THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH STATE LAWS.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PARTICULAR PROPOSAL, IF IT EVER GETS TO THAT POINT.

>> HE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF BIRTH CHOICE, A PREGNANCY CRISIS CLINIC.

>> IT'S A PROPOSAL THAT COULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH SHE WORKS.

IT PROBABLY WOULD CONSTITUTE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

IF THERE IS FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO HER EMPLOYER, THAT RAISES A DIFFERENT ISSUE.

>> FOR BRANDY COCA-COLA, IT'S LESS ABOUT LEGALITIES AND MORE ABOUT THE CITY BEING TURNED INTO A SPECTACLE.

>> IT WAS A COMPLETE CIRCUS.

>> SHE SAID SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT RON CALLED OUT THE MEDIA IN RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSAL BUT DIDN'T CALL OUT THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.

>> THEY DID AND THEY DODGE AND THEY TRY TO EXPLAIN IT.

HOPE FOR THE BEST FOR OUR CITY.

I HOPE WE CAN MOVE PAST THIS.

>> THAT IS ONE THING SHE AND RON CAN AGREE ON.

>> WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HELP.

>> KITTY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THIS NEXT STORY HAS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES, BUT IT'S ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF HOW ONE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING ITS MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE OVER USE OF FORCE.

KPBS REPORTER CLAIRE TELLS US ABOUT THE CHANGES HAPPENING IN CARLSBAD.

>> ON A SATURDAY NIGHT IN 2021, CARLSBAD POLICE OFFICER JORDAN WALKER WAS SEARCHING FOR A STOLEN KIA SUV.

>> IT IS A RENTAL CAR.

>> HE HEADED TO THE TOWN KNOWN AS A HOTSPOT FOR CRIME.

WALKER SPOTTED THE CAR.

IT WAS BEING DRIVEN BY A WOMAN WITH A MALE PASSENGER.

HE PULLED THEM OVER AND ASKED THEM TO GET OUT OF THE CAR.

>> DRIVER.

STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

>> THE DRIVER REFUSED BUT THE PASSENGER LISTENED.

WHEN I TRIED TO HANDCUFF HIM, HE FOUGHT BACK.

OFFICERS TOOK HIM TO THE GROUND AND PUNCHED HIM REPEATEDLY.

CORPORAL DEREK HARVEY FIRED A BEANBAG GUN TO PUNCTURE A HOLE IN THE CAR'S REAR WINDOW.

OFFICER EDWARD RAMIREZ FIRED PEPPER BALLS AT THE WOMAN.

SHE WAS IN THE CAR.

>> I CAN PROBABLY GET SOME PEPPER BALLS THROUGH THAT DRIVER SIDE.

AFTER SHE JUMPED OUT AND BEGAN TO RUN.

OFFICERS ENDED UP TACKLING AND ARRESTING HER INSIDE A NEARBY HOTEL.

>> AS FAR AS POLICE USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS GO, THIS ONE WAS NOT ALL THAT UNUSUAL.

THE ACTIONS BY THE CARLSBAD POLICE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT WERE.

THE DEPARTMENT DISAPPOINTED THE OFFICERS, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS FROM THE OFFICE.

>> HE DEPLOYED MULTIPLE ROUNDS.

KRISTY CALDERWOOD IS THE CARLSBAD ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF.

>> HE WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

SHE HAD NOT SHOWN VIOLENT ACTIONS.

>> THE DEPARTMENT DEFAULTED THE SUPERVISOR FOR NOT DE- ESCALATING THE SITUATION.

AND THE HIGH RANKING WATCH COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT GREG WHITE, FOR NOT SHOWING UP AT ALL.

>> IT WAS VERY CONCERNING FOR US.

HE ENDED UP LEAVING THE FORCE SHORTLY AFTER THAT.

>> THIS LEVEL OF DISCIPLINE IS NOT TYPICAL.

JUST 3% OF LOCAL OFFICERS WHO USE ENOUGH FORCE TO CAUSE SEVERE INJURY RECEIVE ANY DISCIPLINE.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO A KPBS ANALYSIS OF LOCAL INCIDENTS SINCE 2000.

IN CARLSBAD, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO CREATED NEW TRAINING AND REACHED OUT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS FOR INPUT ON A NEW DE- ESCALATION POLICY, INCLUDING THE NORTH COUNTY EQUITY AND JUSTICE COALITION.

YOUSSEF MILLER WAS THE FOUNDER.

>> IT WAS A SMOOTH PROCESS.

WE WERE UNDERSTOOD BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY WERE UNDERSTOOD BY US.

IT MOVED ALONG WITHOUT A LOT OF THE CONTENTION YOU SEE IN OTHER MEETINGS.

PEOPLE THROW SHOES AND BOOKS AT EACH OTHER.

ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.

>> THE CARLSBAD EQUITY COALITION HAS SEEN THE POLICE IMPROVE THEIR ATTITUDES.

>> THERE IS THIS MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT EVERYONE THAT THEY CAN.

SO IT IS CREATING THIS MINDSET OF REDUCING HARM TO EVERYONE.

>> STILL, MILLER SAYS, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE.

>> BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD, WE ONLY GOT THREE ANSWERS WHEN IT CAME TO DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS.

NO, NO, AND NO.

>> HE SAYS THE FIRE OF THE SUMMER OF 2020 LED TO THE CALMER DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING TODAY.

CLAIRE TRAGESER, KPBS NEWS.

>> THAT STORY WAS ONE OF HER MOST.

THIS WEEK AT KPBS.ORG.

HERE ARE SOME OTHERS.

>>> AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, BILL WALTON'S COMMENT ON HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO BE A TALKER.

STRUCK IN A COUNTY PROGRAM IS HELPING MIDDLE INCOME HOMEBUYERS.

STRICT LOCAL SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO LEARN ABOUT AN UNDERWATER CHEMICAL DUMP.

THAT STORY IS COMING UP.

STRUCK THE HURRICANE THAT HIT FOR THIS WEEK IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR CHANGING CLIMATE.

MG PEREZ MET SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE PLAYING THEIR OWN SMALL PART IN THIS GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION.

>> ON THE STREETS OF CHULA VISTA, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEMAND CLEANER AIR AND NO FOSSIL FUELS ALONGSIDE COLLEAGUES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, TOO.

THEY ALL WANT SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING AND MORE PROBLEMS.

>> SHE HAS PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND HOW IT AFFECTS HER COMMUNITY ON THE RESERVATION.

>> OUR MOUNTAIN PLANTS ARE NOT ABLE TO SURVIVE.

IT IS TOO HOT IN THE MOUNTAINS.

IT IS TO DRIVE BY THE RIVERBEDS.

>> REPEATS WITH THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC OSSETIAN REPORTED THIS YEAR.

NORTH AMERICA HAD ITS WARMEST SUMMER EVER.

THAT WAS ENOUGH TO BRING MORE STUDENTS TO WATERFRONT PARK IN SAN DIEGO THIS AFTERNOON.

THEY WANT THE ATTENTION OF LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAWMAKERS.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE ADULTS IN CHARGE OF MAKING CHANGE.

>> WE HAVE SET UP A WORLD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO INHERIT.

THEIR VOICES NEED TO BE CENTERED ON THESE ISSUES SO WE CAN PROTECT THEIR FUTURES.

>> Reporter: AS DISCOURAGING AS THESE STATISTICS MIGHT BE, THIS IS NOT A DEATH MARCH.

ORGANIZERS SAY THE SITUATION IS SERIOUS.

IT IS NOT HOPELESS.

>> MANY STUDENTS ARE PUTTING THEIR EDUCATION WHERE THEIR MOUTH ARE.

>> WE HAVE SO MUCH YOUTH ADVOCATING AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

>> ALONG WITH THE HOPE AND HOLLERING, THERE IS CREATIVE THINKING BY THIS GENERATION.

>> THERE YOU HAVE IT.

THESE ARE THE CRICKET BARS.

>> OSWALD HARRIS GRADUATED FROM UC SAN DIEGO AND WANTS TO HELP SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE WITH HIS NEW PROTEIN FILLED FOOD MADE FROM CRICKETS.

HE SAYS IT WILL FEED MORE HUMANS AND REDUCE WASTE.

IT IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> BENEATH THE SURFACE OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA, YOU WILL FIND A MASSIVE UNDERWATER DUMPSITE.

KPBS REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON SHOWS US HOW YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MESS SITTING ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.

>> RESEARCHERS HOPE TO FIND OUT HOW DANGEROUS THE UNDERWATER HABITAT IS NEAR NOTORIOUS DUMPSITE IN THE SAN PEDRO BASIN.

>> WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH DDT AND RELATED TOXINS WERE IN THOSE BARRELS AND DUMPED IN THAT BARREL FIELD.

THAT'S ONE OF THE VERY FIRST STEPS IN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT IN TERMS OF TOXIN, TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.

>> HE USES DRUMS TO MAP ACRES OF THE SEAFLOOR.

RESEARCHERS DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY GIRLS CONTAIN DDT, OR WHETHER THEY HELD OTHER TOXIC CHEMICALS.

SCIENTISTS WANT TO KNOW IF THE CHEMICALS REMAIN DANGEROUS.

>> TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THEY PENETRATING INTO THE ECOSYSTEM, UP TO AND INCLUDING THE CREATURES WE CARE A LOT ABOUT, WHETHER THAT'S MARINE MAMMALS OR THE FISHING COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON MARINE RESOURCES.

>> THE AREA IT WAS A CHEMICAL DUMPING GROUND IN 1930s.

SHIPPING RECORDS FROM A DISPOSAL COMPANY SAY 2000 BARRELS OF DDT LACED SLEDGE WIZARD DUMPED THERE EVERY MONTH FOR 15 YEARS.

>> IS THIS DDT IS COMMITTING AT THESE SITES?

>> SHE HOPES TO DEVELOP FINGERPRINTS OF THE CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION SO IT CAN BE TRACED.

>> THE IDEA IS, CAN WE SHOW THIS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH?

>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING MORE THAN $5 MILLION ON A HOST OF STUDIES THAT COULD HELPS SCIENTISTS DETERMINE IF THE DUMP IS BEST LEFT ALONE OR IF IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.

ERIK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>> IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, YOU MIGHT FIND THEM AT HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL.

KPBS REPORTER TOM'S FUDGE SHOWS US THE WORK BEING DONE TO MENTOR KIDS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT PURSUE WORK IN THIS FIELD.

>> SOME OF THESE NINTH GRADERS ARE LOOKING FOR A PATH TO GET THERE.

CHLOE CHEN, WITH THE SAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP IS A FORMER TEACHER.

SAYS THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE.

>> HAVING AN ADULT IN YOUR LIFE THAT CAN SHOW YOU HOW USEFUL IT CAN BE AND HOW YOU CAN APPLY IT , LIKE THESE EMPLOYEES ARE DOING TODAY, I THINK HELPING KIDS NOT TO THINK IN TERMS OF I'M BAD AT A SUBJECT OR GOOD AT A SUBJECT, BUT EVERY SUBJECT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN GROW IN.

>> STEM DAY TRY TO EXPOSE KIDS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM THEM.

DANIEL MARTINEZ SAID ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WAS VERY INSPIRING.

>> SHE DIDN'T COME FROM A GREAT SCHOOL.

SHE HAD TO REALLY MOTIVATE HERSELF BECAUSE HER FATHER DIDN'T REALLY CARE.

SHE KEPT TRYING.

>> THE PERSON DANIELA SPOKE ABOUT IS OLIVIA.

SHE NOW PROTOTYPES TECHNOLOGY FOR CELL PHONES AND COMPUTERS FOR QUALCOMM.

>> MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS OVERPOPULATED AND UNDERFUNDED.

I FOUND IT HARD TO NOT GIVE INTO THE TEMPTATION OF MY PEERS OF BLOWING OFF STUDYING.

>> WHENEVER SHE IS CONCERNED THAT SHE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HER PEERS, SHE TRIES TO PUSH THAT OUT OF HER MIND.

I NEVER LET IT STOP ME FROM SPEAKING MY MIND, AND FACTS ARE FACTS.

MY WORK IS GOING TO SPEAK FOR ITSELF.

I ALWAYS LET THAT OVERPOWER ANY SORT OF MINORITY TALK.

>> SHE SAYS THE ADULTS IN HER LIFE THAT DROVE AND INSPIRED HER WAS HER MOTHER.

>> SHE WOULD GIVE ME EXTRA HOMEWORK.

SHE WOULD TELL MY GRANDMOTHER THAT I COULD NOT GO OUTSIDE UNTIL I FINISHED THE HOMEWORK THAT SHE LEFT HIM PRINTED OUT.

IT WAS EXTRA HOMEWORK THAT MY SCHOOL DID NOT LISTEN.

>> SHE SAID SHE DID NOT THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT SHE WOULD HAVE, JUST BEING PRESENT, BUT AS AN ADULT, SHE SEES THAT SHE CAN INSPIRE KIDS THAT LOOK LIKE HER.

THAT MADE HER WANT TO SPEAK TO THE KIDS AT HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL.

TOM'S FUDGE, KPBS NEWS.

STRIKE ALONG MARCH PAID OFF FOR HELPING US FARMWORKERS IN SACRAMENT OF WRIT KITTY ALVARADO HAS A REACTION TO UNION SUPPORTERS AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR WORKERS IN SAN DIEGO.

>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM WALKED OUT OF THE CAPITAL AND SHOWED UP TO THE CAMP WHERE FARMWORKERS HAVE BEEN HOLDING VIGIL FOR A MONTH.

HE SIGNED AB 2183.

IT ALLOWED THEM TO UNIONIZE BY MAIL OR CARD CHECK PROCESS.

THE FARMWORKERS WALKED 3500 MILES TO THE CAPITAL.

THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THE BILL.

>> WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

>> NUNEZ SAID, SHE CAN'T BELIEVE HE SIGNED THE BILL.

SHE IS THERE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> SHE SAYS, I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF ENGLISH, BUT I WAS TELLING HIM I WAS THANKFUL.

IT IS SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET.

>> HE SAID I'LL REMEMBER YOU.

I'LL NEVER FORGET HIS WORDS.

SHE SAYS I JUST FELT A HUG.

IT WAS LIKE, AM I DREAMING?

I'M DREAMING.

NO.

I'M NOT DREAMING.

THE GOVERNOR IS HERE.

NEWSOM HAD VETOED A SIMILAR BILL BEFORE.

HE SAYS HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGED.

>> I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT HE SIGNED IT AFTER SAYING THAT HE WOULDN'T SUPPORT IT IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION.

HE VETOED VIRTUALLY THE SAME BILL LAST YEAR.

NOTHING CHANGED.

>> THERE WAS ONE CHANGE.

SOME MADE A DEAL WITH UNION LEADERS TO ELIMINATE MAIL AND PALLETS NEXT YEAR.

>> THAT WAS OUR FEAR ALL ALONG.

NOW, WE ARE DOWN TO CARD CHECK.

>> STALEY SAYS THAT GIVES THE UNION AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.

>> IF THEY GET A SIMPLE MAJORITY TO AGREE TO SIGN THAT CARD, THEY ARE UNIONIZED, WITHOUT EVEN TALKING TO 100% OF THE EMPLOYEES.

>> HE SAYS HE VALUES HIS EMPLOYEES, MANY WHO HAVE BEEN WITH HIM AS LONG AS HE HAS BEEN FOR ME.

HE SAYS HE GIVES THEM REGULAR RAISES AND GOOD BENEFITS.

>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DO NOT FEAR A UNIONS -- YOON ICING MY IN PLACE.

>> NUNEZ SAYS FIGHTING FOR THIS BILL HAS BEEN A SACRIFICE, ONE THAT HAS BEEN FILLED WITH THE BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS OF MANY FARMWORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN MISTREATED FOR GENERATIONS.

SHE SAYS, IT'S NO LONGER THE DREAM I SET OFF ON THAT WALK ON THE FIRST DAY.

NOW, IT'S A REALITY.

IT'S ALIVE.

IT'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

KATIE ALVARADO.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WRAP UP WITH ANOTHER STORY TYING UP HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

>> HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?

>> THAT IS TOUCHING THE ASPHALT.

>> IS A SPECIALTY IS LOW WRITING.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PASSION FOR IT.

>> THIS IS HIS 1962 CHEVY IMPALA CONVERTIBLE, SITTING ON 13 INCH RIMS WITH PLENTY OF CHROME AND CUSTOMIZED COMPONENTS.

HE IS HERE ON THE SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE CAMPUS WITH SOME OF HIS LOW RIDER FAMILY SHOWING OFF THEIR CARS.

HE IS NICKNAMED MR. RABBIT.

HE IS A GUEST LECTURE TODAY, INVITED TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS, AND HONOR THAT SURPRISED HIM.

>> TO GIVE A SPEECH AT A COLLEGE ABOUT LOW WRITERS, I'M LIKE, YEAH, RIGHT.

>> HE SHARED THE HISTORY OF CARS BORN IN THE BARRIOS, MOSTLY AND MADE OUNCE, DESIGNED BY MEN FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHO USED THEIR IMAGINATION AND MECHANICAL SKILLS.

THEY CREATED MOVING MASTERPIECES.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOCIETY CREATED STEREOTYPES.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THE WORD BILL REITER AND THEY THINK THAT IS HORRIBLE.

I WANT TO EDUCATE THEM.

IT'S OKAY.

COME AND TALK TO ME.

COME ASK ME A QUESTION.

>> HE NOT ONLY EDUCATES, HE INSPIRED.

DEANNA GARCIA IS ONE OF SAN DIEGO'S FEMALE LOW WRITERS.

>> IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO OVERNIGHT.

IT TAKES YEARS TO COME.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SHOW THE WORLD WHO YOU ARE THROUGH YOUR CAR.

>> ALONSO DELGADO IS NOWHERE NEAR OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE, BUT HE IS PREPARING FOR THE DAY HE WILL BECOME A TRUE LOW RIDER.

>> THERE ARE SOME SPOKES.

IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.

>> YOU WANT TO GET IN IT AND SEE HOW IT FEELS.

>> MR. RABBIT GOT HIS NICKNAME BECAUSE OF HIS BUCK TEETH AND HIS ABILITY TO HOP.

REMEMBER, HE SAID EVERYONE ONE CAN BE A LOW RIDER IF THEY HAVE THE PASSION.

>> I JUST SAW M.G.

IN THE NEWSROOM.

I THINK HE IS RECOVERING.

I'M JOHN CARROLL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.