>>> TODAY BRINGS A KEY STEP IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MIDWAY DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY ARE DECIDING THE FATE OF MASSIVE HOUSING AND ENTERTAINMENT PROJECTS.

KPBS REPORTER ANDREW BOWEN IS IN THE ROOM.

TELL US WHAT'S IN THIS PROJECT.

>> THE CORE COMPONENT OF MIDWAY RISING IS THE MORE THAN 4200 HOMES.

2000 OF THOSE HOMES WOULD BE SUBSIDIZED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME RENTERS.

THERE'S ALSO A 16,000 SEAT ARENA , PARKS AND RETAIL SPACE.

THE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO COST MORE THAN $4 BILLION AND IT WILL TAKE UP TO 18 YEARS TO COMPLETE.

SOME RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE MIDWAY DISTRICT HAVE SUPPORTED THE PROJECT, SAYING, IT WILL REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN TODAY FOR STRIP CLUBS AND GIANT ASPHALT PARKING LOTS.

HERE IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP SPEAKING AT TODAY'S MEETING.

>> WE CAN CREATE A MIXED-USE ENTERTAINMENT LANDMARK AND AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONE THAT INSTILLS A RENEWED SENSE OF PRIDE AND BELONGING IN OUR CITY.

THAT FUTURE BEGINS WITH MIDWAY RISING.

>> OF COURSE, NOT EVERYONE IS THEIR OLD WITH THIS PROJECT.

CRITICS SAY IT WOULD WORSEN TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND IS A BAD FINANCIAL DEAL FOR TAXPAYERS.

IT'S TRUE, THE DEAL DOES NOT PRIORITIZE CASH REVENUE FOR THE CITY.

THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYST SAYS, INSTEAD, IT PRIORITIZES OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS LIKE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PARK SPACE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> THIS IS AN ENORMOUS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

IT INVOLVES NEARLY 50 ACRES OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY.

ON THE WHOLE, OUR OFFICE BELIEVES THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT REPRESENTS A REASONABLE BALANCE OF RISK, FINANCIAL RETURNS AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR THE CITY.

>> WE DO EXPECT A VOTE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY BUT THERE'S ALREADY BEEN MANY HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE MEETING COULD GO LATE INTO THE NIGHT.

>> ANDREW, IS TODAY THE FINAL VOTE ON MIDWAY RISING?

>> NO, ACTUALLY.

THIS PROJECT ALSO NEEDS A VOTE OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THAT IS BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT.

THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WOULD BOTH BE GIVING UP FUTURE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THE PROJECTS, PARKS, ROADS, STREETLIGHTS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.

EXACTLY WHEN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICT WOULD GO BEFORE THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS IS STILL UNCLEAR.

IN THE NEWSROOM, ANDREW BOWEN, KPBS NEWS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT, ANDREW.

ONE PERSON WHO WAS NOT AT TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS THE CONGRESSWOMAN ELECT, WHO IS IN WASHINGTON WITH OTHER NEW MEMBERS FOR ORIENTATION.

-- IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE HER RESIGNATION DATE FROM THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL IN A THE COMING DAYS.

A SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD TO FILL HER DISTRICT 5 SEAT.

THE NEW CONGRESS WILL BE SWORN IN ON JANUARY 3rd.

>>> WHILE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS ARE LOOKING AT WHAT TO PRIORITIZE WHEN THEY TAKE POWER IN JANUARY.

MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION IS HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD BE SPENT ON AFFORDABILITY VERSUS ACCOUNTABILITY.

MATTIE GANNON HAS MORE FROM WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ACTUALLY GOVERN ON ALL THE PROMISES THEY MADE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

THERE'S ALREADY DEBATE ON HOW TO JUGGLE LITTLE.

TWO YEARS IN THE BACK SEAT IN CONGRESS AND IT FOR DEMOCRATS WITH A SWEEPING MIDTERM VICTORY.

NEW MEMBERS ARRIVED IN D.C.

OVER THE WEEKEND FOR ORIENTATION.

NOW THE PARTY IS PLOTTING DAY ONE PRIORITIES FOR THEIR RETURN TO THE MAJORITY IN JANUARY.

>> I THINK THE REASON WHY WE ARE WINNING RACES IN PLACES THAT WE HAVEN'T WON IN 90 YEARS, LIKE KANSAS, IS BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK FOR THEM AND BRING DOWN COSTS.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SAY ADDRESSING THE COST OF LIVING WILL BE THE TOP ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

EVEN IF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LIVES UP TO HIS PRE-ELECTION PLEDGE TO BECOME MR.

VITO.

>> WE WILL WORK HARD TO DRIVE COSTS DOWN WITH THE PRESIDENT OR WITHOUT HIM.

PERIOD.

>> Reporter: BUT THE MAJORITY GIVES DEMOCRATS SOMETHING LONG HAVE WAITED FOR.

THE POWER TO LAUNCH ROBUST EVER -- OVERSIGHT INTO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN ITS ALREADY LEAVING THE PARTY WALKING A POLITICAL TIGHTROPE.

>> WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME.

>> Reporter: SOME ARE PUSHING THE PARTY TO PRIORITIZE ISSUES LIKE COST OVER INVESTIGATIONS.

>> THEY DIDN'T SEND US TO WASHINGTON FOR POLITICAL RETRIBUTION.

>> Reporter: OTHERS, LIKE THE TOP CRAP OF THE HOUSE, ROBERT GARCIA, ARE ALREADY TELLING THE TRUMP FAMILY AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS TO, QUOTE, LAWYER UP.

IN ALL OF IT IS ALREADY SPARKING FEUDS.

WITH OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE WARNING DEMOCRATS.

>> DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAWYERS REPRESENT THE EXECUTIVE.

I WOULD BE VERY WORRIED IF I WAS A MEMBER ON THAT COMMITTEE.

>> Reporter: RICHARD BLUMENTHAL OF CONNECTICUT HAS ARTIE SENT LETTERS TO CORPORATIONS AND TRUMP AT LUSTRATION OFFICIALS WARNING THEM OF, QUOTE, ALTERNATIVE MEASURES THAT THEY DON'T VOLUNTARILY COMPLY WITH POTENTIAL INVESTIGATIONS.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I MATTIE GANNON.

>> REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSEY INTRODUCE ARTICLES OF -- IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PETE HEGSETH TODAY.

HE ACCUSES PETE HEGSETH OF THE CUES -- WAGING WAR AGAINST IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION.

SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN SARAH JACOBSEN SUPPORTS THE MOVE.

SHE TELLS KPBS THAT TO LOCAL MILITARY FAMILIES WANT TO SEE IT HAPPEN.

>> IT'S BEEN THE SERVICE MEMBERS AND FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE RECKLESS, CARELESSNESS THAT HE HAS TAKEN THEIR SACRIFICE AND THEIR LIVES WITH.

>> JACOBS SAYS TO EXPECT THE NEXT CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE SEVERAL ASPECTS OF PENTAGON ACTIONS, THAT INCLUDES THE IRAN WAR, STRIKES AGAINST A LEGEND CENTRAL AMERICAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS, AND WHAT SHE CALLS PETE HEGSETH'S CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST POLICIES IN THE DEPARTMENT.

HE SAYS THE CRITICS DON'T LIKE THAT THE IRAN WAR HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.

>>> SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY A SCHOOL FINANCIAL FRAUD RING HAS TARGETED COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

AN EMAIL SENT TO FACULTY ON THURSDAY SAYS HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TAKING ONLINE CLASSES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.

THE DISTRICT DECLINED TO COMMENT BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION IS ACTIVE.

IT IS UNCLEAR HOW THE FRAUD IMPACTED STUDENTS.

COLLEGES ACROSS THE STATE SAW A RISE IN FAKE APPLICATIONS AND 2025 ACCORDING TO REPORTING FROM CAL MATTERS.

SINCE AUGUST COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO VERIFY A STUDENT'S IDENTITY DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

THE DISTRICT'S EMAIL SAYS THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME FAKE STUDENTS, BUT MORE ARE LIKELY UNDETECTED.

FINANCIAL AID FRAUD IS A FEDERAL CRIME.

>>> THE CITY COUNCIL HAS LAUNCHED A REVIEW OF ITS DETECTION ORDINANCE AFTER A VIOLENT STRUGGLE BROKE OUT AT AN EASTLAKE APARTMENT COMPLEX LAST MONTH.

LANDLORDS INDUSTRY GROUPS ARE PUSHING FOR THE CHANGES BUT TENANT'S RIGHTS ADVOCATES WORRY THEY ARE USING THE INCIDENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ROLLBACK IMPORTANT REFORMS.

KPBS REPORTER COREY SUZUKI HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: LAST MONTH A NOISE COMPLAINT ESCALATED INTO A BRAWL AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN EAST VISTA.

IT ENDED WITH ONE RESIDENT STABBED WITH A BROKEN BOTTLE AND SIX PEOPLE ARRESTED.

THE OCTOBER INCIDENT HAS DRAWN CITYWIDE ATTENTION BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

LANDLORDS GROUPS ARE SAYING THE PROTECTION LAWS ARE PARTLY TO BLAME.

HERE IS GEORGE WITH THE SOUTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS AT THE MEETING LAST MONTH.

>> NO ONE HAS AN INCENTIVE TO BE KEEPING THESE DANGEROUS PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.

THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS RIGHT NOW IS BROKEN.

THE LAWS AREN'T ALLOWING DANGEROUS PEOPLE TO BE REMOVED FROM PROPERTIES AND IT IS HURTING, AND HURTING NEIGHBORS.

>> Reporter: OTHER INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ARE URGING THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW ITS TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCES, WHICH MAKES IT HARDER FOR LANDLORDS TO EVICT RENTERS WHO FOLLOW THE RULES AND PAY RENT ON TIME.

IN RESPONSE, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO LOOK AT ROLLING BACK PARTS OF THAT ORDINANCE.

CITY COUNCILMEMBER MICHAEL SAYS HE WANTS TO LOOK AT WAYS TO EFFECTIVELY STREAMLINE THE EVICTION PROCESS.

>> AGAIN, I HAVE TO KEEP REITERATING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS DOWN AND OUT ON THEIR LUCK, WHO IS A PAYCHECK AWAY FROM BEING ON THE STREET THIS IS GOING AFTER CRIMINALS.

>> Reporter: FOR CRIMINALS, LIKE ROBERTO, THAT IS RAISING QUESTIONS.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCE DOES NOT PROTECT RENTERS WHO COMMIT CRIMES.

THE LAW SAYS, SPECIFICALLY, THAT TERMINAL ACTIVITY AND CRIMINAL THREATS ARE LEGAL REASONS TO EVICT TENANTS.

>> MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS BEING USED MORE AS A GUISE TO WEAKEN THE OVERALL PROTECTIONS THAN ADDRESSING THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR SPECIFICALLY.

>> Reporter: THE CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE BY JANUARY.

COREY SUZUKI, KPBS NEWS.

>>> COMMUTER AND FREIGHT TRAINS CROSSED OVER THE NEW CONCRETE BRIDGE IN CARLSBAD FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.

AS KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER SHOWS US, IT REPLACES THE OLD 1940s WOODEN BRIDGE AT THE END OF ITS USE LIFE.

>> Reporter: AND AMTRAK LINE WAS THE INAUGURAL TRAIN TO CROSS THIS BRIDGE AT 5:00 THIS MORNING OVER THE LAGOON.

>> WE SHIFTED THE TRAINS OVER.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE MILESTONE FOR THE $166 MILLION LAGOON DOUBLE TRACKING PROJECT.

-- IS THE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER AT THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS.

HE SAYS, DOUBLE TRACKING WILL INCREASE SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE CORE DOOR.

>> YOU CAN GET MORE FREQUENCY ON YOUR TRAINS, BUT IT ALSO HELPS WITH MAINTENANCE, WHERE YOU NEED TO TAKE A TRACK OUT OF SERVICE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME YOU CAN DO THAT.

YOU CAN HAVE TRAINS SHIFT OVER.

IT ADDS CAPACITY AND REAL BENEFITS FOR SERVICES.

>> Reporter: THE PROJECT IS ABOUT 75% DONE.

THE NEXT 25% IT INVOLVES BUILDING A SECOND BRIDGE AND TAKING DOWN THE OLD WOODEN ONE.

THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DONE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF 2028.

>> THE OLD BRIDGE, WHICH WAS BUILT IN THE 1940s, IS TREATED.

THIS IS A MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE AND SAFER MATERIAL.

>> Reporter: TRACY ROBERTS IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS FOR CALTRANS SAN DIEGO DIVISION.

SHE SAYS THE NEW BRIDGES MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WITH WIDER SPANS ALLOW FOR MORE WATER MOVEMENT.

>> IT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE BETTER GRASS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ENCOURAGES FISH, AND WHICH BRINGS IN SUITABLE HABITAT FOR THE CALIFORNIA -- WHICH IS THIS AREA, WHICH WAS FULLY RESTORED AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

>> Reporter: AND ABANDONED NEST WITH EGGS SHOWED THAT THE BIRD IS RETURNING TO THE AREA THIS PAST BREEDING SEASON.

ONCE COMPLETED THE PROJECT WILL ADD 0.6 MILES OF DOUBLE TRACK FOR A CONTINUOUS RUN OF NEARLY 6 MILES IN THE CORRIDOR.

THIS IS SAN DIEGO'S ONLY CONNECTION TO THE REST OF THE NATION, CARRYING ROUGHLY $1 BILLION IN GOODS EACH YEAR.

EVENTUALLY, THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR WILL BE DOUBLE TRACKED.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, HOW AN AFFAIR EVOLVING THE CEO OF CHIPMAKER NVIDIA COULD THREATEN NATIONAL SECURITY.

IT'S COMING UP AT 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS .

>>> IT CERTAINLY WAS A BEAUTIFUL MONDAY AFTERNOON AND OUR MONDAY NIGHT IS GOING TO BE TRANQUIL.

CLEAR SKIES.

TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s.

STORMS, STORMS, AND MORE STORMS ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO WE HAVE SOME DRY, COMFORTABLE AIR.

BUT EVENTUALLY THIS RAIN IS GOING TO COME ON SOUTH.

I WILL HAVE THE DETAILS OF THAT COMING UP.

>>> THIS WEEK MARKS EIGHT YEARS SINCE THE DEADLIEST WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY.

THE CAMPFIRE TOOK 85 LIVES AND DESTROYED THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY OF PARADISE.

BARBOSA VISITED THE TOWN FOR UPDATES ON ITS RECOVERY.

>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY, I HAVE TO SAY.

PATTY HAS CALLED PARADISE HOME FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY.

THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 8th, 2018, STARTED LIKE ANY OTHER DAY.

>> I GOT UP EARLY TO DO MY CHORES.

>> Reporter: THEN SHE GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND THAT QUICKLY CHANGED EVERYTHING.

>> I WENT OUTSIDE WITH MY CUP OF COFFEE AND THERE WAS ASH FALLING THE SIZE OF BOOKS.

>> Reporter: SO SHE PACKED INTO THE CAR, EVACUATED WITH HER PARTNER AND HER DOG, LEVIN, WHO WAS A PUPPY AT THE TIME.

>> WE SAT AND WAITED FOR HOURS, LITERALLY, AND WATCHED OUR NEIGHBORS' HOMES BURNED.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS IT TOOK THEM SEVEN HOURS TO REACH THE SKYWAY.

>> WE SAW NEIGHBORS IN THEIR CAR, ABANDONING THEIR CARS.

PEOPLE WERE RUNNING WITH THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR PETS.

IF YOU HAD ROOM YOU OPENED YOUR DOOR.

>> Reporter: AND NOW LEMON IS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND HAS SERVED AS A SOURCE FOR COMFORT.

>> SHE'S A TROOPER.

SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH IT ALL.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE FIRE SHE DECIDED TO REBUILDING PARADISE.

BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS RETURNED.

THE TOWN POPULATION IS STILL LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THE FIRE.

THE TOWN IS WORKING TO CHANGE THAT.

THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SAYS A LOT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

>> FROM THOSE VERY FIRST, VERY DARK DAYS I THINK WE WERE ALL IN A STATE OF SHOCK AND IT FELT LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS?

THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS, TOGETHER.

WE ARE GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: CURTIS IS THE TOWN HAS REPAVED 93 -- PUBLIC ROADWAYS, PUT UP EMERGENCY SIRENS AND REMOVED THOUSANDS OF DAMAGED TREES.

EIGHT YEARS LATER THE TOWN IS STILL WORKING TO GET A SEWER SYSTEM HERE, WITH THE PROJECT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN 2030.

>> WE ARE WORKING ON A LOCAL OPTION FOR THE SEWER PLANT.

WE ARE IDENTIFYING SITES FOR THAT AND GOING THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.

>> Reporter: CURTIS SAYS THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THIS SPRING.

THE SEWER SYSTEM WILL ALSO HELP BUSINESSES AND JOBS RETURN TO PARADISE.

TOWN STAFF ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH.

>> WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT AND COMING UP WITH A STRATEGY AND SOME ACTIVITIES.

ALSO, SOME INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE TOWN OF PARADISE.

>> Reporter: AS FOR -- SHE FEELS GOOD ABOUT THE PROGRESS THE TOWN HAS MADE IN RECOVERING FROM THE FIRE.

>> AFTER ALL, ALL THESE YEARS, SOME PEOPLE SAY, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE MORE OF THIS OR THAT?

AND YOU CONSIDER WE WERE LEVELED, WE ARE DOING REALLY GREAT.

>>> IT'S A RELATIVELY TRANQUIL WEATHER PATTERN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS WEEK.

THE ONLY REALLY CONCERN IS THE COASTAL FLOODING.

THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BEING AN ONGOING PROBLEM HERE.

OUR ONSHORE FLOW WEEKENDS, WHICH, GUESS WHAT, WE HAVE WIDESPREAD WARMTH FOR THE COAST IT'S GOING TO BE WARMER THAN HISTORICAL AVERAGES.

BUT THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES LATE IN THE WEEK AS WE GET SOME STORMS, THE JET STREAM STARTS TO COME SOUTH.

IT WILL INCREASE THE ONSHORE FLOW WHICH MEANS MORE COOLING.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SHOWERS.

ALTHOUGH, I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ANY HEAVY RAIN.

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE OUT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY.

MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE, COMBINATIONS OF THE HIGH TIDES AND ALSO SOME ROUGH SWELLS WITH ALL OF THE STORMS IN THE PACIFIC SOME OF THOSE HIGHER SWELLS MAKING THEIR WAY SOUTH.

THE PATTERN THAT WE HAVE IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND EVEN INTO OCTOBER SAW ALL OF OUR STORMS COMING IN TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AND IN CALIFORNIA.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL.

MEANWHILE, IT WAS DRY ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.

OR SHOULD I SAY, THE NORTHWEST?

NOW WE ARE GOING TO FLIP THAT.

MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL SEE STORMS COMING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

IN TIME WE WILL START SEEING THAT WORK ITS WAY SOUTH.

BUT AT LEAST FOR MOST OF THIS WEEK IT'S GOING TO STAY ON THE DRY SIDE.

IT'S COMFORTABLE NIGHT.

WE ARE DOWN TO 51 DEGREES OCEANSIDE.

SAN DIEGO, 61.

A LITTLE CHILLY IN MT.

LAGUNA.

-- SPRINGS 50 DEGREES.

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER WARM DAY.

THE OFFSHORE FLOW, AGAIN, IS A LITTLE STRONGER.

82, OCEANSIDE.

AND IN SAN DIEGO.

SPRINGS AT 83 WITH SUNSHINE FOR THE MOST PART HERE.

FIVE-DAY FORECAST.

HERE COMES THE CHANGE.

COASTAL AREAS, WE COOL THINGS DOWN ON FRIDAY WITH A COUPLE OF SHOWERS.

SHOULD DRY OUT ON SATURDAY.

AS WE HEAD TOWARD INLAND AREAS, AGAIN, IT STAYS WARM.

THE COOLING WILL BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

BY SATURDAY WE DO HAVE SOME SHOWERS.

SAME STORY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

PRETTY NICE HERE UNTIL IT GETS CHILLY ON FRIDAY.

SOME SHOWERS ON SATURDAY.

ONCE YOU GET TOWARD THE DESERT AREAS, WELL, WE COULDN'T EVEN HAVE SOME SHOWERS THERE BY SATURDAY.

FROM KPBS, I AM METEOROLOGIST BERNIE.

>>> CALIFORNIA IS SENDING FEWER REPUBLICANS TO CONGRESS IN JANUARY.

REDISTRICTING PLAYED A ROLE, PERHAPS NOT AS MUCH IS PROTECTED.

OUR PUBLIC MEDIA PARTNER IN THE BAY AREA DIGESTED WHAT WE SAW STATEWIDE IN LAST WEEK'S ELECTION.

HERE IS AN EXTENDED CLIP FROM THE CLINICAL BREAKDOWN PODCAST.

>> ONE THING I DON'T THINK WE THOUGHT A YEAR AGO, WE LOOKED AT THE SELECTION AS ONE OF WHICH GAVIN NEWSOM WAS GOING TO TAKE A BIG VICTORY LAP OFF OF PROPOSITION 50.

AS THE NIGHT TURNED OUT, CALIFORNIA KIND OF IRRELEVANT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE HOUSE ELECTIONS.

THE HOUSE WAS CALLED BEFORE WE STARTED DIGGING INTO ANY OF THESE.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO STOP MR.

NEWSOM FROM TAKING A VICTORY LAP ON THIS?

BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAS.

HE WENT TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

>> I WAS THERE.

HE ARTIE STARTED.

BUT A YEAR LATER, PROP 50, THEY COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN AND THEN.

BASED ON THIS KIND OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT THEY PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEATEN CALVERT, KYLIE, PROBABLY ANOTHER ONE MISSING.

A YEAR AGO WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SAID CALIFORNIA AND THE NEW MAP IS KEY TO DEMOCRAT CHANCES TO TAKING BACK THE HOUSE.

IT DID NOT TURN OUT THAT WAY.

>> JUST TAKING A STEP BACK, IS THIS REDISTRICTING EXTREME?

IS IT GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY?

IS IT GOOD FOR VOTERS?

THERE'S A LOT OF REPUBLICANS NOW WHO WILL BE REPRESENTED.

WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE FOUR REPUBLICANS OR SO IN THE CALIFORNIA DELEGATION?

I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A FLIPSIDE IN STATES WHERE REPUBLICANS HAVE GERRYMANDERED OUT TOWARD TRIED TO.

FUNDAMENTALLY, AS A COUNTRY, IT WILL BE BETTER OFF IF WE HAVE NONPARTISAN REDISTRICTING LIKE WE HAD IN CALIFORNIA UNTIL PROP 50.

>> IT DID BACKFIRE ON REPUBLICANS.

YOU REALLY DO SEE HOW YOU CAN ONLY GERRYMANDER SO FAR.

>> THEY MADE BAD ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHO WOULD BE A REPUBLICAN VOTER.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MOST EXCITING RACE IN CALIFORNIA.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNOR, I'M TALKING ABOUT PROP 40.

THE PROPOSED BILLIONAIRE TAX.

THIS WAS PUT ON BY A HEALTHCARE UNION TO PROPOSE THIS 5% ONE- TIME TAX TO HELP SHORE UP THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AFTER REPUBLICANS IN D.C.

CUT IT.

BILLIONAIRES SPENT OVER $300 MILLION.

IT DOES LOOK HEADED FOR DEFEAT THE TWO COUNTERMEASURES THEY PUT ON OUR KIND OF SPLIT.

41 IS LOSING, 42 IS WINNING.

WE'LL NEED TO GET TO THE DETAILS OF THIS RIGHT NOW.

I'M SO INTERESTED IN WHAT LESSONS ARE TAKEN FROM THIS.

BOTH SIDES SAW THIS AS A HUGE POTENTIAL SORT OF LESSON FOR, YOU KNOW, BACKERS OF IT WANTED TO PASS AND BE COPIED IN OTHER STATES.

NATIONALLY, BILLIONAIRES CLEARLY SAW THIS AS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THEIR WEALTH AND WENT IN HARD.

THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY HELPED BY THE FACT THAT FOLKS LIKE NEWSOM, JAVIER, ALWAYS WITH THEM.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD, THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS.

I DON'T KNOW.

DO YOU THINK THIS SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE INEQUALITY OF THE OLIGARCHY OR IS THIS A ONE OFF?

>> LET'S START WITH THE GAVIN NEWSOM OF IT.

HE, AT THE END OF THIS CAMPAIGN, WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DEMOCRAT IN OPPOSITION TO IT.

HE WILL COME AT A CERTAIN POINT WHEN HE RUNS FOR PRESIDENT, AFTER SQUARE WITH THE FACT THAT HE SAYS HE'S FOR NATIONAL WEALTH TAX YET HE HELP TAKE ONE IN CALIFORNIA.

LET'S NOT UNDERESTIMATE, YOU MENTIONED 42, HE WENT FACED A CAMERA IN THE CLOSING WEEKS OF THE CAMPAIGN SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 42.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S FARING BETTER THAN PROP 41.

SO YOU CAN'T DISCOUNT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEWSOM AS A MESSENGER FOR DEMOCRATS, CREATING A PERMISSION STRUCTURE FOR DEMOCRATS TO FEEL LIKE I CAN STILL BE PROGRESSIVE AND OPPOSE PROPOSITION 40.

THE QUESTION WILL COME IN THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY ARE ALL LINED UP AND ASKED TO RAISE THEIR HAND, AND YOU SUPPORT WEALTH TAX.

AND NEWSOM WILL HAVE TO PUT HIS HAND IN SOME WAY.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT THE SAME WAY HE HAS TO EXPLAIN SINGLE PAIR.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN CALIFORNIA, I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE AHEAD WITH IT.

WILL VOTERS BY THAT?

>> I THINK HARD-CORE LEFT-WING VOTERS MAY NOT BUT WILL FOLKS GET THE NUANCE OF THESE ARGUMENTS?

>> I THINK IT WAS FLAWED IN THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN.

THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN GAVE PEOPLE A GAVIN NEWSOM AND JAVIER TO OPPOSE IT.

IT WAS ONLY GOING TO GO FOR HEALTHCARE, NOT FOR SCHOOLS, IT WASN'T GOING TO GO -- THE CTA CAME OUT AGAINST IT.

--, WHO PROMOTED IT, HAD A LOT OF ENEMIES.

THE THING WAS JUST AND PERFECT.

>> WHAT YOU GUYS THINK OF SOME OF THESE OTHER BALLOT MEASURES?

PROP 39, THE VOTER I.D.

MEASURE, A CLEAR REBUKE OF TRUMP IN LINE WITH THIS BLUE WAVE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT WAS ANOTHER THING NEWSOM WAS ON TELEVISION WITH THESE ADS TALKING ABOUT TRUMP INTERFERING WITH OUR ELECTIONS.

THAT MISSIONS -- MESSAGE SOLD.

THEY HAD TO REALLY SELL THE MESSAGE.

IT DIDN'T AUTOMATICALLY SELL ITSELF.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, WE SHOW I.D.

FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

WHY SHOULDN'T YOU SHOW IT WHEN YOU VOTE X BUT THEN WHEN PEOPLE GOT THE POINT THIS IS TRUMP, IT WAS AN EASY SELL.

>> HERE IS ONE, IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHETHER PARTY AND PARTY UNITY STILL HAVE A ROLE, STILL HAVE AN IMPACT, THIS IS IT.

WHEN BERKELEY WAS ASKING THIS QUESTION ABOUT VOTER I.D.

IN THE SPRING, JUST THE PROPOSAL, IT WAS GETTING OVER 50% SUPPORT.

ONCE YOU ADD IN DID YOU KNOW IT WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT BY REPUBLICANS, THEY SUPPORT IT, DEMOCRATS OPPOSE IT.

-- SPENT A LOT OF HIS TIME THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE CAMPAIGN MAKING THE ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION 39.

ONCE THOSE SIGNALS WERE ESTABLISHED THE PARTISAN WAS WILD.

THIS WAS PULLING IN THE LAST WEEKS OF THIS CAMPAIGN AT UNDER 10%.

UNDER 10% AMONG DEMOCRATS.

YOU CAN'T FIND NINE OUT OF 10 DEMOCRATS TO AGREE ON ANYTHING.

THEY COMPLETELY AGREED THAT THEY NEEDED TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ONE.

>> YOU HAVE TO WONDER, IF THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT DONALD TRUMP INADVERTENTLY HELPED SINK , IT SANK, AND LOST.

BUT BEING OUT THERE IS MUCH AS HE WAS, THE WAYS THAT HE WAS, CLEARLY DIDN'T HELP DARLENE GRAHAM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

IT DIDN'T HELP KEN PAXTON.

I DO FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE PARTY PIVOTS AWAY FROM HIM NOW THAT THEY SEE HOW TOXIC AND UNHELPFUL HIS PRESENCE WAS?

>> A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, PROP 45 LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING DOWN.

THIS WAS THE REFORM MEASURE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT ON THE SHOW AS WELL.

HOW MUCH DID THIS DATA CENTER QUESTION LOOMING OVER IT, OPPONENTS REALLY PUSHED THIS IDEA THAT THIS WOULD SPEED UP DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION.

I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT WAS THE ONLY X FACTOR HERE.

IT REALLY DOES SEEM LIKE THERE WAS A DEARTH OF INTEREST IN THIS TYPE OF BALLOT MEASURE.

YOU DO HAVE TO WONDER IF SOME OF THAT IS BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ON THIS ISSUE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHIPPING AWAY, WHICH MANY WOULD SAY IS A GOOD THING, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN USED IN WAYS THAT IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE USED.

BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD A CLIMATE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN CHIPPING AWAY AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, ROLLING BACK CLEAN AIR STANDARDS.

ALSO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.

IS THIS A GOOD THING, IS THIS A BAD THING?

I THINK IT WAS THE LAST THING ON THE BALLOT ALSO.

IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF VOTING PICK >> A LOT OF ENDORSEMENTS ON THIS.

NEWSPAPER, BUT ALSO INDIVIDUALS.

THERE WAS NOT THAT SORT OF CLEAR PERMISSION STRUCTURE YOU SUFFER SOMETHING LIKE PROP 39, THE VOTER I.D., SO PARTISAN.

THERE WAS A LOT OF MIXED SIGNALS OF WHO WAS ON EITHER SIDE.

>> A LOT OF THE ADS WENT BACK TO TRUMP.

TRUMP WAS IN THE 45 ADS, PART OF THIS NATIONAL PICTURE OF THE NO CAMPAIGN SAYING, THIS WHITE HOUSE IS TAKING ON CALIFORNIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.

WHY SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE CHANGES?

>> AN EXCELLENT CONVERSATION ON POLITICAL BREAKDOWN, WHICH IS COHOSTED BY -- AND SCOTT SCHAEFER.

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