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>> >>DWANE: FEDERAL REGULATORY ARE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT ON WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN
NEXT WITH THE SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR PLANT. CONGRESSMAN BOB FILNER RELEASES HIS CALENDAR,
BUT THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS IN OUR ON GOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES
AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE. HI, I'M DWANE BROWN, THOSE STORIES ARE COMING
UP NEXT ON KPBS EVENING EDITION. >> >>PEGGY: I'M PEGGY PICO.
SAN DIEGO IS HOME TO A GROWING NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS. COMING UP WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLITICAL
IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGING SAN DIEGO NEIGHBORHOODS. PLUS, A NEW STUDY REVEALS HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE
YOUR HOME'S WATER EFFICIENCY BY UP TO 30%. >> >>DWANE: WE'LL ALSO TAKE AN IN DEPTH LOOK
TONIGHT AT PROPOSITION 33, IT COULD AFFECT YOUR AUTO INSURANCE PAYMENT.
KPBS EVENING EDITION STARTS NOW. CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY ECAPTIONS.
>> >>DWANE: HELLO, GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M DWANE BROWN.
A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THE SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION IS UNDERWAY IN DANA POINT
RIGHT NOW. IT STARTED JUST HALF AN HOUR AGO.
THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION IS HOSTING THE MEETING AND PROVIDING A LIVE WEB CAST.
THIS IS A CHANCE FOR REGULATORS TO GAUGE PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT THE PLANT.
OF COURSE IT'S BEEN OFF LINE SINCE THE END OF JANUARY.
SENIOR METRO REPORTER ALISON ST. JOHN IS AT THE MEETING.
ALISON, TELL US WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. >> >>ALISON: WELL, DWANE, THE ROOM IS PACKED.
IT WAS A ROOM THAT'S TWICE THE SIZE OF THE LAST MEETING IT'S GOT ENOUGH FOR A THOUSAND
PEOPLE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE WHO COULDN'T GET IN. IT IS FULL.
THE TIMING IS CRUCIAL SINCE EDISON HAS JUST SUBMITTED ITS PLAN TO RESTART UNIT TWO AT
70% POWER, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT THE MODERATOR HAS JUST TOLD US THE
PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS NOT A DEBATE OR A HEARING.
IT'S SIMPLY A DISCUSSION WITH QUESTIONS AROUND. THEY HAVE A PANEL AND THE PANEL CONSISTS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE BOTH FOR OR AGAINST THE RESTART. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE PART OF THE
PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO GAUGE PUBLIC OPINION.
THE AUDIENCE, IT TURNS OUT, HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE PLANT, AND WHOSE JOBS ARE
AT STAKE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. SO THEY ARE CHEERING THE PEOPLE WHO, FOR EXAMPLE,
SAY THAT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT MORE OR LESS THE RADIATION IS NOT HARMFUL
AND MAY EVEN BE BENEFICIAL. THEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER HALF OF THE AUDIENCE
THAT IS CHEERING THE PEOPLE WHO SAY WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS PLANT RESTARTED AND INSTEAD
THEY WANT A LEGAL HEARING, AN INDEPENDENT HEARING.
SO THIS MEETING IS NOT A HEARING, IT'S SIMPLY A MEETING.
BUT IT WILL BE GIVING SOME OF THE STATE REGULATORS WHO ARE HERE A SENSE OF WHAT THE PUBLIC OPINION
IS. >> >>DWANE: KPBS SENIOR METRO REPORTER, ALISON
SIT ST. JOHN. THAT MEETING IS EXPECTED TO GO ON TILL ABOUT
930 TONIGHT. CALIFORNIA SORING GAS PRICES HAVE SPUTTER
AD BIT. THE STATE AVERAGE IS STILL AT A RECORD HIGH.
THIS IS A STATION WE'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON SINCE LAST WEEK.
PRICES HAD BEEN SHOOTING UPWARDS EVERY DAY BUT TODAY IT'S THE SAME AS YESTERDAY, 4 .79
CENTS FOR REGULAR. THE STATE AVERAGE IS JUST OVER 4.67 CENTS A GALLON.
SAN DIEGO MAYORAL CANDIDATE BOB FILNER RELEASED HIS PERSONAL CAMPAIGN AND CONGRESSIONAL CALENDAR
TO THE KPBS INEWS SOURCE INVESTIGATIONS DESK. THE CONGRESSMAN WAS CHALLENGED TO RELEASE
THE DOCUMENTS BUT THERE ARE HUGE HOLES IN THE CALENDAR.
INVESTIGATIONS PRODUCE, JOANNE FARYON IS HEAR TO EXPLAIN AND TELL US WHERE THE HOLES ARE.
>> >>JOANNE: WELL, DWANE, THE CALENDAR COVERS A PERIOD OF ABOUT NINE MONTHS THIS YEAR.
NINETY ONE DATES MISSING OUT OF 261. IT DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY BUSINESS CONDUCTED
IN WASHINGTON D.C. THIK THIS IS WHAT THE CONGRESSMAN RELEASED
TO US. IT'S LONG LIST OF LUNCHEONS, DEDICATIONS,
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, BUT THERE'S A LOT MISSING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CALENDAR STOPS AT JULYハ29.
IT SKIPS SEVERAL DAYS. WE KNOW IN FACT THE CONGRESSMAN DID CAST A
VOTE ON LEGISLATION IN D. C.AUGUST FIRST, BUT HIS CALENDAR ACTUALLY CONTAINS NO ACTIVITY
IN D. C. >> >>DWANE: JOANNE, WHY DID CONGRESSMAN FILNER
MAKE A POINT OF RELEASING THESE DOCUMENTS? >> >>JOANNE: WELL, DWANE, ACTUALLY, LEGALLY,
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO RELEASE ANY OF HIS COMMUNICATIONS
OR CALENDAR BECAUSE HE'S A CONGRESSMAN. HE'S EXEMPT UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
ACT. AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION INTO COUNCIL MEMBER
CARL DEMAIO'S RELATIONSHIP WITH DOUG MANCHESTER, THE WEALTHY DEVELOPER AND NEWSPAPER OWNER,
THE TWO CANDIDATES CHALLENGED EACH OTHER TO RELEASE THEIR PERSONAL CALENDARS SO WE COULD
SEE WHO THEY'RE MEETING WITH. IS THERE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST
OR WILL THEY BE INFLUENCED BY POWERFUL PEOPLE IF THEY'RE ELECTED MAYOR.
NEITHER CANDIDATE HAS YET TO RELEASE A CALENDAR THAT PROVIDES ANY OF THAT INCITE.
>> >>DWANE: KPBS INVESTIGATIONS PRODUCERS, JOANNE FARYON.
WE HAVE MORE ON THE INVESTIGATION ONLINE AT KPBS.ORG/PORT.
>> >>DWANE: THE ENDORSEMENTS KEEP COMING IN FOR THE RACE OF SAN DIEGO MAYOR.
KPBS MI METRO REPORTER KATIE ORR JOINS US NOW WITH THAT STORY.
SO WHO MADE AN ENDORSEMENT TODAY, AND FOR WHICH CANDIDATE?
>> >>: THE SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS HAVE
ANNOUNCED THEIR ENDORSEMENT OF BOB FILNER FOR MAYOR.
THE FILNER CAMPAIGN SAYS CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL HARRIS HAS ENDORSED HIM.
THE SAN DIEGO P.O.A. ENDORSED NATHAN FLETCHER IN THE PRIMARIES, BUT VICE PRESIDENT JEFF
JORDAN SAYS THE UNION BELIEVES FILNER SND STANDS THEIR NEEDS. THE P.O.A. DOES NOT TRUST
CARL DEMAIO. >> >>: NOW HE'S BEEN REACHING OUT TO US TO
SEEK OUR ENDORSEMENT. THAT'S TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR US.
WE TALKED TO BOB, BOB HAS TAKE AN GREAT DEAL OF TIME TO UNDERSTAND OUR ISSUES 250 TO WORK
WITH US. >> >>DWANE: IS THIS ENDORSEMENT UNEXPECTED?
>> >>: THE P.O.A. ENDORSED ASSEMBLYMAN FLETCHER IN THE PRIMARY, BUT IT LIKE OTHER CITY UNIONS
HAVE HAD A CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH DEMAIO. DEMAIO BACKS A MOVEMENT TO SWITCH NEW EMPLOYEES
FROM A PENSION TO A 401K AND EVEN THOUGH POLICE AREN'T INCLUDED IN THAT PROGRAM, THEY DIDN'T
SUPPORT THE MEASURE. IN THAT SENSE IT WASN'T REALLY SURPRISING.
DEMAIO DID ISSUE A STATEMENT HE RESPECTS THE POLICE FORCE AND LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH IT IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY. >> >>DWANE: SAN DIEGO HAS BECOME HOME TO A
GROWING NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE CHANGING THE FACE OF OUR REGION.
PEGGY PICO EXPLORES THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF POPULATION CHANGES IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> >>PEGGY: DEMOGRAPHIC DATA PREDICTS WE'LL BE A MULTICULTURAL MAJORITY NATION BY 2042.
IT'S A QUESTION BEING ASKED HERE IN CITY HEIGHTS. JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE ARE NORMA
SANDOVAL, AN EDUCATOR AND VOLUNTEER FOR THE SAN DIEGO ORGANIZING PROJECT AND PBS CORRESPONDENT
AND AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS HOST, MARIA HINOJOSA. MARIA, YOUR DOCUMENTARY REVEALED THERE IS
A BIG POLITICAL INTEREST A LOT OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? >> >>MARIA HINOJOSA: I THINK MANY IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THEハ THE WORLD'S LARGEST DEMOCRACY, RIGHT? PART
OF THE DEMOCRACY IS BEING ABLE TO VOTE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DREAMS THAT COME
WHEN YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY OR IN THE CASE OF CLARKSTON GEORGIA
WHERE AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS IS BASED THESE ARE REFUGEES THAT ARE RELOCATED.
SOMETIMES THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOT HAD A HOME LAND, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN A CITIZEN OF ONE
PLACE BECAUSE THEIR HOMELANDS ARE VERY DIVISIVE, ET SET RAW.
FOR THEM TO VOTE IT'S A HISTORIC MOMENT. AND THEY INCULCATE THIS WITH THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE.
GIVEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS N OUR COUNTRY, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO START SEEING OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, IN THESE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. >> >>PEGGY: IT SEEMED IN THE DOCUMENTARY THERE
WAS SOME OWNERSHIP, I'M AN AMERICAN NOW, THEY SORT OF BELONGED TO THIS COUNTRY.
NORMA, YOU GROUP UP IN CITY HEIGHTS. DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE SAME THERE RIGHT NOW
WHAT ARE SORT OF THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT WE MIGHT SAY GO ON RIGHT NOW?
>> >>NORMA SANDOVAL: CITY HEIGHTS, THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS ARE BELOW THE AGE OF 18.
YOU HAVE THIS GROWING GENERATION THAT IS SOMETIMES NOT ALWAYS INFORMED ABOUT WHAT TO DO.
AND SO THE POWER STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW IS GIVEN BY THE WHITE, OLDER GENERATION AS AN EDUCATOR
I AM MAKING SURE MY STUDENTS ARE INFORMED SO THEY CAN BE PARTICIPANTS IN MAKING A CHANGE
IN THEIR COMMUNITY. >> >>PEGGY: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR DOCUMENTARY
AND THE ENORMOUS SHIFT THAT HAPPENED. IF YOU COULD BRIEFLY TELL US WHAT HAPPENED
IN GEORGIA. >> >>MARIA HINOJOSA: WELL, SO, I LIKE TO TALK
ABOUT CLARKSTON, GEORGIA LIKE THE FUTURE OF AMERICA ON STEROIDS.
THIS WAS A COMMUNITY THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY OVER 90% WHITE AND AMERICAN BORN, YOU KNOW,
30 YEARS AGO, AND IN THIS COUPLE OF DECADES HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM BEING MAJORITY
WHITE TO BEING NOW A MAJORITY NOT WHITE. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR
COMMUNITY? IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.
IT'S HAPPENING IN SAN DIEGO, IN TENNESSEE, IN ALABAMA, EVERYWHERE.
AND SO WHAT WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IN THE DOCUMENTARY IS THAT THE NUMBERS ARE CLEAR, BUT HOW DO
REAL PEOPLE DEAL WITH THIS CHANGE? WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF FEAR OF THIS CHANGE
AND ESSENTIALLY TRY TO GIVE VOICE TO THIS. >> >>PEGGY: I'M GOING TO ASK BOTH OF YOU THIS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK HERE IN SAN DIEGO IN COMMUNITIES LIKE CITY HEIGHTS CAN LEARN FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN GEORGIA? >> >>MARIA HINOJOSA: I THINK THAT WHAT WE
CAN LEARN IS THAT IF YOU ARE ENGAGED, IF YOU OWN YOUR VOICE, WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACY,
YOU IN FACT DO HAVE POWER. WE WANT PEOPLE TO OWN THEIR POWER TOO, OWN
THE NOTION THAT THEY CAN CHANGE, RIGHT? WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE NOT THE MAJORITY FOR EXAMPLE. FOR THEM TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE NO ROLE, I CAN
DO NOTHING, NOTHING CAN CHANGE, AND I'M DISENFRANCHISED AND IGNORED.
>> >>PEGGY: IN CITY HEIGHTS, WHO ISN'T VOTING, THE PEOPLE WHO FEEL THIS WAY OR IS IT JUST
THE YOUNG PEOPLE PEOPLE OR WHAT'S STOPPING PEOPLE FROM VOTING?
>> >>NORMA SANDOVAL: I THINK THAT IN DISTRICT D, WHICH IS PART OF CITY HEIGHTS, WE HAVE
53% REGISTERED VOTERS AND ONLY 19% OF THOSEハ I'M SEAR, 19,000 OF THOSE ARE MINORITY VOTERS.
SO I THINK IT'S THE FEAR OF NOT UNDERSTANDING, SOMETIMES MAYBE THE LANGUAGE NOT KNOWING WHERE
TO TURN TO, KEEPING PEOPLE FROM ACTUALLY ENGAGING. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT WELL, I VOTED LAST TIME
AND NOTHING WAS DONE FROM IF T SO I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO CONTINUE VOTING WHEN MY
VOICE NOT BEING HEARD. >> >>PEGGY: HOW DO INSPIRE THEM?
>> >>NORMA SANDOVAL: I TAKE MY CHILDREN WITH ME AND SAY YOU NEED TO DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN
AROUND YOU. WE ARE THEIR VOICE AND WE NEED TO DO IT AS
A RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATION. >> >>PEGGY: THANK YOU BOTH FOR TALKING TO
US. WE ARE OUT OF TIME, HOWEVER YOU CAN JOIN IN
ON THIS CONVERSATION TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00ハP.M. AT THE KPBS SCREENING OF PBS NEED TO KNOW
ELECTION SPECIAL, AMERICAN BY THE NUMBERS. YOU CAN GET ALL THE NUMBERS DETAILS ON OUR
WEBSITE AT KPBS.ORG. >> >>DWANE: CALIFORNIA VOTERS ARE GETTING
A CHANCE TO TWEAK THE STATE'S CAR INSURANCE RULES.
PROPOSITION 33 WOULD REWARD DRIVERS WITH CONTINUOUS INSURANCE COVERAGE AND MAKE THOSE WITHOUT
CONTINUE OWG OWS COVERAGE PAY MORE. KPBS BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIK
ANDERSON SAYS SUPT SUPPORTERS ARGUE IT WILL SAVE DRIVERS MONEY, BUT OPPONENTS SAY SOME
GOOD DRIVERS WILL PAY MORE. >> >>: THE IDEA IS NOT NEW.
PROPOSITION 33 IS SIMILAR TO THE VOTER REJECTED PROPOSITION 17 ON THE BALLOT TWO YEARS AGO.
ESSENTIALLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD CAR INSURANCE CONTINUOUSLY FOR FIVE YEARS CAN GET A DISCOUNT.
PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD AN INTERRUPTION IN COVERAGE WOULD FACE HIGHER FEES.
PROP 33 ADS SOME EXCEPTIONS THAT INCLUDE MILITARY STUDENTS AND CHILDREN LIVING WITH THEIR PARENTS.
IT'S A MESSAGE THAT SUPPORTERS WILL PUT ON TELEVISIONS AROUND THE STATE.
>> >>: PROP 33 WOULD REDUCE INSURANCE FOR ALL DRIVERS.
CONSUMERS DESERVE A REWARD VOTE YES ON PROP 33.
>> >>: RACHEL HOOPER SAYS CURRENT LAW ONLY ALLOWS THE CONSUMERS CURRENT INSURERS TO OFFER
A LOYALTY DISCOUNT. SHE SAYS PROP 33 MAKES THE MARKET MORE COMPETITIVE,
BY MAKING A CONTINUOUS COVERAGE DISCOUNT PORTABLE. >> >>: I HAVE A COLLEAGUE WHO HAS INSURANCE
WITH ONE CARRIER FOR 20 YEARS AND HE WANTED TO GO TO A DIFFERENT CARRIER BECAUSE HE LIKED
THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE BETTER. BUT WHEN HE CALLED THAT NEW COMPANY THEY SAID
THEY COULDN'T MATCH HIS RATE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GIVE IM THAT IMEU OWS COVERAGE DISCOUNT.
>> >>: CREATE A NEW PROVISION IN CALIFORNIA'S CAR INSURANCE MARKET PLACE. THE OWNER OF MERCURY
INSURANCE A SELF MADE BILLIONAIRE FUNDED 2010'S PROP 17 AND HE'S A MAJOR SUPPORTER OF PROP
33. GEORGE JOSEPH SPENT NEARLY 15ハMILLION DOLLARS
THEN AND PUT UP ANOTHER EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS THIS TIME.
>> >>: THERE'S NO SECRET OF THE PERSONAL FUNDS OF GEORGE JOSEPH.
HE VALUES COMPETITION IN THE MARKET PLACE AND SEES IF PROP 33 PASSES THERE'S MORE COMPETITION,
IT BENEFITS CONSUMERS BECAUSE WITH MORE COMPETITION YOU HAVE LOWER RATES.
>> >>: VOTERS HAVE TO ASK THEMSELVES ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.
>> >>: CARMEN WORKS WITH CONSUMER WATCH, OPPOSING PROP 33.
>> >>: WHEN IS THE LAST TIME AN INSURANCE COMPANY SPENT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS TO SAVE
YOU MONEY ON YOUR CAR INSURANCE. EVERYONE KNOWS THE ANSWER IS NEVER.
>> >>: HER GROUP IS WORKING WITH THE FRACTION OF THE BUDGET OF HER OPPONENTS.
INSTEAD OF TELEVISION SPOTS THEIR ADS ARE ONLINE ONLY.
>> >>: MY NAME IS KYLE, I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T AFFORD A CAR AS OF NOW,
BUT IF I COULD, MY SCHOOL DOESN'T ALLOW US TO HAVE THEM ON CAMPUS.
>> >>: SHE SAYS SHE HELPS VOTERS SEE THIS AS A RETREAD OF PROP 17.
SHE SAYS THE MEASURE IS ABOUT ABOUT LOYALTY DISCOUNTS.
>> >>: PROP 33 CREATES A NEW ONE, GIVE SOME PEOPLE A SMALL DISCOUNT FOR HAVING PRIOR INSURANCE,
AND WILL GIVE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE PRIOR INSURANCE AN INCREASE IN THEIR AUTO INSURANCE
RATES. >> >>: THE MEASURE MAKE AS MAJOR CHANGE TO
CAR INSURANCE PROTECTIONS PASSED BY VOTERS 24 YEARS AGO.
PROPOSITION 103 WAS APPROVED THREE YEARS AFTER CALIFORNIA MADE INSURANCE COVERAGE MANDATORY.
IT CREATED CONSUMER PROTECTIONS IN A MARKET PLACE THAT REQUIRED COVERAGE.
>> >>: INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN CHARGE YOU MORE JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE CURRENT INSURANCE,
JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR HISTORY OF INSURANCE COVERAGE.
THAT WAS A WAY FOR THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY TO RED LINE OUT CUSTOMERS THEY DIDN'T WANT
TO COVER. >> >>: US R C SAN DIEGO PROFESSOR KOWZER SAYS
HE'S NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE ISSUE BACK IN FRONT OF VOTERS, JUST TWO YEARS AFTER A SIMILAR
BILL FAILED TO GET SUPPORT. THAT, HE SAYS, IS HOW CALIFORNIA'S DIRECT
DEMOCRACY SYSTEM WORKS. MONEY CAN AND DOES BUY BALLOT ACCESS.
>> >>: WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, WHETHER IT'S PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC INITIATIVE THAT
FAILED A FEW YEARS AGO IS THAT VOTERS ARE SKEPTICAL WHEN THERE'S ONE GROUP BEHIND THIS
PROCESS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR US ALL. >> >>DWANE: IF PROPOSITION 33 PASSES ABOUT
80% OF CALIFORNIA DRIVERS COULD QUALIFY FOR A CONTINUOUS COVERAGE DISCOUNT.
DRIVERS WHO DON'T QUALIFY WOULD PAY FOR THOSE DISCOUNTS WITH HIGHER RATE.
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT KPBS'S VOTER GUIDE. IT BREAKS DOWN THE BIG MEASURES WITH CLEAR
LANGUAGE. YOU CAN EVEN TAKE IT TO THE POLLS WITH YOU
ON YOUR SMART PHONE. YOU CAN FIND THE KPBS VOTER GUIDE ON OUR WEBSITE
AT KPBS.ORG/VOTER GUIDE. A
NEW REPORT FROM THE NON PARTISAN THINK TANK THE EQUINOX CENTER FINDS SAN DIEGO'S MOST
CRITICAL RESOURCE CHALLENGE IS WATER USE. PEGGY PICO FINDS OUT HOW THE STUDY COULD HELP
FAMILIES CONSERVE WATER. >> >>PEGGY: THE REPORT DETAILS SAN DIEGO COUNTY
RESIDENTIAL WATER USE RIGHT DOWN TO HOW MANY TIME AS TOILET IS FLUSHED AND HOW MANY GALLONS
OF WATER YOUR WASHING MACHINE NEEDS FOR A LOAD OF LAUNDRY.
MY GUEST ANNE TARTRE WITH THE EQUINOX CENTER IS HERE WITH A FEW IDEAS ON EFFICIENT WATER
USE IN OUR HOMES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
GIVE US THE BIG PICTURE AS TO WHY THIS REPORT CALLED WATER HAD USE THE MOST CRITICAL RESOURCE
CHALLENGE FOR SAN DIEGO. >> >>ANN TARTRE: SAN DIEGO IMPORTS ABOUT 70%
OF ALL THE WATER WE USE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. AND SO AS OUR ECONOMY GROWS AND OUR POPULATION
GROWS, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DEAL WITH.
WE NEED WATER TO RUN OUR BUSINESSES, PHARMACEUTICAL, BIOTECH, HUMAN HEALTH, SANITATION, IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR ALL ASPECTS. >> >>PEGGY: LET'S BREAK DOWN THE DATA.
IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC. WHAT DID YOU FIND INSIDE THE HOME?
>> >>ANN TARTRE: WELL, WE HAD ACCESS TO DATA THAT REALLY MONITORED INDOOR USE FOR SAMPLES
OF HOMES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THE BIGGEST USER OF WATER INSIDE OUR HOMES
IS A TOILET FLUSHING, NOT A VERY GLAMOROUS TOPIC, AND AFTER THAT WE SEE CLOTHES WASHERS,
SHOWERS, AND FAUCET USE BEING THE NEXT. >> >>PEGGY: NOT A WHOLE LOT WITH LEAKS OR
DISH WASHER. THAT SEEM SAID PRETTY EFFICIENT.
THIS DATA WAS THIS SPECIFIC BECAUSE THERE'S IDEAS YOU HAVE CERTAINLY FOR HOW TO LOWER
OR CONSERVE WATER OR YEU USE IT MORE EFFICIENTLY INSIDE THE HOME.
>> >>ANN TARTRE: ONE OF THE SURPRISING FINDINGS TO ME WAS THAT ONLY ABOUT 3 TO 4% OF OUR POPULATION
HAVE SOME N STALLED THE MOST EFFICIENT CLOTHES WASHER OR TOILET FLUSHING TECHNOLOGIES.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S STILL MORE ROOM TO CONSERVE AND BE MORE EFFICIENT IN OUR HOME.
>> >>PEGGY: THE STUDY ALSO SAYS IT ESTIMATES ABOUT UP TO 30% OF OUT DOOR WATER USE COULD
BE ALTERED, OR IMPROVED. TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
>> >>ANN TARTRE: RIGHT, SO, ONE OF THE MAJOR FINDINGS IS THAT ON AVERAGE THE SINGLE FAMILY
HOMES ARE USING ABOUT 50 GALLONS MORE WATER EVERY DAY THAN THEY NEED TO TO WATER THEIR
LANDSCAPES. SO IF YOU ADD THAT UP, OVER TIME, IF A HOME
STOPPED OVER WATERING THEIR LANDSCAPE, THEY WOULD SAVE ABOUT 17,000 GALLONS OF WATER PER
YEAR. IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
>> >>PEGGY: ABSOLUTELY IT IS. THE LOW WATER LANDSCAPING, WE KNOW THAT'S
A SOLUTION. YOU TAKE OUT, PUT IN LOW WATER NEED PLANT,
PUT IN DRIP IRRIGATION, BUT THAT COSTS MONEY. SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO IF THEY WANT TO TRY
TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THEIR WATER BUT DON'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY TO SPEND
ON IT? >> >>ANN TARTRE: GOOD QUESTION.
FIRST OF ALL, REDUCING OVER WATERING IS IMPORTANT, KNOWING WHAT YOUR LANDSCAPE SHOULD TAKE AND
NOT WATERING AS MUCH. ALSO THINGS LIKE WATERING AT NIGHT OR EARLY
IN THE MORNING WHETHER THERE'S LESS EVAPORATION SO THE WATER YOU ARE PUTTING ON YOUR PLANTS
IS GOING INTO THE GROUND INSTEAD OF EVAPORATING INTO THE AIR IS ANOTHER THING PEOPLE CAN DO,
WATER A LITTLE LESS FREQUENTLY. USUALLY MOST PLANTS CAN TAKE THAT.
>> >>PEGGY: AND I UNDERSTAND ONE WAY TO DO IS SUCCULENTS ARE VERY POPULAR.
YOU COULD DO IT GRADUALLY. >> >>ANN TARTRE: ABSOLUTELY.
>> >>PEGGY: THERE'S A CATCH 22 WHEN IT COMES TO WATER PRICING AND CONSERVATION.
WATER AGENCIES SAY THEY LOSE MONEY WHEN THEY BASICALLY WHEN THE USE GOES DOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE
AREN'T PAYING HIGH BILLS SO THEY RAISE THEIR PRICES AND THE CONSUMER AT HOME HAS DONE WHAT
THEY'RE SUPPOSE SAID TO DO BUT STILL GETS A HIGH WATER BILL.
WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT? >> >>ANN TARTRE: THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
CONUNDRUM ABOUT HOW WE PRICE OUR WATER AND HOW WATER UTILITIES WORK, BUT WE'VE LOOKED
AT SOME RESEARCH THAT SHOWS IF WATER UTILITIES CHANGE THEIR PRICING STRUCTURE SO THAT THEY'RE
REALLY INCENTIVE IEDZING PEOPLE TO KUNハ INCENTIVIZING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE, THAT COULD
PROVIDE A MORE STABLE REVENUE STREAM FOR THE WATER UTILITY DURING TIMES OF DROUGHT SO THEY
DON'T HAVE TO PUT THEIR PRICES UP SO DRAMATICALLY WHEN PEOPLE START CONSERVING.
>> >>PEGGY: WOULD A TIERED WATER RATE STRUCTURE WORK BETTER WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE MOST
HAVE TO PAY THE MOST? >> >>ANN TARTRE: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT. THAT SIGNIFICANTLY TIERED WATER STRUCTURE
IS SHOWN TO WORK IN AREA TO EVEN OUT THAT SITUATION.
>> >>PEGGY: A LITTLE BIT MORE DRAMATIC THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
I'VE OFTEN HEARD, WHY SHOULD WE CONSERVE WATER ESPECIALLY WE'VE GOT THE PACIFIC OCEAN AT
OUR DOOR STEP. >> >>ANN TARTRE: WE'VE DONE A REPORT ON DESALINATION,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS AN OPTION FOR THE REGION, BUT THE THING IS WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON
HOW MUCH WATER OVERALL WE'RE GOING TO NEED IN THE COMING DECADES AND SO THAT WE CAN SEE
HOW LOW WE CAN GO, LET'S SAY. AND THEN ONCE WE KNOW HOW EFFICIENT WE CAN
BE, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO SPEND ON THESE OTHER
SEA WATER DESALINATION. >> >>PEGGY: THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US.
YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS DOING TO CONSERVE WATER BY GOING
TO OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG. >> >>DWANE: A SAN DIEGO PHOTOGRAPHER WHO'S
TRAVELED THE WORLD CAPTURING INTIMATE PHOTOS OF PEOPLE FROM ASIAN AMERICA, AFRICA IS ON
A MISSION TO STOP THE RITUALISTIC KILLING OF CHILDREN IN LOWER OMO VALLEY IN SOUTH EAST
ETHIOPIA. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE WORK OF JOHN ROW ON
THE PAGES OF VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
>> >>: I LOVE PEOPLE AND I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHIC PEOPLE, AND CULTURE, AND I THINK IT'S SO FASCINATING.
>> >>DWANE: HE'S LIVED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR 25 YEARS AND WAS ONCE A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR
THE NAVY, BUT HE'S NOW ON ANOTHER MISSION IN ONE OF THE MOST ISOLATED AREAS IN SOUTH
EAST ETHIOPIA WHERE DROUGHT AND FAMINE ARE BELIEVED TO BE A CURSE BROUGHT ON BY CHILDREN
BORN OUT OF WED LOCK, BORN A TWIN, OR SIMPLY HAVING A CHIPPED TOOTH.
>> >>: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PLACE IN AFRICA THAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CALLS THE LAST FRONTIER.
>> >>DWANE: MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINS TRIBAL AND IS WITHOUT CLEAN WATER.
ELECTRICITY TIE OR MEDICAL CARE. ABOUT 200,000 ETHIOPIANS CALL THIS HOPE.
>> >>: THEA DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATION, THEY DON'T HAVE A WRITTEN LANGUAGE.
TRY TO EXPLAIN DROUGHT, FAMINE, SICKNESS, DEATH, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO KNOW.
THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION. >> >>DWANE: FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, THIS CULTURE
KNOWN FOR ITS BODY ADORNMENT HAVE BEEN SACRIFICING CHILDREN FOR THE GOOD OF THE ENTIRE TRIBE.
>> >>: WHEN I HEARD THAT THERE ARE WERE CHILDREN DYING, AND BEING KILLED, AND WE COULD PREVENT
THAT JUST ONE IF YOU CAN SAVE ONE LIFE IN YOUR LIFE THAT'S QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT.
>> >>DWANE: ROW WAS ON ASSIGNMENT IN THE OMO VALLEY WHEN HIS GUIDE AND NOW FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE
TOLD HIM HE LOST TWO SISTERS TO THE RITUAL AND VOWED TO STOP THE KILLING.
>> >>: HE TOLD THEM, LOOK, OUR GENERATIONハ HE'S 30 YEARS OLDハ THE NEW, YOUNG PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING TO BE THE ELDERS, WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THIS FOR SURE.
>> >>DWANE: OMO CHILD HAS RESCUED THIRTY SEVEN CHILDREN AND THEY LIVE TOGETHER IN A SAFE
BUT SMALL HOME. BUT THE CHALLENGE IS FAR FROM OVER.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 50,000 HAMMER PEOPLE WHO STILL PRACTICE INFANTICIDE, ROW, AND LOLLY
ARE STILL WORKING TO CONVINCE THEM. >> >>: TO BE ABLE TO IMPACT MANY LIVES WHETHER
IT'S HERE IN SAN DIEGO, WHETHER IT'S IN AFRICA, WHEREVER IT IS IN THE WORLD, AS AN AMERICAN,
AS A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN BLESSED, YOU CAN'T IGNORE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE BACK.
>> >>DWANE: AND THAT'S WHAT ROW SAYS HE'S TRYING TO DO WITH HIS NON PROFIT, OMO CHILD.
TO SEE AND HEAR MORE ABOUT THE WORK OMO CHILD IS DOING, GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, OMO CHILD.ORG.
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