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. >> GUY, BLACK AND WHITE.
>> SAME SEX MARRIAGE RALLY IN WASHINGTON AND SAN DIEGO.
AS THE SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS OVER CALIFORNIA'S BAN, I'M ERIK ANDERSON, A LOOK
AT THE PROCEEDINGS AND THE PROTESTS TONIGHT ON KPBS EVENING EDITION.
>> I'M PEGGY PICO AND WE FIND OUT IF LOCAL SCHOOLS MAKE THE GRADE FOR LGBT STUDENTS AND
SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TAKES TO THE AIR WAVES TO HELP STALKING VICTIMS.
>> ALSO TONIGHT THE SAN DIEGO AIRPORT SHOWS OFF ITS NEWEST SECURITY CHECK POINT AND SAN
DIEGO'S TWO BIGGEST UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES WILL BECOME SMOKE FREE ZONES AND KPBS EVENING EDITION
STARTS NOW.
. >> ANNOUNCER: KPBS EVENING EDITION IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY JOAN AND IRWIN JACOBS AND BY THE FOLLOWING.
GOOD EVENING THANKS FOR JOINING US DWANE BROWN IS OFF TONIGHT.
CALIFORNIA'S BAN ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE MADE IT TO THE SUPREME COURT TODAY.
BUT TODAY'S ARGUMENTS BEGAN WITH SOME DOUBTS FROM SOME OF THE JUSTICES WHO SAID THEY WERE
NOT SURE THEY SHOULD BE HEARING THE CASE. PROPOSITION 8 IS BEING DEFENDED BY THOSE WHO
PUT IT ON THE BALLOT IN 2008 AND NOT BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SOME OF THE JUSTICES QUESTIONED THEIR LEGAL STANDING AND ALSO QUESTIONED THE PREMISE OF
THE BAN. >> WHAT HARM TO THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE
OR TO OPPOSITE SEX COUPLES, HOW DOES THIS CAUSE AND EFFECT WORK?
>> WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS THE CORRECT LEGAL QUESTION BEFORE THE COURT.
AND THE CORRECT QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT REDEFINING MARRIAGE TO INCLUDE SAME SEX COUPLES
WOULD ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF MARRIAGE AS IT WAS.
>> ARE YOU CONCEDING THE POINT THAT THERE IS NO HARM OR DENIGRATION TO TRADITIONAL OPPOSITE
SEX MARRIAGE COUPLES? ARE YOU CONCEDING THAT?
>> NO. >> JUSTICES COULD AVOID A RULING ON SAME SEX
MARRIAGE SIMPLY BY DISMISSING THE CASE ALTOGETHER OR BY DECIDING PROP 8 BACKERS HAD NO LEGAL
STANDING TO DEFEND IT. IN EITHER OF THOSE TWO SCENARIOS A LOWER COURT
RULING TO OVERTURN THE BAN WOULD STAND. TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE SUPPORTERS HELD THEIR
OWN RALLY IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO TODAY AND KPBS REPORTING SEASON MURPHY WAS THERE.
>> THEY HAD SIGNED AND WAVED FLAGS ON THE STEPS OF THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.
THE RALLY WAS SPEARHEADED BY A HANDFUL OF SAN DIEGO FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO KEEP
MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. >> 40 STATES HAVE LAWS ON TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.
>> THEY THOUGHT THE MOMENT WAS SO IMPORTANT SHE BROUGHT HER FIVE CHILDREN.
>> I THINK THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY DEPENDS ON THE STRENGTH OF THE FAMILY.
AND THE GROUNDING OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAITH AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO OUR BELIEVES.
>> REPORTER: SHE SAYS SHE ATTENDED AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
>> THEY HAVE ALL THE BENEFITS OF MARRIAGE UNDER THEIR CIVIL UNIONS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AND MERELY WISH TO SOMEHOW OR OTHER FORCE THEIR VIEWS UPON US AND WE SAY WHAT IS BEST
FOR THE CHILDREN AND VOTE IS MARRIAGE TO REMAIN ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN.
>> REPORTER: PROTESTERS SAY THEIR RELIGIOUS VALUES ARE IN JEOPARDY AND THEY SAY IT'S ABOUT
CIVIL RIGHTS AND BOTH AGREE IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEFINING ISSUES OF OUR TIME.
>> WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A CIVIL RIGHTS AND WE HAD ALL DISABILITY I WAS AT THE FOREFRONT
OF THAT WHEN I WAS A KID. AND SO I GUESS IT'S SORT OF IMPLANTED IN MY
HEART TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. >> REPORTER: AND MICHAEL SUPPORT SAME SEX
MARRIAGE AND BROUGHT HER CAMERA TO DOCUMENT HISTORY.
>> I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO KLING TO THE HATE AND FEAR.
SO IT'S A FASCINATING SUBJECT FOR ME AND I ENJOY WRITING ABOUT IT.
>> REPORTER: AND THE GAY RIGHTS ADVOCATE WAS TO LIGHT THE WAY FOR THE JUSTICE CAMPAIGN
AND A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUPPORT EQUAL RIGHTS.
>> I THINK AS MORE PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND SOLDERS AND BROTHERS,
SISTERS, PEOPLE ARE FINALLY REALIZING THAT IT WAS A BUNCH OF MALARKEY AND THAT DISCRIMINATION
IS JUST THAT AND IT NEEDS TO END PERMANENTLY. >> REPORTER: SEASON MURPHY KPBS NEWS.
>> WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE ARGUMENTS COMING UP, AT 7:00.
THE SCHEDULED GUESTS INCLUDE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL CAMELA HARRIS AND YOU CAN FIND COVERAGE
ON LINE AT KPBS.ORG. THE LATEST ROUND IN THE FIGHT OVER TOURISM
MARKETING AND BOB FILNER TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT FOR HOTELS TO CHARGE 2% FOR ROOMS AND USE
THE MONEY FOR MARKETING THE CITY. FILNER REFUSED TO SIGN IT SAYING IT'S ILLEGAL
TAX AND HE CAN VETO THE RESOLUTION. THEY SHOULD OVER RIDE A VETO AND FILNER SAYS
IF THEY DO HE COULD GO BACK TO COURT AND ALSO SAYS HE AND TMD CHAIRMAN WERE CLOSE TO REACHING
AN AGREEMENT BEFORE TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.
A KPBS NEWS SOURCE INVESTIGATION INTO SECURITY RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GUARDS HIRED TO
PROTECT PASSENGERS ON TWO LOCAL RAIL LINES. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TRAINING TO DO THEIR JOBS
AND NOW OFFICIALS WITH SAN DIEGO'S TO MAJOR TRANSIT AGENCIES WANT SOME ANSWERS.
AND BRAD RACINO JOINS US WITH THE LATERS, REMIND US ABOUT WHAT THE INVESTIGATION WAS
ABOUT. >> REPORTER: IT WAS A LACK OF OFFICER SAFETY
AND CONTRACT OVERSIGHT IN SAN DIEGO TWO TRANSIT AGENCIES, THE COMPANY UNDER CONTRACT PROVIDE
210 GUARDS WHO PATROL THE TRAINS AND STATIONS THROUGH THE COUNTY AND A NUMBER CAME FORWARD
TO SAY THEY WERE NOT PREPARED TO DO THEIR JOB AND RECEIVING NONE OF THE TRAINING GUARANTEED
IN THE CONTRACTS. >> HOW ARE THE TRANSIT DISTRICTS RESPONDING
TO THAT? >> REPORTER: HANDLING IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS
THEY AUDITED THE TRAINING FILES IN RESPONSE TO THE STORY IN LATE FEBRUARY AND RELEASED
THE DETAILS OF THE AUDIT AND FOUND THE TRAINING FILES WERE MISSING DOCUMENTATION, 26 HEAD
MISSING OR EXPIRED FIRST AID AND CPR CARDS, 17 MISSING CHEMICAL AGENT CERTIFICATION AND
DID NOT KEEP UP WITH FIREARMS CERTIFICATION AND NO INDICATION THE OFFICERS RECEIVED PEACE
OFFICER TRAINING, ALL THINGS GUARANTEED IN THE CONTRACTS.
>> WERE THERE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THIS? >> ACCORDING TO THE AUDIT UNIVERSAL HAS TAKEN
SOME OF THE STEPS. >> AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE OTHER TRANSIT
AGENCY, MTS? >> THEY WERE MORE SUBDUED AND RECEIVED A SAFETY
BRIEFING FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND EXECUTIVES TOOK QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBER, ONE OVER
THE MEMBERS JOHN MINTO ASKED THEM TO OPEN BOOKS AND PUT THE CONCERNS TO REST.
THE PRESIDENT AGREED AND SAID HE WOULD BUT WE WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
>> BRAD RACINO OF I‑NEWS SOURCE. WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THE COVERAGE ON LINE
AT KPBS.ORG/TRANSIT. PASSENGERS TRAVELING THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO
AIRPORTS UPGRADED TERMINAL TWO WILL FIND A SECURITY CHECK POINT THAT IS BIGGER AND DESIGNED
TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH THE LINE FASTER. UNLIKE THE CHECK POINT IT REPLACES, THE NEW
SCREENING AREA WAS DESIGNED FOR THE JOB. >> WE THINK THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY OPPORTUNITIES
TO REALLY ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AT SAN DIEGO AIRPORT.
>> THIS USED TO BE THE SECURITY CHECK POINT FOR TERMINAL TWO AT THE SAN DIEGO AIRPORT.
NOW THIS IS THE NEW SECURITY AREA, AN AREA BUILT FOR THE JOB.
THE UPGRADED POINT IS THE FIRST OF A BILLION OPENS TO THE PUBLIC AND I WAS PUT IN PLACE
AFTER 9/11 WITH SIX SECURITY LANES AND THIS CAN HAVE 12 AND THAT IS HUGE FOR OFFICIALS.
>> 5,000 SQUARE FEET TO 30,000 SQUARE FEET AND MORE ROOM FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND JOB AND
PASSENGERS SO THEY CAN GET THROUGH A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
>> THEY SAY MOVING PASSENGERS THROUGH THE LINE QUICKER IS GRATIFYING WITH FEDERAL BUDGET
MANAGERS COULD CUT RESOURCES. >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL THE WORKFORCE
BUT FOR NOW WE HAVE THE STAFFING WE NEED AND NOT HAD A NEGATIVE OPERATIONAL IMPACT.
>> REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT AND CEO SAYS THE PUBLIC IS FINALLY GETTING A TASTE OF THE AIRPORT'S
EXPANSION, SHE LIKES WHAT SHE IS SEEING AT THE NEW SECURITY AREA.
>> METERS AND GREATERS SAYING GOOD BYE AND EASY THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED TO STAND AND WATCH
PEOPLE GO STRAIGHT THROUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SECURITY.
I REALLY LIKE THAT. BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING
THAT REALLY MAKES THE PASSENGER FEEL WARM AND COMFORTABLE IN THIS AIRPORT.
>> REPORTER: A NEW TICKET COUNTER IN TERMINAL TWO WILL OPEN IN MAY AND THE EXPANSION WILL
BE COMPLETE IN AUGUST. A NEW PODCAST HELPED SAN DIEGO VICTIMS OF
STALKING AND CYBER STALKER AND PEGGY PICO EXPLAINS WHO IS AT RISK AND HOW TO PROTECT
AGAINST IT. >> THE SEX CRIMES AND STALKING UNIT IMPORTANTS
WITH THE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE JUST RELEASED AN ONLINE PODCAST WITH EXPERT
ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM STALKERS AND HERE IS OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRIAN ERICKSON
AND SPECIALIST AND SDSU PROFESSOR MURRAY JENNEX AND WHEN IS IT NOT PERSISTENT AND STALKING?
>> WHEN THE PERSON BEING STALKED FEELS TAKE ARE BEING THREATENED OR A FAMILY MEMBER OF
THEIRS IS BEING THREATENED AND THE INTENT OF THE PERSON IS TO THREATEN THEM.
>> REPORTER: YOUR DEPARTMENT FOUND THAT ABOUT 38% OF STALKING VICTIMS ARE ACTUALLY ORDINARY
CITIZENS AS OPPOSED TO CELEBRITIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON TYPES, THE THREE COMMON TYPES OF STALKING THREATS WOULD AVERAGE
CITIZENS ENCOUNTER? >> THEY WILL KILL YOU OR HURT YOU, A CONDITIONAL
THREAT, YOU DO THIS FOR ME OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO DO THIS I'M GOING TO DO THIS AND HURT
YOU IF YOU COULD GET BACK TOGETHER WITH ME, I WILL HURT YOU, THINGS LIKE THAT.
A VALID THREAT WHERE IT'S A THREAT MOSTLY KNOWN TO THE VICTIM.
AND NOT AS OBVIOUS AS I'M GOING TO KILL YOU OR DO THIS.
>> REPORTER: GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF THAT ONE >> A LOT OF IT WOULD BE I KNOW A LOT ABOUT
YOU, AND THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE IF YOUR BOSS KNEW THAT WHERE THEY ARE THREATENING I'M GOING
TO LET THIS INFORMATION OUT ON YOU. >> REPORTER: THAT FALLS UNDER STALKING AND
MURRAY CYBER STALKING WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT, WHAT IS IT AND HOW PREVALENT IS IT?
>> CYBER STALKING IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT SOMEBODY
AND FOLLOW IT UP WITH PHYSICAL STALKING OR GOING ONLINE AND POSTING INFORMATION OR MISLEADING
INFORMATION ABOUT SOMEONE TO HARASS THEM AND CAUSE THEM TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
>> REPORTER: CLARIFY THIS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HERE HAVE GONE ON AND LOOKED UP A FORMER ROOMMATE
OR BOYFRIEND, IS THAT STALKING? >> NO, I HAVE DONE THAT MYSELF, IT'S WHEN
YOU LOOK THEM UP AND FOLLOW‑UP WITH ACTION AFTER THAT THAT WOULD CAUSE THE STALKING TO
OCCUR. >>.
>>> ARE THERE THINGS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ONLINE STALKING?
>> THERE ARE COMPANIES LIKE REPUTATION FIXER WHO GO OUT AND WILL MONITOR FOR YOU.
PERSONALLY I GOOGLE MYSELF EVERY WEEK OR SO TO SEE WHAT IS COMING UP.
>> REPORTER: YOU DO. >> YES.
>> REPORTER: YOU TOO. BRIAN NOW YOUR PODCAST OFFERS VERY SPECIFICS
ON WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE BEING STALKED. PART OF THAT YOU INCLUDE A LOT OF HAVING A
DETAILED PAPER TRAIL. GIVE US SUGGESTIONS YOU HAVE AND WHY DO YOU
NEED A PAPER TRAIL? >> I SUGGEST VICTIMS KEEP A PAPER TRAIL BECAUSE
STALKING GOES ON A LONG TIME BEFORE IT GOES TO TRIAL.
THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE VALID THREATS SHOWING WHY THIS VICTIM
FEELS THREATENED OR WHAT THIS MEANS TO THEM, THE BETTER.
KEEP THAT JOURNAL OF EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON, THE TELEPHONE CALL, THE E‑MAILS, THE
DRIVE‑BY THE HOUSE, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND HOW YOU FELT WHEN THE PERSON DID THAT BECAUSE
THAT IS WHAT I NEED TO PROVE IS HOW YOU FELT, WOULD A REASONABLE PERSON UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES
FEEL THREATENED BY THE BEHAVIOR. >> REPORTER: THAT IS HELPFUL IN LEGAL ISSUES
LATER ON. >> YES AND SHOWS IT'S REPEATED AND WITH STALKING
IT HAS TO BE REPEATED, DRIVING BY ONCE IS NOT STALKING, THREE TIMES AT 2:30 AT NIGHT
AND YOU HAVE BROKEN UP AND THERE IS SOME EXCHANGE OF BAD WORDS, NOW YOU ARE GETTING INTO STALKING‑TYPE
TERRITORY. >> REPORTER: ONLINE, SHOULD YOU KEEP E‑MAILS
OR SAVE THE PAGES? >> ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD SAVE YOUR E‑MAILS AND KEEP THEM NOT I WOULD TAKE THEM OFF THE COMPUTER AND
WHEN YOU FIND A PAGE OR POSTING PRINT IT AND KEEP IT SEPARATE BECAUSE IT CAN GO AWAY AND
BE REMOVED SO YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT DIGITAL RECORD.
ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS ALL OF US LIKE TO BE ONLINE AND POST STUFF ABOUT YOURSELVES
AND ONLY WHEN SOMEBODY STARTS STALKING YOU SHOULD YOU START REMOVING THE BEHAVIOR ON
YOUR OWN, QUIT POSTING PICTURES AND POSTING ABOUT YOURSELF.
>> REPORTER: AND WHO SHOULD YOU HAVE TELL IF YOU ARE BEING STALKED?
>> I WOULD TELL EVERYBODY. OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO CALL THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY
ESPECIALLY IF YOU FEEL THREATENED AND TELL YOUR COWORKERS AND NEIGHBORS AND YOUR CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS AND EVERYBODY BECAUSE HE WILL GO TO ALL OF THE SOURCES TO GET INFORMATION
ON YOU SO THE MORE THEY KNOW THE BETTER BECAUSE THEY CAN LOOK OUT FOR YOU, ANOTHER SET OF
EYES LOOKING FOR YOU. >> REPORTER: ONLINE IS THERE A SPECIFIC PLACE
YOU CAN TELL SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS? >> WELL, YOU CAN POST ON YOUR OWN FACEBOOK
PAGE AND POST ON TWITTER THAT SOMEBODY HAS BEEN MAKING POSTS ABOUT YOU.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO GO WHERE THEY ARE ALL POSTING AND MAKE COUNTER COMMENTS, IT PROMOTES AND
ENCOURAGES ACTIVITY SO I WOULD NOT SAY TO DO THAT, TO ACTUALLY CONFRONT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL MURRAY AND BRIAN THANKS FOR THIS.
I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON STALKING BY CALLING THE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN, THAT IS 619‑515‑8900, 619‑515‑8900 OR GO TO KPBS.ORG TO LINKS
TO THE PODCAST OR LOCAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.
IT'S ILLEGAL IN SAN DIEGO TO SMOKE IN A PUBLIC PARK, ON THE BEACH OR EVEN AT A PADRE GAME
BUT THEY CAN LIGHT UP ON SAN DIEGO STATE AND SAN DIEGO AND THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE.
>> AT UC SAN DIEGO STUDENTS GRAB A SMOKE BEFORE HITTING THE BOOKS.
SMOKING IS PERMITTED ON CAMPUS UNDER CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
PEOPLE CAN'T SMOKE IN DOORS OR WITHIN 25 FEET OF AN ENTRYWAY.
SMOKING IS ALLOWED AT THE AREA NEAR THE LIBRARY. AND PARKING LOTS AND ON CAMPUS SIDEWALKS AND
PATHWAYS. THAT IS ALL GOES TO END ON SEPTEMBER 1ST WHEN
UC SAN DIEGO WILL GO COMPLETELY SMOKE FREE. KAREN IS IN CHARGE OF WELLNESS SERVICES FORCE
STUDENTS AND SAYS A FEW YEARS AGO STUDENTS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF LIMITING SMOKING
TO A FEW AREAS ON CAMPUS. >> BUT THEN IN 2011 THERE WAS A MEETING AT
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOR THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF THE UC.
AND WE WERE DISCUSSING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WELLNESS INITIATIVE AND SMOKING CAME UP.
AND THE QUESTION AROSE, WHY ARE WE STILL SMOKING ON CAMPUS?
AND WE ALL THOUGHT WE SHOULDN'T BE. >> REPORTER: THEY FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE AND
PRODUCED A PAPER ADVOCATING THE ENTIRE UC SYSTEM GO SMOKE FREE.
UCREGENTS AGREED AND THEY SENT A LETTER TO CHANCELLORS ANNOUNCING THE BAN AND GAVE THE
UNIVERSITIES TWO YEARS TO PREPARE FOR IT. SHE SAYS UC SAN DIEGO IS READY TO LEAD THE
WAY THIS FALL. >> SMOKING IS THE NUMBER ONE HEALTH HAZARD
THAT LEADS
TO LAST YEAR THEY WERE INVOLVED ON A CLEANUP ON CAMPUS AND STUDENTS COLLECTED 24,000 BUTTS
IN ONE HOUR. >> THEY ARE EVERYWHERE AND THEY BLEND IN VERY
WELL AND THEY ARE NOT BIODEGRADABLE AND SHOULD NOT LITER AND IT'S BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH AND
HOW BAD IT IS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TOO. >> REPORTER: STUDENTS HEARD ALL ABOUT THE
HAZARDS OF SMOKING. STILL, HE BELIEVES STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE THE
RIGHT TO SMOKE ON CAMPUS. >> IF YOU DON'T LIKE SMOKE GO AWAY FROM IT,
IT'S THAT SIMPLE. >> YEAH.
>> THIS IS EVERYBODY'S AIR. YOU KNOW.
>> REPORTER: AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS.
>> YOU GO TO A LIBRARY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A QUIET PLACE, AND YOU GO TO THE SMOKE AREA
TO SMOKE AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS RULES FOR EVERY LOCATION AND PLACE AND
TIME. THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.
>> REPORTER: SAN DIEGO STATE DR. THOMAS DOES NOT SEE THINGS THAT WAY.
HE IS A FORMER ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL AND WORKED ON TOBACCO CONTROL AND WHEN IT COMES
TO PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM SECOND‑HAND SMOKE DESIGNATED AREAS DO NOT CUT IT.
>> WHAT WE KNOW DOES WORK IS WHEN YOU BAN IT COMPLETELY AND GOING HALFWAY DOESN'T WORK
AND SO THAT IS WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COMPLETELY SMOKE FREE CAMPUS AND
NOT DESIGNATED AREAS. WHAT WE KNOW IS IT DIDN'T WORK IN RESTAURANTS
AND DIDN'T WORK IN AIRPLANES AND DIDN'T WORK IN WORK SITES.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS TO SAY THERE IS NO SMOKING HERE AND PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR.
>> REPORTER: IN JANUARY THE ACADEMIC SENATE OF THE CAL STATE SYSTEM PASSED A RESOLUTION
CALLING FOR CAMPUSES TO GO SMOKE FREE. THE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY SENATE WILL
TAKE UP THE ISSUE THIS SPRING. SMOKE‑FREE CAMPUSES ARE NOT A NEW IDEA AND
MESA WENT SMOKE FREE IN 2007. NATIONWIDE THERE ARE 1100 SMOKE‑FREE CAMPUSES.
UC SAN DIEGO'S KAREN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDING HER SCHOOL TO THE LIST.
>> AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A TIME WHEN I WITH WALK ACROSS CAMPUS AND NOT SMELL SMOKE
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO HAVE THAT WITH MY COLLEAGUES. >> KENNY GOLDBERG WITH KPBS NEWS.
>> REPORTER: BETTER ACCEPTANCE OF LBGT STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS THAN IN YEARS PAST BUT
THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND PEGGY PICO FIND OUT HOW THE SCHOOLS COMPARE.
>> THE GAY AND STRAIGHT NETWORK FOUND OF THE NEARLY 1,000 CALIFORNIA GAY, LESBIAN BISEXUAL
OR TRANSGENDER 89 HEARD REMARKS WHILE AT SCHOOL. 37% ARE PHYSICALLY HARASSED WHILE 22% SAID
THE MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL PROVIDE LBGT INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM.
WITH A LOOK AT HOW THE SCHOOLS STACK UP ARE COLIN PEARCE OF SAN DIEGO CHAPTER OF GLISTEN
AND A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WITH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ON THE ISSUE AND YOU HAVE JUST
HEARD THE STATISTICS IS THAT SIMILAR TO YOUR EXPERIENCE?
>> YES, I AGREE 100%. >> REPORTER: YOU HAVE BEEN HARASSED AT SCHOOL.
>> MOSTLY VERBALLY AND ONCE OR TWICE THREATENED PHYSICALLY TO BE HARASSED.
BUT MOSTLY I HEAR IS DEROGATORY TERMS, TWO DOZEN TIMES A DAY.
>> REPORTER: FOR EXAMPLE? GENERAL IN GENERAL ABOUT BEING GAY?
>> JUST IN GENERAL ABOUT BEING GAY, DON'T ACT SO GAY, ***.
>> REPORTER: HOW HAVE YOU RESPONDED TO THAT? HAVE YOU TOLD AUTHORITIES AT SCHOOL, HAVE
YOU TOLD YOUR TEACHER? >> YEAH, AT FIRST I LET THEM KNOW IT BOTHERS
ME AND THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THEN THEY KIND OF FORGET LATER LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS
LATER AND IF I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING OR GO TO MY ADMINISTRATION AT SCHOOL, I FEEL
LIKE IF THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THE KIDS WOULD KNOW I'M THE ONE THAT SAID IT BECAUSE
I'M OPENLY OUT AND ALL MY FRIENDS SUPPORT ME BUT SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T ACCEPT ME FOR
WHO I AM MAY KNOW THAT IT WAS ME WHO SAID SOMETHING.
>> REPORTER: OKAY, OKAY, SO WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT AS SORT OF THE SCHOOL IN RESPONSE.
COLIN, IS HIS EXPERIENCE SORT OF A VERBAL HARASSMENT HERE IN SAN DIEGO SCHOOLS HAVE
YOU FOUND THIS IS TYPICAL OF STUDENTS WHO EITHER COME OUT OR SUSPECTED OF A DIFFERENT
*** ORIENTATION? >> IT IS PRETTY TYPICALLY AND THINGS WILL
VARY FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL FROM PART OF SAN DIEGO TO PART OF SAN DIEGO FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT
TO SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT OVERWHELMINGLY THIS IS PRETTY TYPICAL
OF WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR A STUDENT IN SAN DIEGO. IT COULD BE BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY LGBT
OR AS YOU INDICATED IT'S FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE PERCEIVED TO BE GAY OR LESBIAN AND CAN
COME IN FOR THE SAME ABUSE. >> REPORTER: HOW DOES THE ABUSIVE AND HARASSING
BEHAVIOR EFFECT A STUDENT AT SCHOOL AND ACADEMICS AND COMING TO SCHOOL?
>> IT MANIFESTS IN SEVERAL WAYS, WE SEE THE GRADE POINT AVERAGES ARE LOWER AMONG LBGT
STUDENTS WHO REPORT BEING BULLIED AND WE FIND THEY ARE LIKELY TO MISS SCHOOL.
THERE IS AN ALARMING STATISTICS WITHIN THE SURVEY THAT SUGGESTS OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE
INTERVIEWED AND SURVEYED, ONE‑THIRD OF THEM MISSED A DAY OF SCHOOL LAST MONTH BECAUSE
THEY DID NOT FEEL SAFE, NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE GOING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DID NOT
FEEL SAFE OR INCLUDED TO GO TO SCHOOL. >> REPORTER: THIS SURVEY ALSO TALK ABOUT THERE
HAS BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS WHICH IS HOW LONG THE SURVEY HAS BEEN
GOING ON IN 2011 PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL THE STUDENTS THERE ELECTED A LESBIAN COUPLE
AS THE HOMECOMING KING AND QUEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DISTRICT CAME OUT PUBLICALLY NOT ONLY
SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS CHOICE AND SUPPORTING THE KING AND QUEEN BUT ALSO VERY CLEAR ON
THAT THEY ARE INCLUSIVE, THEY HAVE AN ANTIBULLYING POLICY, WHAT ARE SCHOOLS DOING IN SAN DIEGO
TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION? >> IT'S ONE OF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT
IS AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY ARE RESPONDING WHERE ONE OF THE COMMUNITY
GROUPS WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT THE ANTIBULLYING POLICY AND IT WAS
VERY PLEASING TO US TO SEE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WERE PERSONALLY
INVOLVED AND IN THE MEETINGS. IT WAS NO SURPRISE TO ME THAT BILL STOOD UP
AND SAID THE KIND OF ABUSE THOSE GIRLS GOT PRIMARILY FROM ADULTS, NOT NECESSARILY FROM
CHILDREN, WAS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE AND HAD IT BEEN FROM CHILDREN WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AGAINST THEM.
>> REPORTER: AND JOEY WOULD YOU COME OUT AGAIN WITH THE BEHAVIOR THAT HAPPENED AND WOULD
YOU BE OPEN AGAIN AT SCHOOL AND IF SO WHAT WOULD YOUR TAKE HOME MESSAGE BE TO OTHER STUDENTS?
>> MY TAKE HOME MESSAGE IS EVERY ONE IS EQUAL NO MATTER RACE OR *** ORIENTATION OR WHAT
COLOR EVERY ONE IS EQUAL IN MY EYES AND SHOULD BE THAT WAY IN OTHERS EYES AND DON'T BE AFRAID
TO BE WHO YOU ARE. >> REPORTER: YOU WOULD COME OUT AGAIN.
>> YES. >> WHAT KIND OF GRADE WOULD YOU GIVE SAN DIEGO
SCHOOLS WITH THE INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS? >> WE HAVE 42 SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO IT VARIES
A LOT BUT THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND WE ARE SCRATCHING THE SURFACE IN TERMS OF
FIXING THE PROBLEM. >> REPORTER: WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US. >> I'M JUDY ON THE NEXT HOUR SUPREME COURT
ARGUMENTS OVER CALIFORNIA BAN ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE, PLUS A DEADLY EXPLOSION IN A KANSAS
GRAIN ELEVATOR, TUESDAY ON THE PBS NEWS HOUR. >> REPORTER: CLOUDY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
WILL BE WITH US FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND COASTAL TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND LOWS IN THE 70
AND PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT TEMPERATURE IS ALSO IN THE MID 60S.
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