COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT AND TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF THE LATEST POLITICAL POLLING NUMBERS IN ARIZONA... ALSO TONIGHT: THE MAYOR OF TEMPE TALKS ABOUT THAT CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRAGETY... AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A NEW PREVENTATIVE BREAST-CANCER CLINIC FOR THOSE CONSIDERED AT HIGH-RISK.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

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I'M TED SIMONS.

COCHISE COUNTY SUPERVISOR PEGGY JUDD TODAY PLEADED GUILTY TO A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF FAILING OR REFUSING TO PERFORM HER DUTIES AS AN ELECTION OFFICER.

JUDD WAS FACING UP TO TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON ON FELONY CHARGES OF ATTEMPTING TO DELAY THE COUNTY'S CERTIFICATION OF VOTES IN THE 2022 ELECTION.

HER PLEA DEAL CALLS FOR 90-DAYS PROBATION, WHICH OVERLAPS THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

JUDD IS NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE THREE- PERSON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

OTHER HEADLINES: THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TODAY DECLINED TO HEAR A CHALLENGE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION.

A LOWER COURT HAD RULED AGAINST CLAIMS BY CONSERVATIVE GROUPS THAT THE AGENCY VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION BY NOT ALLOWING A PRESIDENT TO FIRE THE AGENCY'S BOARD, EXCEPT FOR CAUSE.

THE HIGH COURT'S DECISION NOT TO HEAR THE APPEAL LEAVES THE AGENCY'S STRUCTURE IN PLACE AND PREVENTS WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFCANT SETBACK TO MOST FEDERAL AGENCIES.

THE SUPREME COURT TODAY ALSO REJECTED FORMER TRUMP-AIDE MICHAEL COHEN'S ATTEMPT TO REVIVE A CIVIL-RIGHTS CLAIM AGAINST HIS OLD BOSS.

COHEN SUED TRUMP IN 2021 FOR ALLEGED RETALIATION AFTER COHEN PROMOTED HIS TELL-ALL BOOK ABOUT HIS YEARS AS TRUMP'S, QUOTE, "FIXER."

LOWER COURTS DISMISSED COHEN'S LAWSUIT AND TODAY, THE SUPREME COURT DID THE SAME, DECLINING TO HEAR THE CASE.

AND, NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT INFANTS DIED AT HIGHER RATES IN THE U.S. AFTER THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE-V-WADE.

MORTALITY RATES WERE UP TO 7% HIGHER IN THE MOST AFFECTED MONTHS, WITH ABOUT 80% OF THOSE ADDITIONAL DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO BIRTH DEFECTS.

THE RESEARCH WAS PUBLISHED TODAY IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

ELECTION DAY IS CLOSING IN, AND THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF POLLS AND SURVEYS BEING RELEASED, ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW VOTERS ARE FEELING ABOUT THE ISSUES AND THE CANIIDATES.

TO HELP US MAKE SENSE OF THE LATEST POLL NUMBERS, WE WELCOME PAUL BENTZ, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND STRATEGY AT HIGHGROUND.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> THERE'S A LOT TO GET TO HERE.

WE HAVE SOME EARLY VOTING NUMBERS WHERE WE'RE SEEING WHAT'S COMING IN, HOW MUCH OF IT IS COMING IN, AND WHAT DO WE KNOW?

>> EARLY VOTE HAS STARTED, AND BALLOTS ARE STARTING TO COME IN, AND WE KNOW IF PEOPLE HAVE OR HAVE NOT VOTED.

WE ADOPT KNOW HOW THEY VOTED.

WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL ELECTION DAY BUT WE DO KNOW IF YOUR BALLOT HAS BEEN RETURNED OR NOT.

THERE'S ABOUT A HALF MILLION BALLOTS IN SO FAR, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER AND SLOWER THAN 2024, ANDING IN FACT BEHIND 2022.

WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING SO FAR IS A SLIGHT REPUBLICAN RETURN ADVANTAGE BY ABOUT 30,000 OR SO BALLOTS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO CYCLES, IN 2022 AND IN 2020 WE ACTUALLY SAW DEMOCRATS AHEAD AT THIS POINT AT THE SAME TIME.

>> DOES THAT SUGGEST ANYTHING?

WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT -- FIRST OF ALL, JUST FOR VOTER ENGAGEMENT?

>> WELL, PRIOR TO 2020 WE SAW REPUBLICANS TENDED TO DOMINATE EARLY VOTING, AND THEN THERE WAS QUESTIONS CAST ABOUT WHAT EARLY VOTING WAS LIKE PARTICULARLY IN COVID, NOT NECESSARILY HERE BUT IN OTHER PLACES.

AND THE RESULT WAS WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF REPUBLICANS NOT VOTE EARLY.

IN FACT, SHOW UP ON ELECTION DAY, SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A RETURN TO FORM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IT'S A BIT OF AN UNDERPERFORMANCE BY DEMOCRATS SO FAR, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT SAME ENTHUSIASM, AT LEAST TO THIS POINT, THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

IT ALSO IS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT IT'S A TWO-PAGE BALLOT AND THAT IT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF TIME FOR ALL THE BALLOTS TO ARRIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, MY WIFE AND I BOTH GOT OUR BALLOTS ON THE SAME DAY BUT MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T GET HER BALLOT UNTIL ABOUT FIVE DAYS LATER.

>> IT CERTAINLY SEEMED STAGGERED.

LAST POINT ON THIS, DOES IT SUGGEST THAT THE WHOLE REPUBLICAN NARRATIVE OF THERE BEING PROBLEMS WITH EARLY VOTING, DON'T GO -- MAKE SURE YOU GO TO THE POLLS, DON'T DO THIS -- THAT'S KIND OF OVER, ISN'T IT?

>> IT'S SOMEWHAT OVER.

I THINK THEY'RE STILL A LITTLE LOWER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING THAT HESITANCY THAT WAS HOLDING REPUBLICANS BACK, THEY SEEM TO BE GETTING OVER IT.

THEY'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO ENCOURAGE REPUBLICANS TO RETURN THEIR BALLOT AND TO SPEND SOME TIME ACTUALLY INCREASING VOTER TURN-OUT.

AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.

>> LET'S GET TO THE POLLING NOW.

ARE THEY SHOWING MUCH MOVEMENT?

LET'S START WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

I MEAN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMS LIKE HE'S HAD A SLIM LEAD FOR QUITE A WHILE.

IS THAT HOLDING UP?

WHAT ARE WE SEEING?

>> WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IS ACTUALLY EARLY ON WHEN HARRIS JUMP IN THE RACE, WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP FOR HER.

AND SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE REALLY SEEN THE MOMENTUM COME BACK TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

POLL AFTER POLL WE SEE HIM INCHING UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

STILL WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR.

THIS IS A DEAD HEAT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S ANYBODY'S GAIN ABOUT BUT WE ARE SEEING GAINS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

HE'S BEEN MAKING HEADWAY AMONG INDEPENDENT AND UNAFFILIATED VOTERS AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO TRY TO GET BACK SOME OF THESE DISEFFECTED REPUBLICANS.

ABOUT A MONTH AGO WE SAW UP TO 12 POINTS OF REPUBLICANS SORT OF LEANING THE MORE DEMOCRATIC WAY.

BUT THAT IS STARTING TO LOWER DOWN I THINK AS THEY START TO GET TOWARDS THE ELECTION AND MANGE THEIR MINDS.

>> THE CAMPAIGN VISITS FROM BOTH SIDES, DO THOSE THINGS REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

>> THEY DO BECAUSE WE'RE FLOODED WITH NEGATIVE ADS RIGHT NOW.

AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF NEGATIVITY, WHICH SUPPRESSES VOTER TURN-OUT.

HAVING THE CANDIDATES SHOW UP.

HAVING THEIR SURROGATES SHOW UP IS A WAY TO INCREASE ENTHUSIASM AND GET DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA ATTENTION, TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAN THE TYPICAL CAMPAIGN ADS, AND IT'S NECESSARY.

WE'RE STILL BEHIND PACE OF WHAT WE SAW FROM FOUR YEARS AGO IN THE NUMBER OF VISITS, BUT I EXPECT IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN UPTICK IN PEOPLE COMING TO THE STATE.

>> LAST POINT ON, THAT GET OUT THE VOTE, IS THAT SOMETHING A PRIMARY -- MORE IMPORTANT THAN USUAL, THIS GO-AROUND.

>> ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SEEING THESE EARLY NUMBERS.

RETURNS ARE DOWN OVERALL PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE TWO-PAGE BALLOT BUT WITH OVER 3 MILLION LIKELY VOTERS, PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW NEW THIS ELECTION, ONLY ABOUT 17 IT CAN OF THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN CAST SO FAR.

THAT MEANS WE HAVE OVER 80% OF PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVEN'T MADE UP THEIR MIND.

SO EVERY DAY BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 5TH, IS ELECTION DAY, SO THOSE GET OUT THE VOTE, MAKING SURE PEOPLE SHOW UP, PARTICULARLY YOUNGER VOTERS.

IF DEMOCRATS CAN'T GET YOUNGER VOTERS TO SHOW UP, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE COME NOVEMBER.

>> U.S. SENATE RACE, RUBIN GALLEGOS STILL WITH A 5 TO 10 POINT LEAD.

WE'VE HAD A DEBATE, WE'VE HAD AN INTERVIEW, DIVORCE RECORDS BEING RELEASED.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.

IS THAT CHANGE ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE POLL SOMETHING CONCERNED?

>> WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STUFF GO ON BUT IT HASN'T REALLY CHANGED MUCH.

EVERY POLL THAT I'VE SEEN HAS GALLEGO WITH A PRETTY SIZABLE LEAD.

LAKE IS NOT ABLE TO GET THE SAME NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS THAT TRUMP IS ABLE TO GET TO.

GALLEGOS BEING ABLE TO GET A LARGE PORTION OF THE INDEPENDENT VOTERS AS WELL AS SENIOR VOTERS.

HE REALLY SEEMS TO HAVE A PRETTY SOLID BASE THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BREAK UP, AND WHILE THIS DIVORCE PROCEEDING THING WAS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY GOT IN THERE AND ACTUALLY SAW IT WAS REALLY NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT, IT ENDED UP NOT BEING THAT BIG OF A DEAL.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S AN OCTOBER SURPRISE THAT WILL REALLY HELP LAKE AT THIS POINT.

>> SCHWEIKER, SIKAMANI LOOK LIKE THEY'RE IN FOR A CLOSE RACE HERE.

DOES THE POLL, SUGGEST THAT EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO WILL CONTINUING BEING A CONGRESSMAN?

>> I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE BOTH COULD DEPENDING ON THE VOTER PARTICIPATION.

WE'RE SEEING REPUBLICAN ENTHUSIASM, THAT WOULD BE TWO AREAS TO WATCH CLOSELY.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEE AND WAIT.

I DON'T THINK WE'LL KNOW EITHER OF THOSE ON ELECTION NIGHT.

I THINK THOSE WILL BE ONES WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL EVERY BALLOT HAS BEEN COUNTED.

>> I SAW A RECENT POLL WHERE JONATHAN NEZ WAS NECK IN NECK WITH ELI CRANE.

WHAT DO WE TAKE FROM THAT?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S A VERY REPUBLICAN-LEANING DISTRICT.

WE HAVE 9 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

ONLY TWO ARE REALLY CONSIDERED COMPETITIVE.

TWO ARE CONSIDERED SOMEWHAT COMPETITIVE.

THAT'S ONE OF THEM, WHERE IT'S -- BUT IT REALLY IS A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT.

I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF CRANE WAS DEFEATEDED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

THAT WOULD REALLY COME DOWN TO A SPIKE IN VOTER TURN-OUT AMONG DEMOCRATS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE PAST.

IT COULD HAPPEN, BUT IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD NIGHT FOR DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE STATE, NOT JUST IN THAT DISTRICT.

>> AS FAR AS STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES ARE CONCERNED -- FIRST OF ALL, HOW MUCH POLL SOMETHING DONE FOR THOSE KINDS OF INDIVIDUAL RACES, AND SECONDLY, IF ANY POLLING IS BEING DONE, WHAT ARE WE HEAR SOMETHING IN.

>> NOT A LOT OF PUBLIC POLLING.

I THINK A LOT OF INTERNAL POLLING.

A LOT OF FOLKS THAT PAY MONEY AND INFLUENCE THE RACES, PAY FOR POLLING AND THAT SORT OF THING.

WE'RE SEEING NOT A LOT THAT'S BEEN PUBLICALLY PUBLICIZED.

I WILL SAY THAT FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT IN SORT OF THE OUTSKIRT AREAS, THOSE ARE LEANING MORE REPUBLICAN, SO THE NORTH PHOENIX PORTION IN WHICH DISTRICT 2 HAS BEEN GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE REPUBLICAN, AND IN PINNAL COUNTY, DISTRICT 16, IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S BEEN PRETTY COMPETITIVE, LEANING MORE SORT OF REPUBLICAN.

IN THE CENTRAL AREA AND SORT OF THE OTHER ONES 4:00 9, 13, WE'RE SEEING VERY COMPETITIVE RACES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE ACTUALLY SHIFTING MORE BLUE OVER TIME.

>> AND YOU MENTION INTERNAL -- I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY INTERNAL POLLING.

YOU COULD BE MY INTERNAL POLLER AND TELL ME EVERYTHING I WANT TO HEAR.

BUT WHEN THE NUMBERS COME IN AND THEY'RE WRONG, I MEAN, TO QUOTE, YOU'RE FIRED.

YOU CAN'T STAY IN BUSINESS DOING THAT, CAN YOU.

>> INTERNAL POSTSTERS REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

KARI LAKE SAID THAT SHE'S GOT POLLS THAT SHOW HER IN THE LEAD OR CLOSE.

I DON'T TEND TO BELIEVE THOSE.

I TEND TO MEASURE THEM AGAINST THE OTHER TYPES OF POLLING.

BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR REALLY IS THE BALANCE BETWEEN UNDERSTAND WHO SHOULD BE VOTING IN THESE ELECTIONS AND WHO IS VOTING, AND PLANNING ACCORDINGLY.

I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT A LEGISLATURE THAT'S GOING TO BE RAZOR THIN, AND I THINK EARLY IN THE CYCLE THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THE STATE SENATE WAS GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT MAYBE WOULD BE THE ONE ENDS THAT UP WITH A SPLIT DELEGATION.

I ACTUALLY THINK AT THIS POINT LOOKING AT SOME OF THE RACES AND HOW THEY'RE PANNING OUT, WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A SPLIT HOUSE INSTEAD WHERE RIGHT NOW BOTH REPUBLICANS HOLD A ONE-SEAT MAJORITY IN BOTH CHAMBERS BUT THE HOUSE SEEMS TO BE ONE THAT'S MORE UNSETTLED THAT THE POINT.

>> LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE GO, REAL QUICKLY HERE.

I KNOW YOU'RE VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH PROP 140, SO WE'LL SKIP THAT ONE.

BUT THE OTHER MAJOR BALLOT MEASURES HERE.

ANY TRENDING, ANY POLL SOMETHING IN.

>> BOTH PROP 139, THE ABORTION MEASURE, THAT ONE IS PASSING PRETTY HANDEDLY.

LAST POLL WE HAD ABOUT 58%.

BUT WHAT WAS ALSO INTERESTING IS THE IMMIGRATION INITIATIVE, ALSO PROP 314 WAS ALSO AT 58%.

IT'S JUST HOW THEY MAKE DIFFERENT -- THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO BUILD A WINNING MAJORITY IN THE STATE, AND REALLY THE ABORTION INITIATIVE HAS A VAST MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS AND A BIG PORTION OF INDEPENDENTS AND ONLY ABOUT 30% OF REPUBLICANS.

AND THEN YOU FLIP IT FOR THE IMMIGRATION REPUBLICAN.

IT'S ONLY GOT ABOUT 30% OF DEMOCRATS, BUT 70% OF REPUBLICANS, AND A MAJORITY.

SO IN THE STATE, JUST FOR AN INTERESTING THING, THERE IS A GALLEGO/TRUMP ABORTION-IMMIGRATION VOTER.

LET THAT SINK IN.

>> MY GOODNESS.

PAUL BENTZ, GOOD HAVE YOU HERE, GOOD INFORMATION.

>> THANK YOU.

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THE CITY OF TEMPE IS WORKING TO EXPAND ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS BY WAY OF THE CITY'S "AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY AND HOMETOWN FOR ALL INITIATIVE," WHICH INCLUDES A NEW HOUSING HUB IN NORTH TEMPE.

JOINING US NOW IS TEMPE MAYOR COREY WOODS.

MAKE GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANKS FOR COMING.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY AND HOMETOWN FOR ALL INITIATIVE.

IT'S A MOUTHFUL, BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

>> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY OF TEMPE AT ALL TIMES.

THE HOME FOR ALL STRATEGY WAS FIRST PASSED BY THE COUNCIL IN LATE JANUARY OF 2021.

THE GOAL WAS TO TRY TO FILED WAYS TO ACQUIRE MORE PROPERTY, TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR CITY.

TO DATE, WE'VE HAD 9.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN CITY INVESTMENT, AND OVER 22 MILLION IN DONATIONS AND PLEDGES TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM.

SO IT'S BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.

I SHOULD ALSO MENTION AS A NOTE, THOUGH, WE HAVE TWO BOND QUESTIONS ON THE BALLOT THIS COMING NOVEMBER 5TH FOR ALL TEMPE RESIDENTS, AND BOND QUESTION NUMBER 3 SPECIFICALLY IS TO HAVE $32 MILLION NEW DOLLARS TO GO TO THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND TO EVEN FURTHER ACCELERATE THE GAINS.

>> AND I WANT TO YOU DEFINE "AFFORDABLE HOUSING" HERE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> AFFORDABLE HOUSE SOMETHING BASED ON A FORMULA CALLED AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

AND SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WITH HE WILL TELL PEOPLE, THERE IS A WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT THAT JUST GOT APPROVED IN THE CITY OF TEMPE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KIRENE IN GUADALUPE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.

229 UNITS, 100% WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUT MOSTLY FOR PEOPLE MAKING BETWEEN $40 AND $60,000 A YEAR.

THE WORKFORCE PROJECT THAT WE JUST APPROVED, BUT IT MEANS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BUT THE RALLY IS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LIVE OR WORK IN THE CITY OF TEMPE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE THERE.

WHETHER THEY'RE LIVING IN AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING OR MARKETED HOUSING.

AFFORDABLE IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN WHAT THEY WOULD CALL 0 TO 60% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND WORKFORCE IS TYPICALLY BETWEEN 60 TO 120% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

>> GOTCHA.

SO THE STATE -- LET'S STICK WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WHAT IS THE STATE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TEMPE RIGHT NOW?

>> IT'S VERY CHALLENGING.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, THE COUNCIL AND I AND OUR STAFF, TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP FOR RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AS AN EXAMPLE ON DECEMBER 4th, WITH VERY A PROJECT CALLED LAVICOTORIA COMMONS THAT'S BREAKING GROUND, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH COPA HEALTH AND NEW TOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING 104 AFFORDABLE FOR-RENT APARTMENTS BUT ALSO 19 AFFORDABLE FOR-SALE TOWNHOMES.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO INCREASE SUPPLY OF BOTH RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP PRODUCT IN THAT AFFORDABLE CATEGORY FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.

>> IS THAT THAT NEW HOUSING HUB IN NORTH TEMPE OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT?

>> THAT ONE IS SORT OF OUT OF THE VICTORY ACRES OR LAVICOTORIA NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S AROUND APACHE BOULEVARD AND THE 101 FREEWAY.

BUT THE NORTH TEMPE ONE I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP, WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY FROM MICHAEL POLLACK AT THE END OF JUNE.

THERE'S A LOT OF ADJACENT RETAIL.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS THREE THINGS.

WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING IN MIXED INCOME HOUSING TO THAT DEVELOPMENT WITH A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST 50 AFFORDABLE UNITS ON SITE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A GROCERY OPTION FOR PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE BUILDING A POLICE SUBSTATION ALONG WITH A TRAINING FACILITY.

>> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM NEIGHBORHOODS WHETHER IT'S KIRENE AND GUADALUPE OR UP IN NORTH TEMPE WITH THIS PARTICULAR HUB?

THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING GOING ON HERE.

>> THE ONE IN NORTH TEMPE WAS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.

THE REASON WHY IS FOR A LONG TIME A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS SORT OF -- AS WE SAY, NORTH OF THE RIVER -- FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY GOING ON DOWNTOWN, ALONG APACHE BOULEVARD WITH THE EXISTENCE OF LIGHT RAIL AND A LOT IN SOUTH TEMPE.

THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE SORT OF THE FORGOTTEN PORTION OF THE CITY OF TEMPE AND THERE WASN'T MUCH ECONOMIC INVESTMENT HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO THEY WERE THE ONES THAT REALLY PUSHED US TO ACQUIRE THAT CENTER TO REVITALIZE IT.

THE SAME WAY THE RESIDENTS ALONG APACHE BOULEVARD PUSHED US TO ACQUIRE THE CENTER AT APACHE IN DORSEY THAT REWE PURCHASED IN 2021.

OVERALL I WOULD SAY OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF TEMPE ABOUT THESE DEVELOPMENTS.

>> BUT YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL BECAUSE SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS -- AND I IMAGINE KIRENE GOOD LOOP MIGHT BE ONE OF THEM -- THEY'RE KIND OF HESITANT FOR WHAT THEY CONSIDER THEY WANT TO LIVE IN.

>> WELL, WE HAVE ABOUT 14 PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WERE IN OPPOSITION FOR THAT PROJECT DURING THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING BUT ALSO 13 PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE IN FAVOR OF IT.

SO ROUGHLY ABOUT 50/50.

AND SO THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX WHEN IT COMES TO RESIDENT INPUT AND FEEDBACK ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, BUT OVERALL, THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE CHARACTER AREA PLAN, WHICH THE CHARACTER AREA PLAN 6, OVERWHELMINGLY THE RESIDENTS FROM 20 PUBLIC MEETINGS THROUGH BOARDS AND COMMISSION, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING SAID WE NEED ADDITIONAL WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS PART OF THE CITY.

SO PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY AND ARE TEACHERS AND POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS CAN TONIGHT LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF TEMPE.

AND IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

>> OKAY.

AS FAR AS NORTH TEMPE IS CONCERNED AND THIS HUB NORTH TEMPE, IS THERE A DEVELOPER INVOLVED?

WHEN DOES THE DIRT START TO MOVE, OR IS IT ALL CONTINGENT ON THE BOND NEXT.

>> A PORTION IT IS CONTINGENT UPON THE BOND SELECTION WHICH IS THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY AND THE SUBSTATION BUT THE REST WE GOT MONEY THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH CONGRESSMAN STANTON AND WE GOT MONEY FROM THE AMERICA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WORKING CLOSE CLOSELY WITH JACK CELLARS.

BUT WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE EARLY PHASES.

THE PROPERTY WAS ONLY PURCHASED AT THE END OF JUNE, BEGINNING OF JULY, SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE RSP OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS, TO FIND DEVELOPER WHO COULD DELIVER ON ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS.

>> GOT EXISTING LESIONS AS WELL.

>> THAT'S THE OTHER THING.

WE TRY TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL TO WORK WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO ENSURE THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS MEETING LAST WEEK WITH A BARBER, WHO'S OUT THERE, WHO'S BEEN THERE FOR 17 YEARS IN THAT SAME LOCATION, AND TWO OTHER FOLKS, ONE WHO OWNS A RESTAURANT AND ONE WHO OWNS A DENTIST OFFICE, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO STOP THE PROGRESS THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

THEY SEE THE GOOD THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO.

BUT THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE PROCESS AND NOT SIMPLY DISPLACED.

>> ALL RIGHT, TEMPE MAYOR COREY COREY WOODS, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN, TED.

A NEW HIGH-RISK BREAST-CANCER CLINIC AT THE BANNER MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE CARE AND COACHING FOR THOSE CONSIDERED AT HIGH-RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER.

IT'S THE FIRST SUCH FACILITY OF ITS KIND IN ARIZONA.

TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME DOCTOR QING ZHAO.

GOOD HAVE YOU HERE, DR. ZHAO.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> HIGH-RISK BREAST CANCER CLINIC.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> YES.

AND OUR CLINIC IS DEDICATED JUST TO TAKE CARE OF WOMAN WHO HAVE HIGHER CHANCE OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME.

>> SO WHAT KIND OF SERVICES DOES THE CLINIC PROVIDE?

>> WE PROVIDE PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE CARES IN HIGH-RISK BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AND TO DEFINE THE HIGH RISK AND, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO HAVE HIGHER RISK OF BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME, MORE THAN 20%, ARE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK, THAT MAY NEED MORE FREQUENT SCREENING AND MORE CARE TO THIS SPECIFIC POPULATION.

>> I WAS GONNA SAY, WHEN WE SAY HIGH RISK, WHAT DOES HIGH RISK MEAN?

IS IT PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY'RE AT RISK?

PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AND WANT TO FIND OUT IF THEY'RE AT RISK?

HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> YES.

AND SO BREAST CANCER IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CANCERS IN WOMEN, AND 1 IN 8 WOMEN HAVE BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME.

THAT'S AVERAGE 12 TO 13%.

BUT IF YOU HAVE OTHER FAMILY HISTORY OR PERSONAL HISTORIES OR GENETIC MUTATION THAT CARRIES, THAT IS MAY PUT IN HIGH RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER.

IF YOUR RISK OF LIFETIME DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER HIGHER THAN 20% AND THEN YOU'RE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK.

>> SO BASICALLY THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT, HOW DOES THAT WORK?

YOU GO IN.

YOU'RE NOT SURE, YOU'RE A LITTLE WORRIED, BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE.

MAYBE THERE'S A FAMILY HISTORY, BUT YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS YOURSELF.

WHAT HAPPENS?

>> CORRECT.

EXACTLY.

SO IF YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE HIGH RISK BECAUSE OF FAMILY HISTORY OR GENETIC MUTATIONS, YOU COME IN AND SIT WITH US, AND SO WE HAVE A PROVIDER TAKE YOUR PERSONAL HISTORY, FAMILY HISTORY, AND THEN WE TACKLE YOUR LIFETIME RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER.

IF YOU MEET THE CRITERIA, YOU MAY BENEFIT FROM MORE FREQUENT SCREENINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON TOP OF A MAMMOGRAM, YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR MRI SCREENING EVERY YEAR.

>> SO BASICALLY YOU GO IN FOR THE EXAM, YOU'RE ASSESSED, AND BECAUSE OF THAT ASSESSMENT WITH THE CLINIC, YOU EITHER MOVE ON OR MAYBE YOU MOVE AWAY BECAUSE THE ASSESSMENT SAYS YOU'RE NOT HIGH RISK.

>> CORRECT, YES.

YES.

AND PUT YOUR MIND AT EASE.

>> I WOULD SAY SO.

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO PREVENTATIVE SCREEN SOMETHING WHAT IT'S DESCRIBED AS.

PREVENTATIVE SCREENING IS HUGE, BUT AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> THERE ARE SOME FACTORS YOU CAN CHANGE.

FOR EXAMPLE, LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS.

THERE'S A SCREENING FOR CANCER RELATED TO CERTAIN GENE MUTATIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTIFIED GENETIC COUNSELORS IN THE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE CERTIFIED NUTRITIONISTS, SO WE CAN PERSONALIZE THE LIFE TIME MODIFICATION.

>> AND IT DIFFERS FROM OTHER CANCER CLINICS IN ONE WAYS?

>> OUR CLINIC IS MORE FOCUSED ON BREAST CANCER.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO -- IN THE MD ANDERSON, WE DO HAVE HIGH-RISK FBI CLINIC AND OTHER CANCERS, BUT OUR -- WE HAVE HIGH-RISK FBI CLINIC AND OTHER CANCEL CANCERS BUT WE'RE FOCUSING ON MORE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES MEANING MORE FREQUENT SCREENING, LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION, THE COACHING AND MAYBE PUT ON MEDICATION TO PREVENT THE CANCER DEVELOPING IN THE FUTURE.

>> IS THERE MEDICATION THAT YOU CAN GO ON?

>> THERE IS A PREVENTATIVE MEDICATION, FOR EXAMPLE, TAMOXIFEN, THAT WILL DECREASE THE RISK OF GETTING BREAST CANCER.

>> AND I READ IT'S MADE UP OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, THAT MEANS FOLKS FROM ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF CANCERS, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF STUDIES.

>> IN OUR CLINIC WE'RE FOCUSED ON BREATHS, SO WE HAVE PROVIDERS THAT ARE FOCUSING ON DECREASED RISK TO GET BREAST CANCER.

AND IF YOU HAVE NO GENETIC MUTATIONS WE HAVE GENETIC COUNSELORS TO GET TESTED AND PATIENTS OPT TO HAVE -- YOU WANT TO PREVENT A SURGERY, YOU HAVE MASTECTOMYIES.

WE HAVE BREAST CANCER SURGEONS THAT HAVE THESE SERVICES.

>> AND EVERYTHING IS BASED ON RESEARCH, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US HERE, DOCTOR, ABOUT THE LATEST RESEARCH REGARDING BREAST CANCER, ADVANCEMENTS?

FOR HIGH RISK, THERE'S MORE AND MORE DATA COMING OUT AND WE'VE SEEN THAT EVERY PREVENT PREVENTATIVE MEDICATIONS.

MAYBE TAMOXIFEN CAN LOWER IT FOR SHORTER DURATIONS AND STILL HAVE EFFICACY TO PREVENT CANCER.

FOR BREAST CANCER IN GENERAL, WE HAVE MORE AND MORE MEDICATION AVAILABLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, ANTIBODYIES, SOME NEWER MEDICATIONS, HAVE LINKS TO CHEMOTHERAPIES IN TARGETED AREAS AND VERY GOOD RESULTS FOR OUR BREAST CANCER TREATMENTS.

>> WOW.

THAT SOUNDS SO COMPLICATED, IT MUST BE WORKING.

DR. ZHAU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW, I'M TED SIMONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.