
Campus Protests, Trump Gag Order, Wildfire: APS Tiered Rates & HVAC's
Season 2024 Episode 89 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Campus protests nationwide, Trump violates gag order, Wildfire and APS.
Campus protests have taken place nationwide against the war between Israel and Hamas-- specifically targeting Israel and its treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. The protestors are calling for universities to cut financial ties to Israel. Judge Marchan fined former President Trump $9,000 for nine violations of the gag order. Wildfire, a non-profit that aims to stop poverty before it begins.
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Campus Protests, Trump Gag Order, Wildfire: APS Tiered Rates & HVAC's
Season 2024 Episode 89 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Campus protests have taken place nationwide against the war between Israel and Hamas-- specifically targeting Israel and its treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. The protestors are calling for universities to cut financial ties to Israel. Judge Marchan fined former President Trump $9,000 for nine violations of the gag order. Wildfire, a non-profit that aims to stop poverty before it begins.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON:A CONVERSATION ON THE CONTINUING PROTESTS AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES AROUND THE ALSO TONIGHT: THE LATEST ON DONALD TRUMP'S GAG ORDER VIOLATIONS.AND, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A NON-PROFIT TEAMING UP WITH APS TO HELP THOSE WITH HIGH SUMMER-TIME ELECTRICITY BILLS.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
I'M TED SIMONS.GOVERNOR KATIE HOBBS TODAY SIGNED A BILL OVERTURNING THE STATE'S CIVIL WAR-ERA LAW THAT BAN NEARLY ALL ABORTIONS.THE SIGNING COMES AFTER THE STATE SENATE YESTERDAY PASSED A REPEAL TO THE BAN, WHICH DATES BACK TO EARLY TERRITORIAL DAYS.
THE OLD LAW IS NOW REPLACED BY A 2022 LAW THAT ALLOWS ABORTIONS THROUGH 15- WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.
BUT THAT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL 90- DAYS AFTER THE LEGISLATURE ENDS ITS SESSION.AND, TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THE TIMELINE, THE STATE SUPREME COURT'S REVIVAL OF THE "OLD" LAW WON'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL AT LEAST 45- DAYS AFTER THE COURT ISSUES ITS FINAL MANDATE.
WHICH MEANS THE OLD LAW WILL STILL LIKELY TAKE EFFECT BEFORE THE REPEAL TAKES EFFECT.
THAT'S UNLESS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GETS THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO DELAY ITS FINAL MANDATE FOR ANOTHER 90-DAYS TO ALLOW A POSSIBLE APPEAL TO THE "U.S." SUPREME COURT.
LIKE IT SAID: COMPLICATED.THE ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS TODAY HEARD REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE KARI LAKE'S CASE AGAINST A LOWER COURT RULING THAT WENT AGAINST HER CLAIMS THAT SHE WON HER RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN 2022.
LAKE LOST THAT RACE AND HAS BEEN DISPUTING THE RESULTS EVER SINCE.
IN "THIS" CASE, SHE CLAIMS THAT MARICOPA COUNTY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE LAW IN VERIFYING VOTER SIGNATURES.
A COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE DISMISSED THOSE CLAIMS, RULING THAT THE COUNTY FOLLOWED THE LAW IN VERIFYING SIGNATURES.
LAKE IS APPEALING THAT DECISION, WITH ORAL ARGUMENTS HEARD EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
AND, PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY CONDEMNED VIOLENCE AND DAMAGE AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
POLICE HAVE DETAINED MORE THAN 2-THOUSAND PRO- PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS ON U.S.
CAMPUSES IN RECENT WEEKS AFTER PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT.
>> WE ARE NOT AN AUTHORITARIAN NATION WHERE WE SQUASH THINGS.
AMERICANS ARE HEARD, BUT NEITHER ARE WE A LAWLESS COUNTRY.
THE DECENT IS ESSENTIAL BUT SHOULDN'T LEAD IN DISORDER OR STOP PEOPLE FROM FINISHING THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION.
THIS IS NOT A MOMENT FOR POLITICS BUT CLARITY.
LET ME BE CLEAR, PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN AMERICA, VIOLENT PROTEST IS NOT PROTECTED.
PEACEFUL PROTEST IS.
IT'S AGAINST THE LAW WHEN VIOLENCE OCCURRING.
THE PRESIDENTS REMARKS CAME AFTER 200-ARRESTS WERE REPORTED THIS MORNING AT UCLA, WHERE VANDALISM AND ENCAMPMENTS LED TO OVERNIGHT CLASHES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AS WE MENTIONED, POLICE HAVE ARRESTED MORE THAN 2-THOUSAND PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WHO ARE THESE PROTESTERS, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY PROTESTING AGAINST AND WHY ARE SO MANY OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS INCLUDING VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM.JOINING US NOW IS ASU PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCES >> MY FIRST THOUGHT IS PAY ATTENTION TO THE FACT PAY ATTENTION TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
THERE ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE INTEREST OF THEIR TIME AND THEY ARE TAKING POSITION.
MOST OF THE PROTESTS ON CAMPUS INVOLVED MAINLY STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN AIRING THEIR VIEWS AND BIG ISSUES LIKE WHY DON'T WE HAVE A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.
ALSO WITH LEARNING THERE IS DEBATING WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY HAVE ONGOING COMMUNICATION OF VARIOUS KIND ACROSS CAMPUSES.
THAT ISN'T VIOLENCE, THAT'S NOT PROTEST.
PROTESTS ARE HOLDING UP FINES.
SURPRISING THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE MILITARY.
TO ME THE CAMP IS LIKE REFUGEE CAMPS LIKE GAZAANS AND OTHERS FOUND THEMSELVES.
WAS IT COMMUNICATED?
WE HAVE TO ASK.
THAT'S STILL NOT VIOLENCE.
THAT'S DISRUPTION.
PART OF DECENT AND EXPRESSING CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS IS ALSO DISRUPTION.
YOU SEE IT WITH CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
DISRUPTION CAN BE PART OF COMMUNICATION.
THAT'S NOT VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE IS WHEN THERE IS ACTUAL PHYSICAL THREAT OR DAMAGE.
IT'S NOT WHEN PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, IT'S WHEN THEY GET HURT.
>> WE ARE SEEING THAT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND ARRESTS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCES AND LAWS.
THEY PUTDOWN THESE ENCAMPMENTS IN AREAS WHERE THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
YOU SAID MOST OF THEM ARE STUDENTS.
I WOULD IMAGE MOST OF THEM ARE BUT MANY OF THE ARRESTS ARE NOT STUDENTS.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> WHEN DOES THE PROTEST BECOME CHAOS AND THE KIND OF THING THE PRESIDENT WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WE DON'T CONDONE IN AMERICA.
>> WE DON'T CONDONE VIOLENCE AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE AN INTEREST TO KEEP CAMPUSES SAFE FROM PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN SAFE FROM PEOPLE FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE BUT NOT HAVING PHYSICAL THREATS.
ARE OUTSIDE GROUPS SOMETIMES BEHIND VIOLENCE, YES.
UNIVERSITIES HAVE A GOOD REASON TO TRY TO LIMIT OUTSIDE ACCESS.
I'M SURPRISED THAT THE UNIVERSITIES HAVEN'T DONE THINGS LIKE SAY WE ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH STUDENT IDs WILL BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN THOSE WITHOUT STUDENT IDs.
THEY HAVE GOOD MECHANISMS TO DISTINGUISH OFF-CAMPUS ACTORS FROM THEIR STUDENT POPULATIONS.
THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS USED THEM.
THEY LEVELED CHARGES ABOUT THE OUTSIDE AGITATORS OR PHRASE THAT GOES BACK TO CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
>> YES, IT DOES.
>> TAKE UCLA, VIOLENCE CAME MAINLY WHEN A GROUP SAYING THAT IT WAS AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATION AND FOREISRAEL CAME ON THE CAMPUS.
IT DIDN'T COME FROM THE ORIGINAL PROTEST.
DISRUPTION CAME FROM THE ORIGINAL PROTEST, THE ANTI-PROTEST GROUP CREATED A VIOLENT SITUATION.
THERE IS THE QUESTION OF POLICE AND POLICE ACTION AND WHEN IS THAT THE VIOLENCE THAT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT.
>> WHEN DOES THE POLICE ACTION HAVE SCHOOLS OF CONDUCT AND THEY HAVE THE IDEA OF YOU ARE A STUDENT AND EVERY STUDENT HERE THAT KNOWS THERE ARE RULES OF CONDUCT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
YOU MENTIONED CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS AS YOU DO X, Y, AND Z THAT MIGHT BE AGAINST THE LAW AND PAY A PRICE FOR THAT.
YOU DON'T FIGHT BACK.
YOU SAY, I'M EXCEPTING THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT KIND OF LAW.
THIS IS AN UNJUST LAW.
I MIGHT HAVE TO DO JAIL TIME.
HAS THAT BEEN LOST ON THE FOLKS?
>> SOME OF THEM, PERHAPS.
MANY HAVE BEEN THROUGH CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TRAINING.
LEARNING NOT THE FIGHT BACK.
ONE THING YOU LEARN IS YOU SHOULDN'T BE FIGHTING BACK HAS EVERYONE DONE THAT?
WE CAN'T SAY.
UNIVERSITIES DON'T MAKE LAWS.
THEY CAN MAKE RULES.
IT'S NOT BREAKING THE U.S. LAW OR MUNICIPALITIES LAWS.
>>> SHOULD THE UNIVERSITIES NOT ENFORCE THEIR RULES OF CONDUCT.
>> THEY CAN ENFORCE THEM BUT NOT WITH RULES OF LAW.
ENFORCEMENT IS MADE OF CHOSES.
FIRST OPTION CALLING THE POLICE OR SENDING KIDS TO JAIL.
THE FIRST OPTION IS DISCUSSION WITH THEM.
THE UNIVERSITIES THAT HANDLED THERE BEST HAD LEADERSHIP THAT WENT OUT WITH THE STUDENTS AND REACHED COMPROMISED POSITION.
WE WILL ALLOW PROTESTS HERE AT THIS TIME OF DAY AND NOT HERE.
NORTHWESTERN, BROWN, RUTGERS HAD PRESIDENTS THAT LEAD THE UNIVERSITY IN FINDING PEACEFUL COMPROMISES.
>> YOU HAD A SECOND POINT YOU WANTED TO MAKE.
>> THE SECOND POINT IS YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE IN THE CASE OF BREAKING THE LAW.
WE MENTIONED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WHEN MARCHING WITHOUT A PERMIT THEY WERE BREAKING THE LAW OR REGULATIONS.
WAS IT GOOD TO TURN THE WATER CANON ON THEM, I THINK NOT.
ON THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES WITH STUDENTS.
FIRST POSITION TO NOTE IS THESE ARE STUDENTS THEY ARE YOUNG BE PEOPLE.
WE WANT THEM TO LEARN.
THE GOAL SHOULDN'T BE FIRST TO MAINTAIN ORDER.
FIRST EXERCISE AUTHORITY.
IT SHOULD BE FIRST ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THEN IN ORDER FOR EDUCATION LEARNING TO HAPPEN MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ORDER ON CAMPUS.
THERE COULD BE CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST THE PEOPLE WITHOUT GOING TO THE POLICE FORCE.
ONE LAST POINT.
VERY QUICKLY, I WAS IN CHINA IN 1989 IN THE SQUARE.
THE STUDENTS OCCUPIED THE SQUARE.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SAID WE FORBID IT.
THEY EXERCISED VIOLENCE TO GET RID OF THE STUDENTS.
THE DEMOCRATS, THE PRO DEMOCRACY SAID WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE CHINA AND STOOD WITH THE STUDENTS.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, ARE WE LIKE CHINA RIGHT NOW?
>> WE SHOULD BE SURE WE ARE STANDING WITH THE STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> GOOD EVENING AND BE WELCOME TO WASHINGTON WEEK WITH THE ATLANTIC.
>> GET THE BEST CONTEXT ON THE TOP POLITICAL NEWS LEAD BY JAFFREY GOLDBURG.
>>> THAT COULD HAPPEN.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT A TRIAL OF THE PRESIDENT'S SON.
>> MANY PEOPLE ARE UNCLEAR ABOUT HIS AGENDA.
>> FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 ON ARIZONA P. B.S.
>>> EARLIER THIS WEEK, DONALD TRUMP WAS FINED FOR REPEATEDLY VIOLATING A GAG ORDER IN HIS HUSH MONEY CRIMINAL TRIAL.
AND TRUMP WAS THREATENED WITH JAIL TIME IF HE CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE ORDER.
>> THERE WERE NINE FINDINGS OF CONTEM.
EACH FINE WAS IMPOSED OF $9,000 THE JUDGE IS STRUGGLING ON MAKING AN IMPACT WOULDEN YOU BUMP UP THE FINE A LITTLE.
$1,000 IS LUNCH FOR THIS GUY.
>> THE STATUTE WON'T ALLOW THE JUDGE TO GO ANY HIGHER HE STRUGGLED WITH THE IDEA OF WHAT HE COULD DO WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CONTINUES TO IGNORE ORDERS.
>> INCARCERATION PUNISHMENT MIGHT BE NECESSARY.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING.
>> WHAT IT MEANS TO INCARCERATE A FORMER PRESIDENT.
WHERE CAN YOU DO THAT.
HE HAS TO WATCH FOR IT SAFETY OF ALL.
IF YOU ARE THE LEADING CANDIDATE, HOW DO YOU KEEP THAT INDIVIDUAL AWAY FROM THE ELECTION AND ALL OF THESE ARE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THE JUDGES RELUCTANCE TO MOVE THAT FAR.
>> TRUMP SAID HE'S DEFENDING HIMSELF AND THE GAG ORDER IS LIMITING HIS FREE SPEECH.
DOES HE HAVE A POINT ?
>> THAT ISSUE IF THE GAG ORDER HAS LIMITED FREE SPEECH HAS BEEN ARGUED MANY TIMES.
THIS FORMER PRESIDENT IS RUNNING FOR UNITED STATES PRESIDENT.
THIS MAKES THE ARGUMENT I NEED TO STAND UP AND MAKE STATEMENTS WHY IT IS TO BE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO SAYING WHEN SOMEONE LIKE MICHAEL COHEN SAYS SOMETHING UNKIND ABOUT HIM WHY CAN'T I RETALIATE.
THERE WUSS ANOTHER ARGUMENT THE PROSECUTION SAID HE'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE JURORS AND THAT SHOULDN'T OCCUR.
THE JUDGE TOOK THAT TO HEART MORE.
IT WILL BE A FEW DAYS BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE JUDGE ON THAT ONE.
>> IT'S OKAY TO CRITICIZE THE JUDGE AND D.A.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> IT DOESN'T.
COMMON SENSE TEACHES US PEOPLE LIKE JUDGES HAVE THE ABILITY TO LISTEN TOO AND HEAR CRITICISM OF THE WAY YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF.
THE BEST OF US HEAR CRITICISM OF THE WAY WE DO OUR JOB FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL.
FOR MOST IT'S UNWISE TO CRITICIZE THE INDIVIDUAL THAT CONTROLS YOUR GUILT OR INNOCENCE OR IF YOUR LIBERTY IS TAKEN AWAY.
THAT PART DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
>> COULD IT MAKE SENSE IF YOU USE THIS ON APPEAL IT'S OBVIOUS HE WAS AGAINST ME.
I WAS SAYING THESE THINGS AND HE MADE UP A NEW WORD AND SAID HE WOULD INCARCERATE ME.
CAN'T YOU SEE HE WAS BIAS.
>> YOU WOULD HAVE TO SHOW BIAS OR PREJUDICE AND THIS JUDGE DID A JOB TO MAKE SURE HE RUNS TO COURTROOM WELL AND DOESN'T SHOW PREJUDICE OR BIAS.
THE PEOPLE YOU ARE APPEALING ARE JUDGES THEMSELVES.
THEY WILL FIND SYMPATHY WITH THE JUDGES BELOW.
>> HIS ATTORNEY SAID YOU ARE LOSING ALL CREDIBILITY WHEN THEY WERE MAKING CLAIMS AND THE JUDGE SAID SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE AND THEY WEREN'T GIVING WHAT HE WANTED.
>> LAST WEEK HE DID GET CRITICIZE.
HE SAID YOU ARE LOSING CREDIBILITY WITH ME.
A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR ANY LAWYER APPEARING IN FRONT OF ANY JUDGE.
TODAY HE'S DOING BETTER.
HE READ FROM A SCRIPT AND GAINED SOME TRACTION.
THERE WAS A STATEMENT ABOUT MR. BECKER SAYING HE WAS A NICE GUY.
HE SAID I DON'T SEE THAT AS A VIOLATION OF ORDER.
>> VERY QUICKLY TO WRAP THIS UP.
THOSE OF US ON THE OUTSIDE IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S GETTING MORE LEEWAY THAN THE AVERAGE JOE WOULD GET?
>> NO DOUBT.
WE WOULD BE INCARCERATED AT THIS POINT AND TIME.
THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO FIND HIMSELF DOING THAT HERE FOR THE REASONS WE STATED.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TED.
>>> WILDFIRE IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT TO STOP POVERTY BEFORE IT GOOD EVENING BEGINS HOW THEY HELP FAMILIES WITH HIGH SUMMERTIME ELECTRIC BILLS.
>> WILDFIRE ATTORNEY ADVOCATE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GIVE ME A BETTER DEFINITION.
>> IT'S A STATEWIDE NONPROFIT AND WE WORK WITH OVER 75 COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WE ALSO WORK ON POLICY ISSUES.
ISSUES BUBBLING UP.
WE TAKE THOSE AND TRY TO TURN THEM INTO POLICIES TO HELP THEM GET OUT OF POVERTY.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS WITH APS.
WHAT DOES IT DO.
>> FOR MANY YEARS WORKED WITH THE UTILITY ORGANIZES TO PROVIDE BILL ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES THAT NEED HELP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE DONE FOR DECADES.
>> IT'S A TEARED RATE SYSTEM?
>> YES.
>> THE IDEA WITH WILDFIRES HELPING GET THE WORD OUT.
>> WILDFIRES ALWAYS ADVOCATING AGAINST RATE INCREASES.
THE TIERED STRUCTURE MAKE SURE THE MOST VENERABLE ARE GETTING A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OFF THAN WHAT WE'D RECEIVE.
>> ALSO RAISING MONEY FOR HVAC SYSTEMS AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
>> I SPEAK TO THAT WILDFIRE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.
>> ABOUT $2 MILLION.
>> NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT UNITS.
WE HAD CLOSE TO 600 HEAT RELATED DEATHS LAST YEAR.
MOST ARE HAPPENING OUTSIDE.
25% OF PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES IN THEIR HOME BECAUSE OF AN INRATEABLE ACCIDENT SYSTEM.
WE WORKED WITH PARTNERS TO RAISE MONEY TO REPLACE THOSE UNITS.
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO GETS THE SYSTEM.
WHERE DOES IT GO.
>> EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS ONE DESERVES IT.
WE HAVE 12 COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE DONE WORK FOR YEARS.
THEY ARE SEEING PEOPLE AND NEED THEIR ENERGY BILL PAID THEY ARE STRUGGLING.
OUR AC IS BROKEN.
>> IF YOU LIVE-IN A MOBILE HOME PARK.
YOU HELPED GET THE LAW, WHAT WAS HAPPENING REGARDING HVAC, WINDOW UNITS, AND THIS KIND OF THING?
>> WHAT WE LEARNED FROM AMAZING RESEARCH THERE ARE A DISPROPORTION NATE NUMBER OF INDOOR DEATHS HAPPENING IN MOBILE HOMES.
IN ARIZONA 5% OF THE HOUSING IS MOBILE HOMES.
40% OF INDOOR DEATHS WERE HAPPENING IN MOBILE HOMES.
ASU WITH MOBILE HOMEOWNERS STARTED TO UNRAVEL THAT.
THEY REALIZED LANDLORDS WOULDN'T ALLOW THE HOMEOWNERS TO PUT THINGS LIKE A WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER UNIT IN THEIR HOME OR SUN SHADE.
SO, WE AT WILDFIRE TOOK THAT UP AND THOUGHT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT POLICY TO PURSUE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE BILL PASSED THIS YEAR NOT A SINGLE NO VOTE.
>> WAS THERE ANY OPPOSITION.
WHO THOUGHT THIS WASN'T A GOOD IDEA?
>> THE REASON THERE WAS A PROBLEM THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE LOOK OF THE PARK.
WHEN WE SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THAT CONCERN WAS CAUSING PEOPLE TO BECOME VERY ILL AND DIE.
IT BECAME A VERY EASY DISCUSSION TO HAVE AND WE RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT.
>> WE HAVE SHADE AWNINGS AND WINDOW UNITS AND WINDOW FILM.
ALL OF THIS IS OKAY TO HAVE AT A MOBILE HOME PARK.
>> IF IT'S A COMMERCIALLY USED COOLING METHOD YOU CAN INSTALL THAT IN YOUR MOBILE HOME.
>> AGAIN, AS THE WORK WITH APS, HOW LONG HAS THIS RELATIONSHIP BEEN GOING ON.
THE TIERED SYSTEM IS NEW.
>> AN INDICATION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT AND HOW MUCH WORK YOU'D HAVE TO DO.
>> APS IS WORKING WITH PEOPLE ENROLLED IN THE ENERGY SUPPORT PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE REENROLLED.
YOU GET ENROLLED IN THE DISCOUNT.
VISIT THE WEBSITE AND SUPPORT BADGE TO GET ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.
>> ARE THERE METRICS INVOLVED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU ARE HELPING.
>> SURE, THE GOAL IS TO HELP 158 HOUSEHOLDS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
AC UNITS ARE EXPENSIVE.
IT HELPS REDUCE COST AND KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CURRENTLY HOUSED STAY HOUSED.
>> IS THERE A WAY TO KNOW HOW MANY FOLKS ARE EFFECTED.
I KNOW IT'S A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF DEATHS.
>> 300,000 MOBILE HOMES AND MANUFACTURED THROUGHOUT ARIZONA.
BEFORE 1990 WHICH WAS BEFORE WE HAD THE STANDARDS TO MAKE THEM MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT.
WE KNOW THEY ARE HARDER TO COOL AND NEED MORE HELP.
THE STATEWIDE LAW IS A LIFESAVER.
>> SO MANY IN RURAL AREAS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS IN ALL OF THE GREAT WORK.
MORE INFORMATION.
>> WILDFIREAZ.ORG.
>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
I'M TED SIMON.
YOU HAVE A GREAT

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