COMING UP NEXT ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT, THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION AND THE TEAMSTERS UNION ARE MAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR A STRIKE AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT STARTING ON MONDAY.

THE UNIVERSITY WILL REMAIN OPEN.

ALSO, WE SPEAK WITH LOCAL ATTORNEY AND KEEN POLITICAL OBSERVER ERIC KIRK ABOUT THE UPCOMING LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS, AND HOW 2024 REPRESENTS WHAT COULD BE A TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENT FOR THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM.

COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

IT'S WITH GREAT TREPIDATION AND ANXIETY THAT I WATCH THE COUNTY, STATE AND NATION PREPARE FOR THE 2024 ELECTIONS.

IT SEEMS LIKE OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, EVERYONE WITH AN OPINION HAS LOUDLY AND REPEATEDLY SAID THAT THIS TIME EVERYTHING REALLY IS AT STAKE.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS.

THE LOCAL ELECTIONS THIS MARCH ARE PRETTY TYPICAL OF WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED DURING ANY PRIMARY SEASON SUPERVISORIAL ELECTIONS, A FEW MEASURES THAT PROPOSE THIS OR THAT CHANGE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE CHOOSING OF VARIOUS CANDIDATES TO VIE FOR THE VARIOUS STATE AND FEDERAL POSITIONS THAT WILL BE OPEN THIS ELECTION SEASON.

OUR GUEST TONIGHT, ATTORNEY ERIC KIRK, WILL JOIN US THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THESE MEASURES AND CANDIDATES, HELPING OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE AND WHAT CHOICES WILL MATTER IN THE LONG RUN.

BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE ELECTION PROCESS, WE CAN SPY OVER THE HORIZON A FEDERAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT ACTUALLY COULD DETERMINE WHETHER THIS FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM THAT HAS LONG BEEN THE PRIDE OF OUR COUNTRY WILL ACTUALLY LAST INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES.

ON ONE HAND, WE HAVE AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WHOSE AGE AND APPEARANCE HAVE MANY WORRIED THAT HE'S NOT FIT FOR OFFICE.

THE NATION, AS A WHOLE, IS DOING WELL BY MOST MEASURES, INCLUDING THE ECONOMY, BUT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRANSLATE THAT STABILITY AND RELATIVE SUCCESS INTO A MANDATE FOR RE-ELECTION.

ON THE OTHER HAND, WE SEEM TO HAVE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WHO APPEARS TO BE CLOSING IN ON THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION EVEN AS HE REMAINS UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION ON SEVERAL FRONTS.

IMPEACHED TWICE, AND CLEARLY RESPONSIBLE IN MY MIND FOR AN ATTEMPTED COUP, TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN WILLING TO DENY THE EVIDENCE OF THEIR OWN SENSES AND CONVINCE THEMSELVES THAT HIS BAD REPUTATION AND MANY INDICTMENTS ARE RATHER SOMEHOW THE RESULT OF A BROAD AND OVERARCHING LIBERAL CONSPIRACY TO DECEIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

IS THIS THE STATE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY?

HAVE WE ALL GOTTEN SO COMFORTABLE IN OUR INFORMATION BUBBLES THAT WE'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH OUTLANDISH IDEAS RATHER THAN FACE UP TO THE NOTION THAT THE GUY WE SUPPORTED MAY ACTUALLY IN FACT BE THE CRIMINAL EVERYONE CLAIMS HE IS?

THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY AN OPEN QUESTION.

SO WHILE THIS ELECTION MAY DECIDE WHICH OF THESE SEPTUAGENARIANS LIVES IN THE WHITE HOUSE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, IT WILL ALSO DETERMINE ONCE AND FOR ALL WHETHER THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE CAN COME TO ITS SENSES, OR WHETHER IN THE END WE'LL ALL DESERVE WHATEVER CALAMITY ARISES AS A RESULT OF TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION.

BECAUSE THIS TIME, WE ALL ABSOLUTELY KNOW BETTER.

SO WILL WE IN THE END MAKE BETTER CHOICES?

WE'LL SEE.

FIRST, THE NEWS.

LET'S START WITH SOME GOOD NEWS.

THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THIS WEEK REPORTED THE RESCUE OF A YOUNG FAMILY AND THEIR CAT AFTER FLOODING THREATENED TO WASH THEM ALL AWAY.

AROUND 4PM ON JAN. 13, DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF FELT ROAD NEAR MYRTLETOWN TO ASSIST WITH AN EVACUATION DUE TO FLOODING.

ONCE DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCESS THE RESIDENCE DUE TO RISING WATER LEVELS.

DEPUTIES DEPLOYED A ZODIAC RAFT AND TRAVERSED THE FLOODED ROADWAY ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE RESIDENCE.

WHEN DEPUTIES FINALLY REACHED THE HOUSE, THEY DISCOVERED NEARLY FOUR FEET OF WATER HAD FLOODED THE AREA AROUND THE HOME, AND WAS STILL RISING.

DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO SAFELY EVACUATE THE OCCUPANTS OF THE RESIDENCE WHICH WERE TWO ADULTS, A ONE-MONTH-OLD INFANT, AND A PET CAT.

NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED DURING THE FLOODING OR EVACUATION.

WITH MORE WINTER WEATHER AHEAD, THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC TO BE CONTINUALLY VIGILANT AROUND AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING.

IF IN NEED OF EMERGENCY RESCUE, CALL 9-1-1 AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LEAVE UNLESS IT CAN BE DONE SO SAFELY.

FOLLOWING UP ON A STORY WE'VE BEEN COVERING FOR SOME TIME, EMPLOYEES OF CAL POLY HUMBOLDT AND ALL THE OTHER UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ARE SET TO GO ON STRIKE THIS COMING MONDAY.

THE STRIKE, LED BY THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION AND LOCAL TEAMSTERS 2010, IS SCHEDULED INITIALLY TO LAST FOR FIVE DAYS.

EMPLOYEES ARE DEMANDING BETTER PAY, WORKING CONDITIONS, AND A DECREASED WORKLOAD.

THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, LECTURERS AND PROFESSORS IN THE CSU SYSTEM, WHILE THE TEAMSTERS UNION REPRESENTS SKILLED TRADE WORKERS.

PROFESSOR RAMONA J. J.

BELL SAID THAT EMPLOYEES ARE STRUGGLING UNDER CONDITIONS THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

WELL, RIDING WITH THE PICKETT LINE PLACARDS AND I PUT I'D RATHER BE IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING THAN TO BE ON THIS STRIKE LINE.

SO DO THE RIGHT THING.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, OR DEMANDING IS A 12% PAY RAISE TO STAY AHEAD OF INFLATION.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 10 YEARS, AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY TYPE OF PAY RAISE TO REFLECT INFLATION.

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST PAID UNIVERSITIES IN THE CSU SYSTEM.

ALSO WE'RE NOTWITHSTANDINGED A PAY EQUITY.

LAST YEAR WE HAD A STAFF POSITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR SUPPORT, AND SHE WAS OFFERED THE JOB BUT SHE ALSO APPLIED FOR THE COLLEGE OF REDWOODS AND I ASKED HER WHY AREN'T YOU TAKING THE COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS THEY PAY MORE.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR MORE MANAGEABLE WORKLOADS AND THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE STUDENT SUCCESS AND SUPPORT.

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNIVERSITY WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING THE STRIKE TO HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES, AND ADVISED THOSE WHO ARE NOT ON STRIKE TO BE SAFE CROSSING PICKET LINES WHEN NECESSARY.

OFFICIALS ALSO SAID PEOPLE SHOULD REPORT ANY ABUSE THEY MAY RECEIVE AT THE HANDS OF PICKETERS.

ASSUMING THERE IS ANY ABUSE.

BELL SAID THE RECENT DECISION BY THE CSU SYSTEM TO UNILATERALLY INVOKE A CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH A MERE 5% PAY RAISE WAS AN INSULT TO EMPLOYEES.

>> IT WAS AN INSULT.

IT WAS AN ACT OF DISRESPECT.

YOU DON'T SAY THAT TO MANAGERS.

UPPER ADMINISTRATION.

I MEAN, YEAR AFTER YEAR, UPPER AD INSTRUCTORS ARE GETTING PAID.

AND EVERY YEAR I GET SOME TYPE OF NEWS WHERE WHERE SO-AND-SO GOT ANOTHER PAY RAISE.

SO-AND-SO GOT ANOTHER PAY RAISE.

NONE OF THESE FACT ARE FACULTY OR STAFF.

YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO THE AREA, AND SO A PART OF THAT BEGINS WITH INVESTING IN THE FACULTY WHO CAN GET THE JOB DONE.

THE STRIKE IS SET TO START AT 8AM ON MONDAY.

AND KEET WILL BE THERE.

JOINING US NOW IS ATTORNEY ERIC KIRK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

>> IT'S ALWAYS FUN.

>> SO WE'VE AN ELECTION COMING UP IN MARCH AND WE HAVE SEVERAL SUPERVISOR SEATS THAT ARE UP FOR THE VOTE, AND ALL OF THE ENCUMBANTS HAVE CHALLENGERS.

THE FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD THAT BEING MIKE WILSON AND THE FIRST AND SECOND DISTRICT SUPERVISORS AND THEY'VE GOT WHICH AINGERS.

I HAVEN'T LEARNED ALL OF THE NAMES OF THE CHALLENGERS.

>> WHICH STRIKES.

BUSH NELL IN THE SECOND DISTRICT IS FACING A RUN AGAINST A FORTUNA BUSINESSWOMAN.

>> GEMA McCLENDON.

>> AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF CHALLENGE THERE IS.

I DO KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF DISSATISFACTION PARTICULARLY AROUND CANNABIS PRESSURE.

>> MEASURE.

IS THE HOTTEST BUTTON.

I'M INTERESTED IN THE FIRST DISTRICT.

I HAD REX BOHN.

AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO GET AHOLD OF HIM.

IT'S NOT INJURY McGUIRE.

SOMEBODY WITH A LAND ISSUE, AND POSSIBLY.

HE IS HARD TO REACH.

AND REX HATSS HAD A COLORFUL TERM.

HE'S BEEN THE LIGHTNING ROD FOR.

HE MADE THEM BEFORE.

IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT.

PROBABLY THE MOST CONSERVATIVE OF THE FIVE DISTRICTS.

AND HE'S WELL LOVED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO HIS CHALLENGERS DEFINITELY HAVE AN UPHILL BATTLE.

NEVER SAY NEVER BUT THEY HAVE AN UPHILL.

>> MIKE WILSON.

>> AND HE REPRESENTS SO THE THIRD DISTRICT IS ARCATA.

AND THEN THE FIRST DISTRICT IS SOUTH OF HARRIS AVENUE IN EUREKA TO FERNDALE.

PETROLIA AND HONEYDEW.

AND THEN WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE THE SECOND DISTRICT IS.

AND FAMOUSLY IT'S INTERESTING HOW THEY BREAK IT DOWN.

THEY'RE ALL CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR POLITICAL LEANINGS.

THERE WAS JOE BOULLE'S.

AND JOE CHESBRO.

>> YOU'VE GOT FORTUNA WHICH IS SORT OF CONSERVATIVE.

ALTHOUGH BECOMING LESS SO.

SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT KIND OF HIPPIE WITH SOME LIBERTARIAN STRAINS THAT MAKES THE POLITICS INTERESTING.

>> EUREKA WAS MORE CONSERVATIVE AND IT'S SLOWLY BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIBERAL.

MAYBE IT'S THE BUT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN RELIABLY.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE WHITE STUDENTS BE NO LONGER 50% IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> I WENT TO EUREKA AND THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

HONESTLY LENTEN ANKS IN THE WHOLE CLASS.

WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY KIDS A FEW KIDS AGO IT REMIND OF SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

>> DIVERSITY.

AND I NOTICED THAT ABOUT THE HUMBOLDT.

HUMBOLDT HAS ATTRACTED A LOT MORE DIVERSE STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

>> WE'VE BEEN STUCK IN THE STONE AGES FOREVER.

ONE THING I'M NOT EXPERIENCED ON BUT I THINK YOU ARE THE JUDGESHIPS.

THERE'S THE SUPERIOR COURT DISTRICT APRIL VAN DYKE.

AND GREGORY KRIESS.

PRIMARILY WHY DOES VOTING FOR A JUDGESHIP PARTICULARLY MATTER.

YOU CAN'T SAY IF I'M ELECTED I'M GOING TO DO.

YOU CAN ONLY PROMISE TO BE NEUTRAL ACTUALLY AS THE CASES COME TO YOU.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S CASE IS GOING TO COME TO YOU.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE.

A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A LOT ABOUT TEMPERAMENT AND ABOUT THEIR RECORD.

AND APRIL VAN DYKE DOESN'T HAVE ANY RECORD AS A JUDGE.

SHE WAS A PUBLIC DEFENDER, AND PROBABLY EXPRESSES MORE PROGRESSIVE VIEWS THAN HER OPPONENT.

BUT I WOULDN'T TRY TO CHARACTERIZE LEFT, RIGHT ON THIS.

JUDGE CRIESS DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BAGGAGE BECAUSE OF A LAWSUIT THAT RECENTLY SETTLED.

BUT HE WAS ACCUSED GETTING A LITTLE BIT DRUNK AT A PARTY AND THROWING SOMEBODY IN THE LAKE.

AND APPARENTLY THE PARTIES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

>> IT'S SEALED.

SO IT'S RAISED A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

AND I IMAGINE THAT WILL PROBABLY BE A FOCUS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S REALLY -- IT'S DIFFERENT THAN RUNNING FOR ANY OTHER OFFICE.

A LOT OF STATES DON'T ELECT JUDGES.

>> IT'S AN INTERESTING THEORY.

BEING A JUDGE SHOULDN'T BE A POPULARITY CONTEST.

APRIL VAN DYKE IS NOT A JUDGE.

USUALLY PROSECUTION.

IS THERE ANY.

MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IT'S PROSECUTION BUT THEY TEND TO BE PAWNLER FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

PUBLIC DEFENDER IF THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE 35U7LER.

THEY'VE GOTTEN PEOPLE OFF THAT ARE PERCEIVED TO BE CRIMINALS.

SO WE CAN ALL LEARN THAT LESSON.

NOW, I'LL GET BACK TO.

BUT WE HAVE KEET AND WE HAVE A CONTENTIOUS MEASURE COMING UP.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE HOTTEST BUTTON ISSUE ON THE BALLOT FOR LOCAL VOTERS.

IT'S MEASURE A.

YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MEASURE A PROPEDS.

I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING IN WHAT'S IN IT.

WHAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I WOULD SAY FOR FOLKS WE HAVE TWO VIDEOS ON OUR YouTube CHANNEL ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PRO AND CONON THAT.

>> BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND BASICALLY IT WOULD REVAMP THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF ITS CANNABIS REGULATIONS.

>> THE OPPONENTS SAY LOOK THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A LEGISLATIVE SETTING.

WHERE YOU BRING ALLOF THE INTERESTS GROUPS TO THE TABLE AND USE SORT OUT THE POLICY BASED ON THAT RATHER THAN HAVING ONE AGENDA BE ADDRESSED IN ALL OF THIS COMPLECS POLICY.

THE PROPONENTS YEAH BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING IT.

THAT'S WHY INITIATIVES HAPPEN.

ED BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DON'T TAKE IT UP.

SO IT'S A TOUGH ONE.

AND THE WITH WHATEVER YOU HAVE.

YOU CAN'T EVEN CHANGE IT WITHOUT A SEPARATE BALLOT INITIATIVE.

YOU CAN'T SEE WHETHER SOMETHING WORKS.

YOU CAN'T TINKER WITH IT.

>> IT'S AN INTERESTING ARGUMENT SIDE.

IT COULD BE ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC FOR LOCAL CANNABIS HISTORY.

WHERE THE PROPONENTS WHO HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY UNDER REGULATED GROWS THAT ARE BRINGING NEGATIVE IMPACTS INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE COUNTY WHO IS I GUESS YOU COULD SAY SORT OF A THIRD-PARTY ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST.

THEY POINT TO THE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN ONGOING SINCE 2014.

THIS IS THE SECOND ITERATION THEY PUT FOR THE CANNABIS 2.0.

AND IF THIS PASSES IT WOULD THROW ALL OF THAT WORK.

ALL OF THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

ALL OF THE TESTIMONY.

ALL THE EFFORTS TO BALANCE ALL OF THE INTEREST GROUPS OUT THE WINDOW AND IT WOULD BE A TOTAL LOSS.

AND THE COUNTY AND THE SUPERVISORS ARE ARGUING THAT ALL BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO'RE PROPOSING MEASURE A HAD PARTICULAR ISSUES IN THE AREA OF THEIR OWN HOMES.

THERE'S A PLACE FOR THAT.

>> I SORT OF FELT LIKE THE ESSENTIALS OF A BALLOT SHOULD BE READABLE IN A PAGE OR TWO.

BUT THIS ONE IS NOT.

IT IS VERY CUMBERSOME.

IT REMINDS OF PROP 24 WHICH IS INTERNET PRIVACY.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH IT.

AGAIN IF THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS FEEL LIKE THE BOARD HAS NOT DONE ITS JOB THEY'RE GOING TO PASS IT.

>> IT'S CENTRAL TO THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY ECONOMY.

SO UNLESS WEATHERLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS MAYBE WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS.

>> I KNOW WHEN I WAS WORKING AT STANDARD GIVEN INITIATIVES BUT YOU REALLY SHOULD BE CONSERVATIVE WHICH INITIATIVES YOU VOTE FOR AND SUPPORT.

IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT PROPOSITION 13 AND THE EDUCATIONAL YOU GO MENTATION FUND.

AND THEN THERE'S NO WAY TO FIX THE DAMAGE YOU CAUSED.

IN A MINUTE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSITION 1.

CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE MELT SYSTEM AND ACTUALLY RENAMES IT.

THAT IS GOT A FOCUS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT WILL EITHER WORK OR NOT.

MEASURE A IS A LOT MORE INVOLVED.

>> IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE.

I DON'T SEE AN ARMY OF PEOPLE COMING IN FAVOR OF IT.

>> I HAVE NOT SEE THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE STAYING OUT OF IT AND THE OTHER GROUPS SEEM -- THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SUPPORT FOR THAT.

WE'VE SEEN ELECTIONS WHERE POLLS AND EVERYTHING.

YOU CAN'T POLL A COUNTY TO EFFECTIVELY DO IT.

BUT BY THE INDICATIONS IF YOU LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE REST IT PROBABLY WON'T PASS.

I NEVER SAY NEVER.

>> AFTER 2016 I LEARNED MY LESSON THERE.

>> DON'T PROGNOSTICATE.

>> NO INTERESTINGLY STATE ASSEMBLY JIM WOOD IS RETIRING.

>> RETIRING.

WHEN WE HAD A REDISTRICTING AND THOMPSON WAS MOVED INTO ANOTHER DISTRICT AND WE GOT HUFFMAN OUT OF A DOZEN PEOPLE.

WE HAVE THE JUNGLE PRIMARY WHERE EVERYBODY RUNS.

AND THEN THE TOP 2 RUNS IN NOVEMBER.

>> I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ANY OF THEM.

WE'LL PROBABLY COVER IT MORE AS IT GOES ON.

CYNTHIA GLICK IS A DEMOCRAT IN THE MICHAEL GREER IS A REPUBLICAN.

RUSTY HISPANIC IS A HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND SEEMS TO BE THE FAVORITE.

I WOULD SAY HE'S CERTAINLY THE MAINSTREAM CHOICE.

ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOODS HAS ENDORSED.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME CONTROVERSY.

AND HE IS THE HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THERE IS AN APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

MR. HICKS IS SAYING THERE ISN'T AN ACTUAL CONFLICT THAT INTEREST.

IF THEY FOLLOW THE RULES AND DON'T USE THE APPARATUS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO FAVOR THEM.

BUT THE APPEARANCE OF IT.

AND THE APPEARANCE IS MAKING A LOT OF PEOPLE UNEASY.

>> YOU MIGHT YOU KNOW -- BUT SO FAR HE'S DECIDED THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

>> ARIEL KELLY.

>> MEYERS.

AND FROM DOWN SOUTH.

>> CHRIS ROGERS IS FROM SANTA ROTA.

TED WILLIAMS IS A MENDOCINO SUPERVISOR.

THAT IS WHAT DO YOU CALL A CAGE MATCH IN THE THUNDER DOME.

>> A LOT OF DEMOCRATS AND ONE REPUBLICAN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

MAYBE 245I8 SPLAT THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE.

BUT PROP 1.

>> PROP 1 IS VERY INTERESTING.

IT REDEFINES MENTAL HEALTH.

IT GOES INTO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

IT IS TRYING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN HOMELESS OR HOUSELESS PEOPLE NEED HOUSES.

IT'S NOT BUILDING BOXES TO STICK THEM UP.

IT'S WORKING UP TREATMENT CENTERS BUT NOT JUST MENTAL HEALTH BUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS.

>> I WOULD ARGUE THAT IS MENTAL HEALTH.

>> THEY'RE TAKING THE EUROPEAN APPROACH HERE.

NOT ONLY DOES IT DEDICATE $6 BILLION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES TO MEET THIS PURPOSE BUT ALSO IT GUARANTEES THE 30% OF THE BUDGET OF THE SYSTEM WILL GO TOWARDS HOUSING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

NOT NECESSARILY TOWARDS HOUSING.

HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ACROSS THE STATE.

WE'VE GOT DISPROPORTIONAL'S.

I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I WAS AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION THERE WERE FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> THEY'RE SUPPORTING IT.

THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE STREETS WITH AT LEAST WITH ADDICTION ISSUES.

THEY'RE DISPENSING NARCAN.

>> THEY'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THE PHONE WE'VE GOT THIS ISSUE.

PEOPLE ARE NOT AGAINST IT'S GOVERNMENTAL OVER REACH.

>> YES.

AND OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT THE TAX POSSE.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT WORKING.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT WORKING.

THIS IS A BIG ATTEMPT THAT WE'RE WHERE A LOT OF EXPERTS THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT STRONGLY MITIGATES HOMELESSNESS.

I SUSPECT IT WILL PASS.

>> WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

WE'VE GOT THREE-TIME.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND ALSO CONGRESS.

I'M LOOKING AT AFTER GONE THROUGH THE LAST SEVEN YEARS I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS IN A POSITION TO BE TO BE ELECTED.

>> I DO THINK HE HAS AN ACTUAL CHANCE.

I THINK HE HAS UNLIKELY CHANCE.

I GIVE HIM A 30, 35%.

HE'S POLLING EVEN BETTER.

IT'S THE INDEPENDENTS TEND TO BREAKAWAY FROM HIM.

THEY MAY NOT REALLY LIKE JOE BIDEN.

>> EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THE INDICATORS ARE OBJECTIVELY SHOW THAT THE ECONOMY IS WELL.

THEY PAY IT BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD IT BUT THEY GET ANGRY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT A PRESIDENT CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

BUT THAT'S THE POINT THAT'S WHAT MIGHT HURT HIM.

ALSO IF HE HAS A SENIOR MOMENT THAT CAN HURT HIM.

THE AGE HAS BECOME AN ISSUE.

FOR BOTH CANDIDATES.

ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SENIORS OVER SCOOIFR ARE SUPPORTING BIDEN BECAUSE OF THE AGE ATTACKS ON HIM.

CAN POSSIBLY FOR OTHER REASONS LIKE THE CHAOS.

>> IT'S HARD TO NOT SAY WE ARE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO.

CHANGING HORSES WHEN WE'RE ON A PATH ON A LITTLE BIT OF STA STABILITY.

IT'S POSSIBLE HE MAY BE CAMPAIGNING FROM LIKE EUGENE DEBS.

>> ARE THE DEMOCRATS GOING TO WIN BACK THE HOUSE OR THE REPUBLICANS GOING TO HOLD.

DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO WIN BACK THE HOUSE.

FIFTY-FIFTY ON THE SENATE.

THE DEMOCRATS NEED AN INSIDE STREIT.

IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THEY CAN HOLD ON IN MONTANA AND DAKOTAS.

SHARE ONNED BROWN.

THEY COULD MAINTAIN THEIR.

PLUS CRUZ IS IN TROUBLE IN TEXAS.

>> WELL I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN ERIC.

I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE YOU DON