COMIC UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT WE SIT WITH A SET OF LOCAL FILMMAKERS WHO USED THEIR TIME DURING KOFED TO FILM HOMELESSNESS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

LIVE FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL.

I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

ONE OF THE ALLOWING PEOPLE OUR AUDIENCE THE AND EMPATHIZE WITH THE STRUGGS WITH OTHERS.

TONIGHT WE'RE THRILLED TO GABE KIM.

VALENTINA DIMAS, SKYLAR GAVEN AND RACHEL MARTY.

HOMELESS IN HUMBOLDT.

AT THE SAME TIME THEY AVOID THE TRAP OF ESSENTIAL SAKES NULLIZING.

TONIGHT WE SIT WITH KIM AND DIMAS.

WE'LL ALSO SEEING MOVING CLIPS FILMED AT A TIME WHEN MOST OF WERE STRUGGLING WITH COVED.

AS WHAT SEEMED TO GET A KINETIC WAS LARGELY AN EXERCISE IN BOREDOM AND FUTILITY.

BUT HE MADE IT.

BY THE SAME TOKEN THESE YOUNG JOURNALISTS.

I'VE SAID IT BEFORE SINCE WHEN HAVE I LET THAT STOP ME.

AND DESPITE THE BACK AND FORTH WE ALL SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA EVERY DAY "THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT."

THEY'RE MADE OF BETTER STRONGER STUFF THAN WE EVER WERE.

GABE KIM AND VALENTINA DIMAS THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING DOWN TO THE STUDIO TONIGHT.

I'VE SEEN THE TWO EPISODES YOU HAVE DONE IN HOMELESS HUMBOLDT.

IT'S FASCINATING.

IT'S GRITTY.

IT'S HARD TO WATCH AT TIMES.

WE HAVE A CLIP WE WANT TO SHOW THE AUDIENCE.

WE'LL GO TO A CLIP OF THE MOVIE AND THEN COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT IT.

>> SOUNDS GOOD.

>> THE WAY I AM BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT'S FUN TO GO CAMPING.

IT'S AN OPTION.

THAT'S THE HARD REALITY OF IT ALL.

I CAN'T GUARANTEE WHERE I'M GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

HALF THE TIME IT'S ME MOVING BECAUSE I'M NOT ALLOWED TO EXIST.

>> I CAN'T GO WORK.

I CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING.

>> I WISH I COULD GET BACK INTO LIFE.

I DON'T FEEL I'M LIVING RIGHT NOW.

I'M LITERALLY STUCK.

SOME DAYS WE DON'T HAVE FOOD.

>> WE DON'T EVER GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP ANYMORE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I HAD A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

AND I'LL LET HIM SLEEP, AND ASSESS THE SITUATION BEFORE I FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO LAY DOWN.

IF BOTH OF US ARE ASLEEP WE'RE VULNERABLE.

>> BUT IT EFFECTIVELY HOW INTIMATE YOU GET WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE DOCUMENTARY.

I HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS HOW IT FELTS TO WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WHOSE IDEA.

WHERE DID THE MOTIVE FOR THIS FILM COME FROM >> BASICALLY IT IS KIND OF A LONG STORY A RELATIVELY LONG STORY.

BUT BASICALLY THERE WAS A PROJECT CALLED -- THIS WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT'S NOW CAL POLLY LIBRARY.

AND IT IS CALLED HUMBOLDT IN THE TIME OF COVID.

BASICALLY IT WAS THE LIBRARY WAS GATHERING SUBMISSIONS FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY THAT BEING ANYWHERE FROM POEMS TO MUSIC TO VIDEOS SHOWCASING HOW HUMBOLDT HAS LIVED IN THE TIME OF COVID SO RESEARCHERS COULD LOOK AT HOW WE ARE SURVIVING COVID.

WE ARE LOOKING LIKE WE HAVE LOOKED A HUNDRED YEARS AT THE SPANISH FLU OF 2018.

I WAS BROUGHT ON BY OUR FACULTY ADVISOR VICKY FOR THAT, AND I WAS BASICALLY TASKED WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO SOMETHING RELATED TO FINDING -- TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO -- TRYING I'M SORRY TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE SOMETHING WHERE IT COULD SHOWCASE HOUSE HUMBOLDT HAD SURVIVED DURING THE TIME OF COVID.

SKYLAR GAVEN CAME UP WITH A DOCUMENTARY SERIES ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.

BECAUSE I ME AND SKYLAR ONE DAY WHERE WE WERE JUST WRAPPING UP A FILM SHOOT AND WE CAME ACROSS A HOMELESS MAN WHO I RECOGNIZED FROM A DIFFERENT PRODUCTION.

HE WAS PART OF A DIFFERENT PRODUCTION A FILM.

WE'VE GOT THIS LIKE HOMELESS IN THE COVID HUMBOLDT IN THE COVID THING.

AND THE THING WE ALSO HAD THIS GRANT WE WERE WANTING TO GET GOING, AND THAT WAS FOR LIKE IT WAS CALLED THE CALLED THE CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES GRANT.

ME AND SKYLAR.

YEAH WHY DON'T WE DO ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IN HUM BELT AND HOW THAT COULD RELATE TO COVID.

AND YEAH SURE.

SO FROM THERE, WE BEGAN TO FOCUS ON HOW HOMELESSNESS AND COVID WENT HAND IN HAND.

AFTER A WHILE WE KIND OF REALIZED THAT WAS KIND OF THE LAST THING THAT WAS ON A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE'S MINDS.

WHEN YOU FACTOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET FOOD AND ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES.

YEAH, THAT IS SOMETHING WE WERE FOCUSING IN THE BEGINNING.

THEN WE STRAYED AWAY FROM.

WHEN WE BEGAN TO START GOOING DOING AND WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING MORE ON SHOWCASING JUST LIKE THE STORIES OF THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE I HAVE STRESSED WITH OTHER PEOPLE THESE PEOPLE MATTER.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE STORIES TO TELL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A PLATFORM TO TALK FROM.

WHEN SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG, AND THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE REALLY CONSIDERED THEM AND THEIR STORIES.

THEY KIND OF GET LOST IN TRANSLATION.

TO SEE THEM BE ABLE TO TALK IS -- IT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> VALENTINA, HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROJECT FROM THE BEGINNING.

HOW DID YOU GET PASSIONATE ABOUT IT I GUESS.

>> WELL HE CAME TO YOU.

WELL THERE'S THIS GRANT.

YOU KNOW WHAT.

I TOLD OKAY.

I WAS UNINSPIRED IN SOME OF THIGH CLASSES AND I NEEDED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IT KIND I FELL DOWN THIS "RABBIT HOLE" HONESTLY.

WE WENT AROUND IN INTERVIEWING PEOPLE.

I'VE BEEN COMFORTABLE TALKING TO PEOPLE CASUALLY ONE-ON-ONE.

ONCE YOU START ASKING A QUESTION LIKE THAT SOMEONE WILL GO OFF, AND YOU'LL -- I HAVE FOUND A LOT OF THE INTERVIEWEES THEY WANT TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND THEY WANT TO TALK.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT TALK ABOUT THE PARTICULAR CHALLENGE WITH PEOPLE IN THESE CONDITIONS.

YOU'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE MENTALLY IMBALANCED OR ON DRUGS.

>> TALK ABOUT THAT CHALLENGE.

IT IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING.

YOU KIND OF GET RID OF READING THE ROOM OR READING BODY LANGUAGE.

SOMETIMES IT'S INSTINCTUAL.

WE HAVE TO ASK THAT PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TO ASK HIM HOW HE'S DOING.

AND SKYLAR AND I HAVE BEEN OUT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND THAT GOT INSTINCT THAT PERSON ENDED UP SHARING SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH US.

EVERY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN ENLIGHTENING.

>> YOU GUYS HAVE THERE WAS TWO EPISODES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE SO FAR.

AND NOW IT'S AN ONGOING THING.

>> YEAH.

>> SURE.

SO YOU KNOW I CAN TELL YOU HOW WE GOT CONNECTED WITH JP.

SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T WATCHED THE EPISODES BASICALLY THESE FIRST TWO EPISODES ARE FOLLOWING THE LIFE OF A HOMELESS MAN AND HIS WIFE AND THEIR NAMES ARE JP AND KATIE ON.

>> WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE WE SAW.

THEY'VE BEEN LIVING OUT OF EUREKA IN TENTS.

SO THOSE ARE THE FIRST TWO EPISODES.

IT WAS FOLLOWING MORE THAN JP'S LIFE, AND JUST DOCUMENTING EVERYTHING AS HE DEALT WITH NOT ONLY COVID.

AND NOT ONLY -- SORRY JUST THE ENVIRONMENT THAT COVID HAS KIND OF CREATED BUT ALSO JUST LIVING OUT OF A TENT.

AND DEALING -- BEING A MARRIED MAN LIVING OUT ON THE STREETS.

AND >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THEN THE SECOND EPISODE IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT AND SHOWING HIM IN A NEWFOUND ENVIRONMENT.

WITH A NEW FAMILY.

AND SO BEYOND THAT, THERE IS AN EPISODE ABOUT OR THE THIRD EPISODE WHICH IS ABOUT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT HOMELESS ANGELA AND WILLIAM DIXON.

THEY WERE ALSO BASED OUT OF EUREKA.

THE THING WITH THEM THEY WERE LIVING OUT OF THEIR VAN AND THE THING -- THEIR SITUATION THEY'VE GOT SO MUCH STUFF IN THE BACK OF THEIR VAN THEY CAN'T PUT THE SEATS BACK.

THEY CAN'T RECLINE.

THEY HAVE TO LIVE AND SIT UP RIGHT.

>> ALL OF THEIR WORLD POSSESSIONS ARE IN THE BACK OF THE VAN.

>> NOT TO THE MENTION THEY'VE GOT STUFF IN STORAGE UNITS.

MOST OF THEIR STUFF IS IN THEIR VAN THAT THEY NEED IMMEDIATELY.

>> WOW.

AND IN THE BEGINNING WE HAD JUST PUT OUT A CRAIGSLIST AD ASKING IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN IN A CAMERA AND TELL US THEIR STORY.

>> THEY ANSWERED YOUR AD.

>> HOW MANY RESPONSES DID YOU GET.

>> WE GOT SOME COLORFUL.

>> JUST A HANDFUL.

WE PURSUED TWO OF THEM.

>> THE THING WITH THE JPJP ACTUALLY -- JP AND US MEETING WAS NOT THROUGH FOUNDED THROUGH CRAIGSLIST.

IT WAS A Facebook LIST WHERE I HAD PUT OUT THE WORD WHERE I WAS JUST ASKING WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO BE A PART OF OUR DOCUMENTARY.

AND I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE YEW RE- KAW POLICE DEPARTMENT BRUT KNEE POWELL SHE MESSAGED SHE PRIVATE MESSAGED HEY I THINK THIS SERGEANT LaFRANCE HE'D BE A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR YOUR DOCUMENTARY.

SO I FOLLOWED UP ON THAT.

AND AFTER INTERVIEWING HIM WE GOT CONNECTED WITH A OFFICER DENNIS GAGNON.

HE'S RETIRED HIM.

>> I'VE HEARD HIS NAME.

>> I DON'T KNOW HIM.

>> WE FOUND HIM JP THROUGH HIM.

>> THE SECOND COUPLE IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO IN THE FUTURE MOVE FROM DIFFERENT STORIES AND FOLLOW THEM UNTIL A SET PERIOD OF TIME.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A KIND OF ARC.

HOW ARE YOU PLANNING THAT OUT.

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

IT'S THIS IS THE FIRST TIME DOING THIS -- YOU KNOW SOMEONE'S LIFE DOESN'T STOP.

YOU CAN CUT THE CAMERA AND THEIR LIFE IS GOING TO CONTINUE.

WE DIDN'T PLAN FOR AN ENDING REALLY.

WHATEVER HAD HAPPENED -- >> THAT'S KIND OF THE POWER OF IT.

YOU GUYS HAVE -- IT'S NOT YOU'RE TRYING TO ENCAPSULATE INTO A SIMPLE FORMULA.

THEY DRAW SO POWERFULLY ON YOUR HUMAN EMOTION BY WATCHING IT.

I THINK IT'S FASCINATING.

AND I HAD ASKED SKYLAR THIS QUESTION ON OUR VIDEO CALL.

WHAT ABOUT IN THE MAKING OF THE FILM IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS.

AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE.

IF WE COULD ROLL THAT FROM SKYLAR REAL QUICK.

>> AND YOU KNOW HOMELESSNESS IS HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF MY GUYS GROWING UP.

IT'S SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM.

BEFORE I STARTED DOING THIS PROJECT I DID HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THESE PEOPLE.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR ALL IN ALL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THEIR ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH.

BUT WHAT SURPRISED ABOUT THIS PROJECT WAS JUST SO OPEN THESE PEOPLE ARE.

SOME PEOPLE ARE ESCAPING DOMESTIC ABUSE.

THEY'RE REALLY ADDICTED TO DRUGS.

THEY'RE VERY HOSTILE.

A LOT OF THE WE DID TALK A LOT A INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WERE DOCUMENTING.

THEY JUST WANTED TO TALK.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE SO MANY INCREDIBLE STORIES.

WHEN YOU GIVE THEM THE TIME OF DAY THEY WILL TALK TO HIM YOU WERE THEIR BEST FRIEND.

THEY ARE SUCH RESILIENT AND AMAZING PEOPLE.

AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THEM AT A SURFACE LEVEL AND DON'T REALLY TRY TO SEE OR EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.

AND WHEN YOU'VE SAT DOWN AND ACTUALLY HAD ONE CONVERSATION LIKE YOU CAN OPEN YOURSELF UP TO A WHOLE WORLD WHAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH.

>> YOU GUYS WANT TO RESPOND WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT?

>> THAT HAS BEEN AN ASPECT FOR ME.

BUT ALSO TO ASK A QUESTIONS.

I CAN'T ASSUME SOMEONE IS SOME WAY.

I ALWAYS HAVE TO COME INTO JUST LIKE OKAY CURIOSITY FIRST.

I THINK THAT BREAKS DOWN A DOORS IN TALKING TO PEOPLE.

>> BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS WHO OR WHAT THEY ARE.

>> MAYBE.

>> THEY'RE ABLE TO BE THEMSELVES.

>> UH-HUH.

>> SURE.

YEAH.

SO I MEAN SKYLAR WAS ECHOING WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU EARLIER.

THESE PEOPLE MATTER AND HAVE STORIES TO TELL.

I THINK HONESTLY WE MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S DAYS BRIGHTER THAN ANYTHING THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IN A WHILE.

SKYLAR HAD MENTIONED THEY WERE TALKING LIKE THEY'RE OUR BEST FRIENDS IN FIVE YEARS.

I THINK WE MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S DAYS BOTH HOUSED AND UNHOUSED.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A POINT I TOUCHED ON IN PAST INTERVIEWS.

WE ONLY WE ARE MAKING PEOPLE'S DAYS WHO'RE BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY SERIES AS'S CHRONICLE THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE WHO'RE VULNERABLE BUT WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE ARE DOCUMENTING.

>> I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT SOMEONE IS COMING TO THEM AND ASKING FOR THEIR STORY AND YOU HAVE GEAR AND THERE'S TEAM, SUDDENLY TO THEM IT SEEMS LIKE SOCIETY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THEIR LIVES WHICH I'M SURE -- HAVING HOMELESS I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE BEEN IGNORED.

I THINK THAT CAN BE THERAPEUTIC TO PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE POWER WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

IF PEOPLE WANT TO WATCH WHERE SHOULD THEY GO?

>> WHAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO WATCH THE VIDEOS.

>> THE BEST PLACE TO WATCH EPISODES 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4.

IS ON YouTube.

HOMELESS ON EMHR HUM BELT THE CHANNEL NAME AND THEN YOU CAN TYPE OR HOMELESS IN HUMBOLDT DOCUMENTARY.

>> THERE'S ALSO HOMELESS IN HUMBOLDT.WORDPRESS.com.

>> YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR FINANCIAL HELP BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

SO PEOPLE ARE IN INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THEIR WORK YOU CAN GO TO THEIR GO FUND ACCOUNT AND GIVE THEM SOME MUCH NEEDED FINANCIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT.

AND THEN ALSO YOU MENTIONED ON THE PHONE THERE MIGHT BE SOME SHOWINGS IN THE FUTURE.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON.

>> YEAH.

WE ALREADY HAVE A SHOWING AT MINOR THEATRE.

AND THERE WAS SHOWINGS AT OTHER VENUES AROUND HERE.

WE'RE HOPEFULLY HIT UP THE ARCADA THEATRE LOUNGE OR OTHER LOCAL VENUES.

THERE'S A VENUE CALLED THE THING.

>> THERE'S THE RICHARD'S GOAT TAVERN THAT'S SOMEPLACE TO TRY.

>> THERE ARE DEFINITELY SHOWINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO ON THE HORIZON.

>> IF YOU GOT 26 MINUTE LONG PRODUCT WE COULD AIR AT KEET I'M SURE WE COULD RUN IT BY OUR MANAGEMENT.

SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

WE ONLY HAD A MINUTE.

HOW HAS THIS PROJECT CHANGED YOU.

>> INTERESTINGLY INTERVIEWEES IT HELPED ME FIND A VOICE WHEN CREATING THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND WORKING WITH GABE AND SKYLAR AND RACHEL.

HAS BEEN AWESOME.

IT TAKES A LOT TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOGETHER.

AND ALL OF THE SENSES OF THE WORLD.

>> FOR ME IT REALLY I JUST -- IT REALLY GROUNDED ME IN THIS COMMUNITY.

IT MADE ME REALIZE THIS COMMUNITY HAS PEOPLE THAT CARE.

>> I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT THEIR TWO EPISODES OF HOMELESS IN HUMBOLDT.

WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THE SHORT BREAK.

>> THIS WEEK AFTER A FOCUSED EFFORT BY NORTH COAST REPRESENTATIVES THE FEDERAL SERVICE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DENIED A LONG ABANDONED STRETCH OF RAIL LINE.

SOUGHT TO ARRIVE THE RAIL LINE IN ORDER TO TRUCK COAL THROUGH THE EAGLE RIVER CANYON AND OUT TO HUMBOLDT OUT TO CHINA.

HAD DRAWN THE INTEREST OF TWO PROPOSALS.

ONE FOR THE GREAT REDWOOD TRAIL.

AND CONGRESSMAN JARED HUFFMAN HOW THE BOARD JUDGES THESE PROPOSALS.

I'D LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD ABOUT THEIR POLICIES RELATING TO RAIL BANKING.

AND SPECIFICALLY WHEN THERE IS AN ABANDONMENT FILING PRE-COORDINATION OF A RAIL LINE TO A TRAIL AND ANOTHER ENTITY COMES ALONG EXPRESSING IN ACQUISITION.

I'M CURIOUS THAT SERVE THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD APPLIES IN CONSIDERING THOSE SITUATIONS.

SO LET ME START WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

HOW MUCH WEIGHT WOULD THE STB GIVE TO LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ONE OF THESE ALTERNATIVES IN A SNAIO LIKE THAT.

>> YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY CONGRESSMAN ABOUT ANKAN VERSION TO TRAIL.

I THINK THERE'S GENERALLY A LOT OF SUPPORT ON THE BOARD.

I GENERALLY SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO CONVERT RAIL LINES FOR TRAIL USE.

IT'S GOOD FOR THE LOCAL POPULATION.

I THINK WE HAVE BEEN GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE.

SOMETIMES THESE REQUESTS LANGUISH FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

THERE'S A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME WE HAVE TO ACT ON THEM.

BUT GENERALLY WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF COMMUNITY IMPLEMENT ON THESE ISSUES.

I PRESSURE THAT CHAIRMAN.

I WONDER ALSO ABOUT THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF AN ENTITY THAT MIGHT COME ALONG AND OPPOSE RAIL BANKING.

SUGGEST THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN REVIVING A FUNCTIONALLY ABANDONED RAIL LINE.

HOW ABOUT WOULD THE FINAL VIABILITY OF AN ENTITY OF THAT BE?

>> YOU'RE SAYING OF A LINE THAT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED BUT THEN AN ENTITY WANTS TO REINSTATE AS A RAIL SERVICE.

>> AND AS OPPOSED TO THE RAIL BANKING.

>> WE LISTEN TO THOSE REQUESTS.

WE ARE GENERALLY MANDATE FOR RAIL LINES TO COME INTO EXISTENCE.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR JOBS, AND THERE'S I GUESS A SPECTRUM ON HOW MUCH WE LOOK AT FINANCIAL VIABILITY.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE TAKE THE VIEW THAT THE MARKET WILL DETERMINE WHETHER A RAIL LINE IS VIABLE.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN CASE THERE WAS ONE INVOLVING A PROPOSAL TO BUILD A MULTI-BILLION RAILROAD AROUND CHICAGO BUT THE APPLICANT ONLY HAD$150 IN THE BASHING.

THAT PRECEDED ME.

THAT'S AN EXTREME ONE WHERE WE LOOK AT FINANCIAL VIABILITY.

NORMALLY WE DON'T.

>> AND IN A LETTER MR.

HER MUST NOT TO THE BOARD THE LEGISLATORS POINTED THAT THE LOCAL OR THE COAL PROJECTS PROPONENTS AND HAD NO EXPERIENCES WITH FREIGHT RAIL SERVICES.

AFTER THEY VOTED TO HUFFMAN AND MUG WIRE PROMISED TO STAY ON TOP OF THE PROJECT.

IN THE RACE FOR FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR IT THAT NATALIE ARROYO IS HOLDING STRONG AGAINST A RUNOFF.

SHE LIKELY SECURED THE SEAT.

MIKE NEWMAN CAN KIM BERGEL RECEIVED 3.3.

THAT BEING SAID SHE LEADS BY 903.

>> SO IT'S STILL MATHEMATICALLY SHE'LL FACE A RUNOFF IN NOVEMBER BY MIKE NEWMAN.

THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT.

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