COMING UP ON THE HEADLINE HUMBOLDT MORE THAN 160 YEARS AFTER THE MASSACRE OF HUNDREDS OF WIYOT BY RESIDENTS OF EUREKA THE TRIBE IS SURVIVING AND THRIVING AND HONORS A RICH AND UNIQUE CULTURAL HERITAGE.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY CONSPIRACIES ON LOCAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

AN VENT AS THE ORIGINAL OF SIN OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY THE MASSACRE OF WIYOT TRIBE HAS BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE COMMUNITY'S CONSCIENCE.

THE TRIBE IS REACQUIRING THE LAND ON WHICH THE MASSACRE OCCURRED THE CENTER OF THE WIYOT WORLD AND RESTORING SO MUCH OF THE TRIBE'S CULTURAL LEGACY.

THE FIRST I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THESE EFFORTS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE CRIMES OF HISTORY AND DO BETTER.

THERE IS OF COURSE NO FORGIVING AND/OR FORGETTING THE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS.

WE CAN BE FOR RECOGNIZING THESE CRIMES AND DOING ALL WE CAN TO HELP OR WE CAN SQUANDER THIS OPPORTUNITY AND NEVER LIVE DOWN THE WORST CRIMES OF OUR ANCESTORS.

IF THAT HAPPENS THESE HORRIFIC ACTS WILL CONTINUE TO DEFINE US FOR THE NEXT 150 YEARS.

WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF ONES WE ONCE BRUTALIZED.

LET'S WATCH FROM A RETRO KEITH COMPLETED IN 2020 OUTLINING THE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THE TRIBE AND HOW THEY'VE ENDURED.

>> THERE WAS BETWEEN 3,000 AND 5,000 WIYOT PEOPLE LIVING ALL ORR.

WE WENT TO LITTLE RIVER.

TO BERRY SUMMIT.

THAT WAS OUR DOMAIN.

THIS IS STARTING IN LATE FEBRUARY, 1860 THEY LAUNCHED A SERIES OF ATTACKS OR AT LEAST A DOZEN OF WIYOT VILLAGES WERE ATTACKED AT NIGHT AND AS MANY OF THE WIYOT KILLED AND BURNED.

THAT THE ON INDIAN ISLAND.

IT HALS THAT PROBABLY HALF OF THE WIYOTS WERE KILLED.

>> ON THE NIGHT OF THE INDIAN ISLAND ATTACK THE WIYOT WAS IN THE MIDST OF ITS RENEWAL CEREMONY.

>> THERE WAS A BABY WHICH WAS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER AND THIS WAS A TWO TODDLERS OR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF YOUNG TEENAGERS THAT SURVIVED THAT NIGHT ON THE ISLAND.

AND AN OLD WOMAN WHO WAS QUAGMIRED IN THE MUD WHEN THE CITIZENS OF EUREKA CAME OUT SHE WAS SINGING A SONG, AND SO WE COME TO UNDERSTAND THE SONG WAS PROBABLY A SONG OF MOURNING.

MOURNING THE DEATHS OF EVERYONE WHERE THERE.

IT WAS A REALLY SAD EVENT.

WE LOST EVERYTHING.

THE LAND WHICH WE KNEW WAS OURS.

AND THEN THEY BROUGHT US TO FORT HUMBOLDT IN DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS.

THEN THEY MOVED UP TO SMITH RIVER.

THEY MOVED US TO HOOP AAREA, AND WE CAME HOME.

DUNE TO COBALO.

WE WERE LIKE SALMON.

WE COME HOME.

>> WE'RE JOINED BY CHAIRMAN TED HERNANDEZ.

THANKS FOR COMING UP.

AND CULTURE LIAISON CHERYL SIDE INNER.

SO FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR ONE OF THE THINGS I REGRET WITH ONE OF THESE DOCUMENTARIES.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT AS AN OPPORTUNITIES TO SOME OF THE POSITIVE TO RESTORE SOME OF THE LEGACY THAT WAS LOST AND BUILD YOUR COMMUNITY UP.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS WITH US, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT THE WIYOT TRIBE PROPER.

THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT BANDS AND TRIBES THAT HAS THE WIYOT IN THEM.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> I WILL LET THE CHAIRMAN SPEAK.

>> THE WIYOT TRIBE IS THE MAIN BRANCH OF THE WIYOT PEOPLE.

YES WE HAVE OTHER BRANCH AREAS THAT ARE WIYOT DESCENDANTS.

SO YOU HAVE BEAR RIVER, AND LITTLE RIVER.

AND THE YOU ARE BEAR LAKE.

WE'VE GOT TRIBES WE'VE GOT DESCENDANTS.

IF YOU'RE IN THE WIYOT TRIBE YOU'RE A WIYOT DESCENDANT AND YOU CAN SPEAK FOR THE WIYOT PEOPLE.

>> THERE WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE DAU SE DID YOU WANT OF THE WIYOT TRIBE.

THAT'S A PARTICULAR DISTINCTION THAT IS UNDER YOUR GOVERNMENT CONTROL.

>> NOT CONTROL.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GENERAL COUNSEL AND THEY ARE THE ONES WITH THE WIYOT TRIBE DOES.

>> HOW DOES THAT WORK?

LIKE REFERENDUMS.

>> SO WE HAVE A BUSINESS COUNCIL THAT DOES BUSINESS FOR THE WIYOT TRIBE.

AND THEN THE BUSINESS COUNCIL ANSWERS TO OUR GENERAL COUNCIL.

WE DO VOTES ON OUR LAWS AND OUR PROCEDURES.

SO WE HAVE TO DO THAT AND THOSE ARE IN APRIL AND OCTOBER.

>> RIGHT ON.

AS IF ADDING INSULT TO INJURY AND THERE WAS THE MASSACRE AND THE DISPLACEMENT WHERE YOU WERE MOVED TO HOOP A.

MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND THE TRIBE WAS MOVED TO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PLACES.

YOU HAD YOUR FEDERAL RECOGNITION TAKEN AWAY IN THE 1960s.

>> CORRECT.

>> DO YOU REMEMBER THAT.

>> I WAS A KID.

I WAS ABOUT 8, 9 YEARS OLD.

>> DO YOU REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT IT.

>> I REMEMBER PEOPLE COMING TO THE HOUSE, AND TALKING ABOUT IT.

MY DAD WAS THE TRIBAL CHAIR IN THE MID, SHALL EARLY '50s.

I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF IT.

I JUST REMEMBER WE WERE NONNATIVE INDIANS.

HOW DID YOU VIEW THAT INSULT.

>> MY MOM NOT JUST MY MOM MY MOM AND DAD.

YOUR PARENTS ARE WIYOT, AND YOUR GRANDPARENTS ARE WIYOT AND NOBODY CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU.

AND THEY TOLD US ABOUT THE MASSACRE ON THE ISLAND, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM, AND HOW THEY MOVED US ALL AROUND TO SMITH RIVER UP TO HOOP AAREA, AND DOWN TO SALMON WE CAME HOME.

JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE.

THEY'RE NOT TOO LONG ANYTHING.

SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT -- WHAT DOES IT MAKE FEEL LIKE.

I DIDN'T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT.

I HAD TWO VERY STRONG PARENTS WHO SAID THAT WE WILL SURVIVE.

WE WILL CONTINUE ON DOING WHAT WE DO.

>> YEAH.

>> SINCE YOU'RE THE DAUGHTER OF A TRIBAL CHAIRPERSON AND A PROMINENT FIGURE.

DID YOU FEEL THAT CALL TO SERVE BECAUSE OF THE FAMILY CONNECTION.

OR WAS IT YOUR OWN PREFERENCE?

>> I CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN THAT CAME TO MY HEAD BUT I THOUGHT I WAS WELL LIKED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND MY MOTHER WAS THE QUIET ONE.

DON'T RUFFLE HER FEATHERS.

I LIKED WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.

MOTHER WAS PART OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, AND SHE SERVED AS A PRESIDENT OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOR THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY.

>> WAS THAT YOUR WOMAN A VETERAN.

>> THEY WOULDN'T TAKE HIM BECAUSE HE HAD TOO MANY KIDS AT HOME WHEN WORLD WAR II WROCK OUT.

HE HAD BINOCULARS AND HE WOULD TELL HIM AND WHAT DIRECTION.

>> SPOTTER.

AND HE SAID HE SAW MANY INTERESTING THINGS.

AND SO THAT WAS HIS LEGACY FOR THAT.

BUT THEY WERE VERY HARDWORKING PEOPLE.

AND THEY WORK DILIGENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY WHETHER NATIVE OR NONNATIVE.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE TAKEN UP THAT STANDARD.

I'VE BEEN IN JOURNALISM FOR A LONG TIME.

SINCE 2000.

AND YOU WERE THERE THEN AND YOU WERE A PROUD AND LOUD VOICE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK OF ALL OF THE PROGRESS YOU'VE MADE SINCE THEN.

GETTING THE ISLAND BACK.

DO YOU FEEL -- HOW FAR DO YOU FEEL YOU'VE COME IN THE TIME YOU'VE BEEN PUSHING.

>> I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS.

THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE INDIANS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I FOUND MY VOICE AND HE LOOKED AT ME, YOU NEVER LOST IT.

YOU NEVER NOT HAD IT.

YOU ALWAYS SPOKE UP.

IF I WASN'T TALK ABOUT INDIAN THINGS I WAS TALKING ABOUT RIGHTS.

I REMEMBER IN THE SECOND GRADE LOOKING OUT FOR SOMEONE YOUNGER THAN I.

YOU'VE GOT TO COME THROUGH ME FIRST, AND NEVER HIT ANYBODY IN MY LIFE.

BUT JUST TO HAVE SOMEBODY PICK ON SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T LIKE THEM OR THEY ARE WEAKER IT REALLY BOTHERED ME.

THAT'S WHAT MY MOM AND DAD DID.

THEY DID THAT VERY WELL.

AND I FOLLOWED IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS AND NO I NEVER DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.

MY DAD GETS INTO THE COAST GUARD BOAT AND TAKES PEOPLE OFF THE ROOFS OF THE 64 AND 65 FLOODS AND I MAY HAVE NOT DONE THAT.

HE DID THAT.

AND HE WAS THAT KIND OF GUY.

AND MY MOM GOES UP AGAINST A MAN WHO HAS A COLLEGE DEGREE.

SHE HAD 8th GRADE EDUCATION EDUCATION.

DAD HAD SIXTH GRADE EDUCATION.

SHE STOOD UP TO THEM THESE THINGS NEED TO BE MIXED WHERE THEY WORKED.

THOUGH SHE COULDN'T BRING THE UNION IN SHE GOT SOME THINGS CHANGED.

>> HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THE LEADERSHIP WITH THE TRIBE.

>> I SAW THAT.

>> SO ME AND MY FAMILY ORIGINALLY LOCATED FROM CLUE SAW COUNTY BECAUSE WE RECEIVED A HOME FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND SITTING THERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

ONE DAY SHERYL CAME TO ME AND ASKED IF I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON COUNCIL.

I HAD TO TALK TO MY WIFE.

>> I CALLED UP HIS MOM.

>> SHE DID.

HER AND HER MOM WERE BEST FRIENDS GROWING UP.

SHERYL HAS BEEN THE SECOND MOM AWAY FROM MOM.

2021 WHEN SHE SENT ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE COUNCIL.

SO IT'S ALWAYS BECAUSE CHERYL I'M HERE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND AS A CHAIRPERSON.

>> SO YOU GUYS ARE LIKE I SAID TRY TO SEPARATE THE WIYOTS FROM THE WIYOT HISTORY.

PEOPLE SEEMED TO HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM.

AND RECENTLY THERE IS A NEW MOVEMENT TO GET THE ISLAND RESTORED.

YOU GUYS WERE WORKING HARD ON THAT FOR DECADES.

>> ONE THING WHEN SOMEBODY ASKED ME THAT QUESTION, I HAD THE DAY AFTER THE MASSACRE TOOK PLACE, IS THE DAY WE STARTED WANTING OUR LAND BACK.

IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A CONSCIOUS DECISION.

LOOK AT OUR ELDERS, AND OUR CHILDREN, OUR DREAMERS, OUR ELDERS WHO WERE THERE TRYING TO TEACH US.

BUT I TOOK IT BACK AND NO WE STARTED THAT TRIP THAT JOURNEY, THE DAY AFTER THE MASSACRE.

>> YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND -- >> IT'S THE CENTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE.

THEOLOGY.

IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE.

>> IT IS.

IT'S OUR CREATION STORY.

THAT'S WHERE WE CAME FROM.

IT'S THE CENTER OF OUR WORLD.

>> YOU GUYS FINALLY MANAGED TO GET THE CITY TO DEED IT BACK TO YOU.

IS THERE ANY BROADER LAND THAT ARE NOW EYEBALLING TO PUT ENTRUST.

>> THERE'S 275 ACRES OF THE ISLAND AND WE OWN 90%.

THE REST OF IT IS IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OR THERE'S ONE ACRE I BELIEVE THAT BELONGS TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

>> WHERE WERE THEY DOING OUT THERE.

>> U.S. WILDLIFE.

I THINK IT'S U.S. WILDLIFE.

PUT YOU ON NOTICE WE'RE COMING.

>> WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FACING THE TRIBE NOW IN TERMS OF LIKE THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR AS LEADERSHIP.

WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING YOUR PEOPLE?

>> WELL MY PRESSING ISSUE IS THE ABILITY TO FISH ON THE RIVER.

THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY WITH US WITHIN THE 59 -- '58, '59 WHEN THEY TOOK OUR CITIZENSHIP.

>> OUR RECOGNITION.

OUR RECOGNITION, RIGHT.

I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.

I REMEMBER DADDY WOULD GO OUT AND SIT ON THE RIVER.

HE WAS NEVER WAS CAUGHT.

BUT IT WAS ILLEGAL TO DO THAT.

AND WE DAD WOULD GO GET FISH AND ONE DAY HE WAS GOING ACROSS SETTING NET AND AT NIGHT, AND THE LOCAL WHAT DO YOU GO GAME WARDEN, AND HIS DAD IS GOING SILENTLY.

SO HE WAS ROWING ACROSS AND SETTING NET.

HE SAW THE LIGHTS COME DOWN AND PARK LOOKING OUT OVER THE RIVER.

DAD KNEW HE COULDN'T SEE HIM.

HE DROPPED THE NET LAST PIECE OF THE NET.

HE JUST KEPT ON GOING ACROSS THE RIVER.

AND HE SAYS BILL S I.E.D.

NER I'M GOING TO GET YOU ONE OF THESE DAYS.

>> DADDY KEPT ON GOING.

>> WHEN HE SAW HIM GO BACK UP TO THE ROAD DADDY CAME BACK TO HIS CAR, AND EVERYTHING NEVER GOT CAUGHT THANK GOODNESS.

>> THE EEL RIVER WAS A MAINSTAY OF THE TRIBE, AND SO THEY LOST THEIR FISHING RICE >> WHY YES.

WE LOST OUR FISHING RIGHTS.

YOU GOT THE RECOGNITION BECAUSE OF A LAWSUIT.

BUT THAT WASN'T PART OF THE LAWSUIT THEN.

>> I DON'T REMEMBER WHY THAT WASN'T A PART OF THE LAWSUIT.

I THINK WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOLD US IF YOU CAN FIND THAT IN WRITING WE WILL HONOR IT.

SO WHY ARE WE DOING YOUR JOB.

YOU'RE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

YOU WERE YOU SUPPOSED TO PUT THAT IN.

THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TOLD.

THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WHEN I CAME BACK TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY AS A YOUNG WIYOT PERSON, AND SAID WELL, WHY DON'T WE HAVE FISHING RIGHTS.

I CAN HUNTING RIGHTS.

FISHING IT'S WIDE OPEN.

IT'S WILD RIVER.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT THE PRESENT COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WORKED WHEN I WAS TRIBAL CHAIR.

>> HAVE YOU GUYS -- RECENTLY THEY TALKED ABOUT REMOVING THE DAMS FROM THE EEL RIVER.

THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD NEWS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

>> THEY STARTED THAT WHEN I WAS TRIBAL CHAIR AND WE HELD A WATER MEETING AT THE RESERVATION AT TABLE BLUFF, AND TED WHEN HE BECAME TRIBAL CHAIR.

THAT'S ONE OF THE -- ONE OF HIS MANTRAS CONTINUING THAT LEGACY TRYING TO GET OUR FISHING AND WATER RIGHTS BACK.

>> ONCE THE DAM IT'S GOING TO BRING BACK OUR WATER.

IT'S GOING TO BRING BACK THE HEALTH TO OUR FISH.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SALMON RIVERS.

BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE FISHING RIGHTS.

WE NEVER GAVE UP OUR RIGHTS.

PROVE IT AND WE GO YOU PROVE TO US THAT WE GAVE IT UP.

IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT IN IT UP IT STILLS BELONGS TO ME.

GO OUT AND FISH.

IF YOU GET GET CAUGHT WE WILL BACK UP.

WE NEVER GAVE UP OUR LAND RIGHTS.

THESE ARE PROVED WHERE WE GAVE THESE UP.

BECAUSE WE NEVER DID.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS IT'S A DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH STORY.

YOU'RE CHALLENGED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THE FAMILIES THAT CAME OVER THAT NIGHT ON THE BOATS TO ATTACK BUT YOU GUYS ALWAYS RALLY AND FIGHT ON.

YOU LOST YOUR RECOGNITION AND THEN YOU WENT TO COURT AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WON.

WHO CAN SAY THAT.

THAT'S A REAL EXAMPLE OF HEROICS AND SELF-PRESERVATION, AND BRAVERY.

WE WERE NO MORE THAN 125 PEOPLE ON THE RULES WHEN WE GOT OUR FEDERAL RECOGNITION BACK.

>> YOU'RE MORE THAN 6 TIMES THAT NOW.

THAT'S GOOD GROWTH.

I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO THE SUCCESS LOW.

WE AND THEN THEY SAID WE HAVE NO TIME FOR YOU.

AND I WENT I TOOK A DAY OFF OF WORK.

COME ON GUYS.

WHEN THE NEXT TIME THEY SET ANOTHER COURT DATE MY BOSS YOU'VE BEEN AWAY TOO LONG.

I'VE GOT TO GET MY PAYCHECK AND PAY MY BILLS.

SO THEY WENT DOWN THERE, THAT'S WHEN WE WON.

AND THE JUDGE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID WE WILL GIVE YOU FOUR HOUSES EVERY YEAR UNTIL WE PAY THE BILL.

AND THE FEDERAL COURT JUDGE SAID NO WAY.

YOU TOOK THEM AND YOU TOOK ALL OF THEIR RIGHTS AWAY AND IN ONE SWOOP.

YOU WILL PAY THEM BACK WITH ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY LAND AND WITH ENOUGH 24 OR 25 HOUSES NOW.

>> THAT WAS THE NEW RESERVATION.

>> THAT'S THE NEW RESERVATION.

>> BUT YOU SUED ABOUT BECAUSE THERE WAS WATER QUALITY ISSUE.

>> IT ALL STARTED WITH THE OLD RESERVATION.

IT WAS KIND OF SALTY IN CERTAIN AREAS.

ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTERTIME.

AND THAT'S HOW THEY STARTED THAT LAWSUIT.

AND I THINK THEY HAD ABOUT 80 TO 100 PEOPLE SIGN OFF ON THAT.

THAT'S WHEN THEY START PUSHING THAT AND IT TOOK 20 YEARS FROM 1970 TO 1990.

WHEN THE JUDGE HEARD HOW LONG HE SAYS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANOTHER 20 YEARS.

YOU WILL GET IT DONE.

YOU WILL FIND THE MONEY, AND SO THEY FOUND THE MONEY.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE NEW RESERVATION WITH 88 ACRES.

AND THAT 20 ACRES WASN'T FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IT WAS FROM A CHURCH GROUP IN EUREKA.

THEY WERE THE ONES THAT BOUGHT THE LAND AND SAID THIS IS YOURS.

SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COULDN'T LET THAT HANG.

SO THEY TOOK IT UNDER TRUST, AND THAT'S HOW WE LIVED ON THAT 20 ACRES UNTIL '58, RECEIVE 59.

>> WE'VE ONLY GOT A MINUTE LEFT.

THAT'S HOW FAST TIME FLIES AROUND YOU.

>> I LOVE HEARING YOU TALK.

>> ESPECIALLY CHERYL.

NO OFFENSE TED.

I LOOK BACK IN THE LEGACY WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.

YOU CONSTITUTED YOURSELVES AND TURNED IT INTO A POLITICAL POWERHOUSE AND TAKING ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WINNING.

I THINK WATCHING THE PROGRESS OF THE WIYOT TRIBE IS A POWERFUL STORY AND ONE WE CAN LEARN FROM.

>> WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESSMAN NATIONAL INDIANS, AND YOU SEE PATRICK KENNEDY STANDING ON THE STEPS TO SPEAK, AND HE USES PART OF YOUR SPEECH IN HIS SPEECH JUST MINUTES BEFORE HE'S -- I WAS DUMBFOUNDED AND HE USED THE WIYOT TRIBE AS A CATALYST FOR YOU CAN DO IT.

>> I THINK THAT'S THE STORY WE ALL DRAW FROM YOUR STORY.

LIKE I SAID WE'LL BE HAVING MORE STORIES.

TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRESS YOU'RE MAKING.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING DOWN.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> WHAT IS THIS CALLED.

>> HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE HEADLINE HUMBOLDT BECAUSE HUMBOLDT WAS NOT GOOD TO US AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY ALL GOT HERE.

BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES THEY HAVE RALLIED AND HAVE BEEN PARTNERS AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

>> GOT TO GO TO BREAK.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS IN 2014 SUPERVISOR REX BONES SPEARHEADED THE EXISTING FINANCE REFORM AT CAPS TO DURING THE ELECTION CYCLE.

>> BACK IN THE DAY THERE WAS 10,000 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ORANGE COUNTY DEVELOPERS, UNIONS, ORGANIZED OTHER GOVERNMENTS.

BRINGING IN $10,000 AT A POP, AND $1,500 WAS AN EASY NUMBER THAT WAS A NUMBER THAT EVERYBODY COULD WORK WITH BE FAIR.

THAT WAS WHAT WAS DRIVING IT IN 2014.

SOME FOLKS ARE ABLE TO RAISE REALLY BIG MONEY WITH $1,500 CAP.

SO MY THOUGHT WAS THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M SURE SOME OF THEM ARE DAUNTED TO EVEN CONSIDER RUNNING BECAUSE OF THE COSTS TO RUN.

SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD TO MAKE IT FOOIFREDS.

>> LEVELLING THE PLAYING FIELD.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO AS FAR AS CAMPAIGNING WENT.

>> MY OPPONENT SPENT THREE, FOUR TIMES WHAT I DID.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE OH I'M NOT GOING TO DO BECAUSE EYE TO RAISE THIS X MONEYS.

YOU'RE NOT THERE.

EVERYBODY HERE HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN $500.

I'M WONDERING WHY YOUR ELECTION SUPERVISOR MADRONE YOU'RE BRING YOUING IT FORWARD.

>> EVEN IF I WAS RUNNING THIS YEAR I WOULD SUPPORT THE $500.

>> THANKS FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE A TIGHT SQUEEZE BECAUSE OF OUR INTERVIEW.

BUT IT WAS WORTH IT.

BUT IT WAS WORTH IT.

STAY TUNED.

STAY INFORMED.