>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT THE BEST ORIGINAL RECORDING FROM KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK .

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

COMING UP, WHAT'S ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT FOR OUR ELECTION COVERAGE INCLUDES TWO IN DEPTH LOOKS AT HIGH PROFILE RACES WITH MAYOR AND SHERIFF.

FINDING BABY FORMULA IN SAN DIEGO.

IT IS NOT SO EASY.

AMID A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE.

WE WILL SHOW YOU ONE LOCAL GROUP THAT IS HELPING LOCAL PARENTS.

>>> AND LOW RIDER CRUISING IS RETURNING TO NATIONAL CITY.

BUT THE CITY SAYS SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE EXTRA POLICE PRESENCE.

>>> EMOTIONS ARE HEATED IN THE SOUTH BAY OVER PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS.

IN THE BUSINESS OF BEING A LANDLORD.

A MOVE TO ADD MORE EVICTION PROTECTIONS IS ON PAUSE AND AS KATIE ALVARADO REPORTS, THE CITY IS HEARING IT FROM ALL SIDES.

>> Reporter: RENTERS IN CHULA VISTA SHOWED UP IN FORCE TO TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO URGE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PASS STRONGER EVICTION PROTECTION ORDINANCES.

DOZENS SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE NEED TO EXTEND THE DICTION, EVICTION MORATORIUMS AND CLOSE RENOVATION LOOPHOLE SAYING WHEN WORDS ABUSE CURRENT LAWS TO EVICT LOWER PAYING TENANTS.

-- BROKE DOWN IN TEARS WHEN SHE SHARED HER STORY.

>> WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO?

I HAVE GOT TWO WEEKS.

BOTH MY OTHER NEIGHBORS HERE, I HAVE BEEN AT THIS RESIDENTS 17 YEARS.

SHE HAS BEEN HERE , LIVING THERE ALMOST FIT YEARS.

AND WE ARE BOTH BEING EVICTED.

AND WE ARE HERE ASKING FOR HELP.

>> Reporter: LANDLORDS LIKE MICHAEL CAMPBELL SPOKE OUT TO THE SAYING CREATING UNNECESSARY LAWS TO PUNISH A FEW BAD ACTORS IS NOT THE SOLUTION.

>> I THINK THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, AND OVERREACH IN TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

AND, I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST, I DON'T WANT TO BE A LANDLORD ANYMORE >> Reporter: IN THE END, IT WAS ALL FOR NOT.

THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO POSTPONE VOTING ON THE ORDINANCE UNTIL JULY 12th.

BUT NOT BEFORE SOMEONE VOICED THEIR FRUSTRATION.

>> -- >> Reporter: >> WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THAT, PLEASE, SIR.

>> Reporter: LEAH SIMON WEISSBERG, THE LEGAL DIRECTOR OF ALLIANCE FOR COMPUTER EMPOWERMENT SAN DIEGO, THE GROUP LEADING THE MOVIE TO PROTECT TENANTS IN THE CITY, SAYS, IF THE CITY WON'T ACT, OWNERS WELL.

>> THE VOTER SUPPORTS STRONG TENANT PROTECTIONS.

IT IS JUST THE LOBBYISTS AND THE POWER, THE REALTORS, SOMETIMES PREVENTS ELECTIVES FROM DOING THE RIGHT THING.

I THINK THAT IS MOSTLY WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT.

>> WE HAVE RAISED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

>> Reporter: COUNCIL MEMBER JOE GALVEZ SAYS THAT AFTER HOURS OF TESTIMONY, IT WAS CLEAR THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT HAVE ENOUGH CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO TAKE THEM OUT, BUT THE PROPOSALS LACKED THE SUBSTANCE AND RESEARCH TO GO FORWARD.

>> IT IS VERY CONFUSING.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER MAPPED OUT PLAN, AND REALLY ADDRESS HOW MANY STAFF PEOPLE WILL BECOME HOW MANY ADDITIONAL ATTORNEYS WILL NEED TO HIRE IN THE CITY TO ENFORCE HER OWN ORDINANCE.

>> Reporter: KATIE ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WILL STAY IN CHULA VISTA AS WE BRING YOU COVERAGE ON THE JUNE 7 THE PRIMARY.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY.

THE COUNTIES SECOND LARGEST CITY IS ELECTING A NEW MAYOR.

KPBS REPORTER, GUSTAVO'S A LEASE INTRODUCES US TO THOSE WHO ARE ON THE BALLOT.

>> Reporter: -- STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT IS PROJECTED TO GROW TO $12 MILLION IN LESS THAN A DECADE.

THE NEXT MAYOR WILL HAVE TO ADJUST THE CITY'S FINANCES.

EVERY CANDIDATE AGREES THAT CHULA VISTA NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ATTRACTING BUSINESSES AND GROWING ITS TECH SPACE.

BUT HOW THEY PLAN TO GO ABOUT IT IS VERY DIFFERENT.

CITY COUNCILMEMBER, JOE GALVEZ, SAYS THE CITY SIMPLY NEEDS TO WATCH HIM AND DISPENSE.

>> GOING FORWARD, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

AND YOU DON'T SPEND MONEY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE FACING IS HIGH INFLATION.

SO, WE ARE SEEING THE COST OF ENERGY GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY, WE HAVE SEEN THE COST OF GAS, -- OVER 700 VEHICLE FLEET.

>> Reporter: -- IS A FIRST-TIME CANDIDATE.

SHE WANTS TO TAKE MORE A PROACTIVE APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

>> IT CAN REALLY BE TARGETING, BE MUCH MORE PROACTIVE THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN AT IDENTIFYING, WHO ARE THE LIKELY WORK CENTERS OR EMPLOYERS TO COME DOWN TO CHULA VISTA.

LET'S GO TALK TO THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED.

RIGHT?

TO MAKE A DECISION.

AND WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT TWO YEARS OUT FOR WHEN WE KNOW THAT LEASE IS GOING TO BE UP, RIGHT?

LIKE, WE NEED TO BE SO MUCH MORE PROACTIVE THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN.

>> Reporter: -- RAN FOR CONGRESS TWICE IN EAST COUNTY.

HE SAYS THE CURRENT MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL HAVE LEFT A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE.

PARTICULARLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> I HAVE HEARD, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT MAYOR HAS GONE TO MEETINGS AND ASKED FOR EARMARKS PAST THE DEADLINE.

IT IS JUST UNNERVING TO HEAR THAT.

THAT IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE.

AND INSTEAD OF GETTING THOSE EARMARKS, WE HAVE TO RAISE LOCAL TAXES.

SO, OR, JUST LIVE WITH THE DEFICIT.

>> Reporter: RUDY RAMIREZ WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL FROM 2006- 2015.

HE ALSO SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO DO MORE TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES.

>> I WOULD INVEST IN GETTING THESE, THIS LAND MORE READY.

READILY AVAILABLE FOR AN EMPLOYER.

RIGHT NOW, IF AN EMPLOYER WANTS TO COME TO TO CHULA VISTA, THEY ARE TELLING HIM, THEY ARE FOUR YEARS OUT BEFORE THEY CAN START OPERATING.

AN EMPLOYER DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.

THEY WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> Reporter: AND OTHER ISSUE IS TO BRING A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY TO CHULA VISTA.

THE CITY SET ASIDE 400 ACRES OF LAND AND EVEN OFFERED ACES FOR AS LITTLE AS $1.

BUT NOBODY HAS TAKEN THE OFFER.

KEVIN -- SAYS THERE IS NO CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY'S CURRENT POLITICAL LEADERSHIP TO GET ANYTHING DONE.

>> I THINK THAT IT IS A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR CITY.

WE HAVE A CITY WHERE OUR LEADERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DEAL WITH HIGH DEFICITS.

HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH.

SO, INVESTORS LOOK AT OUR CITY AND SAY IF YOU CAN'T PICK UP THE TRASH, YOU GET TO THE UNIVERSITY.

>> -- HAS UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE.

SHE WAS AT SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE WHERE SHE HELPED SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY BRING A FOUR- YEAR DEGREE PROGRAM.

CHULA VISTA TO TOO LONG TO BRING THE SERVICE TO THE SOUTH BAY, SHE SAYS.

>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE CITY, WE GOT A SOLID, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE REINS OF ACADEMIC PROGRAM PLANNING PICK UP BECAUSE WE ARE THE EXPERTS.

AND OUR STUDENTS HERE IN SOUTH COUNTY CAN'T WAIT FOR THE CITY TO FIND A UNIVERSITY TO COME INTO IT.

>> Reporter: RAMIREZ ALSO THINKS THAT CHULA VISTA'S APPROACH HAS BEEN A WRONG.

HE THINKS THAT THE CITY SHOULD BRING RESEARCH COMPANIES TO THE SOUTH A FIRST.

>> I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN APPROACHING IT IN A WRONG WAY.

FIRST HOPING THAT THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, THAT A UC SYSTEM OR A STATE SYSTEM WOULD COME DOWN AND DECIDE TO SETTLE IN CHULA VISTA.

YOU KNOW, I THINK EARLY ON, WE KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: RAMIREZ ADDED THAT RESEARCH COMPANIES THAT WORK IN BIOTECH AND AEROSPACE ARE INVESTING MILLIONS IN NORTH COUNTY.

THE CITY SHOULD TRY TO BRING SOME OF THAT MONEY SOUTH.

GALVEZ SAYS THE CITY NEEDS MORE PRIVATE FUNDING OPTIONS TO HELP MORE UNIVERSITIES TO CHULA VISTA.

SHE WAS LIKE TO START AT ENDOWMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH TOP DOWN IS.

>> TEST COUNCILS HAVE INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN STUDYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE WANT.

BUT, IT IS UK GETTING FROM THERE TO GETTING TO THE PLACE OF WHAT PEOPLE WILL DONATE TO BUILD IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER MATTER.

WHEN YOU GO ON ANY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, YOU SEE THAT THE HOLDINGS ARE NAMED FROM THE INVESTORS.

>> Reporter: ELECTION DATE IS JUNE 7th AND YOU CAN ALREADY DROP OFF YOUR BALANCE.

THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS WILL FACE OFF IN NOVEMBER.

-- KPBS NEWS.

>>> THERE ARE SIX CANDIDATES IN THE RACE.

COUNCILMAN JOHN McCANN WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR A RECORDED INTERVIEW.

WE, RETIRED ARMY MAY SURE SPENCER CASH DECLINED TO MAKE, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT CITY FINANCES.

>>> NEW LEADERSHIP IS COMING TO THE COUNTIES LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ON JUNE 7.

VOTERS WILL NARROW THE FIELD FOR SHERIFF, WHICH FEATURES NO SHORTAGE OF EXPERIENCE.

HERE IS KPBS REPORTER CLAIRE -- WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THOSE WHO ARE RUNNING.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE SEVEN PEOPLE RUNNING FOR SHERIFF.

KPBS REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THEM , AND HEARD BACK FROM THREE.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH THOSE THREE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

>> I AM JOHN HAIRLINE.

I AM THE CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF HERE IN 2022.

I AM ENDORSED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

I AM, A 30 YEAR PLUS PUBLIC SERVANT.

I AM BETWEEN MY TIME IN THE MARINE CORPS, MY TIME IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MY TIME AT THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS A CHIEF CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR.

>> I'M SHELLEY, KELLY MISSING US.

I WORKED WITH THE SUREST PERMIT FOR 37 YEARS.

I WORKED MY WAY UP TO THE RANKS KIND UNDERSHERIFF.

I RUN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE SHERIFF.

>> MY NAME IS DAVE MYERS AND I AM RUNNING FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF.

WORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

I SPENT 35 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I HAVE WORKED MY WAY UP TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO COMMANDER.

>> Reporter: ASKED THE CANDIDATES WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE BIGGEST ISSUE FACING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

JOHN HAMMER LANG SAYS IT IS THE HIGH NUMBER OF DEATHS IN SAN DIEGO JAILS.

A STATE AUDIT SAYS THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD REQUIRE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS AT INTAKE.

AND MORE INTERACTION BETWEEN NURSES AND INMATES, AMONG OTHER CHANGES.

>> FIRST THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FROM THE STATE AUDIT WERE IMPLEMENTED.

I THINK THERE IS MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT IN THERE.

SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES FROM THE STATE BOARD AS WELL THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT.

THERE ARE SOME BEST PRACTICES FROM THE NATIONAL BOARDS AS WELL.

THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

>> Reporter: KELLY MARTINEZ SAYS IT IS HIRING MORE STAFF, WHICH LEADS TO BETTER KAREN JAILS.

>> WE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO, WE NEED TO HIRE ABOUT 400 PEOPLE.

BOTH NURSES AND DEPUTIES.

THEN ONCE YOU GOT THE HIRING IS SO KEY BECAUSE ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS HINGE ON HAVING A STAFF.

>> Reporter: DAVE MYERS SAYS THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS RESTORING TRUST IN THE DEPARTMENT.

>> SHERIFF'S LEADERSHIP IS CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH MISTRUST IS THE STATUS QUO IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

BUT, THE CURRENT STATUS QUO IS NOT GOING TO STOP --.

THE STATUS QUO SHOWS LEADERSHIP NOW IS NOT GOING TO ADDRESS RACIAL BIAS IN POLICING.

>> Reporter: -- IS ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IN SAN DIEGO.

HE SAYS HIS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE MAKES HIM MOST QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB.

>> I SPENT ALMOST A DECADE AS A POLICE OFFICER WORKING, MOST OF THAT TIME WAS IN CITY HEIGHTS, WHERE I WORK TO BE THERE IN CITY HEIGHTS.

I LEFT THERE AS A CO-TRAINING OFFICER.

I THEN WENT TO LAW SCHOOL WHILE I WAS WORKING AT THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WORKING MIGHT BEAT.

TO BECOME UP BETTER PERSON FOR THE COMMUNITY.

A BETTER PERSON FOR MYSELF.

>> Reporter: MARTINEZ, CURRENTLY THE UNDERSHERIFF FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAYS SHE HAS DIRECT EXPERIENCE LEADING THE DEPARTMENT.

>> NOBODY KNOWS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY BETTER THAN I DO.

AND I HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING TO WHAT ALL OF THESE CHANGES AND INITIATIVES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAY.

>> Reporter: MYERS, WHO IS A RETIRED SHERIFF'S COMMANDER SAYS HE CAN HELP DIVERSIFY THE DEPARTMENT.

>> CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF 4700 POSITIONS REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY WE ARE POLICING.

THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE POLICING.

>> Reporter: THE SHERIFF IS A NONPARTISAN OFFICE BUT ALREADY POLITICS STILL PLAY A ROLE IN THE RACE.

HAMMER LANG WAS AN INDEPENDENT VOTER, BUT IN 2020, CHANGED TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND HAS THEIR BACKING.

HE SAYS, DESPITE THE COUNTY'S MAJORITY OF DEMOCRAT VOTERS, HE CAN BE ELECTED.

>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU FALL ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, YOU WANT TO BE SAFE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT IS THE NUMBER 1 JOB OF GOVERNMENT IS TO BE SAFE, TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY IN PUBLIC, PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, MARTINEZ WAS A REPUBLICAN BUT CHANGED HER PARTY TO DEMOCRAT IN NOVEMBER 2020, AND HAS THE BACKING OF MANY WELL-KNOWN DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING SAN DIEGO MAYOR, TODD GLORIA.

SHE SAYS HER DECISION TO CHANGE PARTIES WAS PERSONAL.

>> IT WAS DONE, MADE BEFORE I DECIDED TO RUN FOR SHERIFF.

BUT THE SHERIFF IS NOT PARTISAN.

THE JOB OF PUBLIC SAFETY REALLY DOESN'T FALL ON ONE PARTY OR ANOTHER.

>> Reporter: MYERS ALSO CHANGED HIS PARTY FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT IN 2016.

AND HAD THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

HE RAN FOR SHERIFF IN 2018 AND LOST, BUT SAYS, IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME.

>> I WAS A FULL-TIME COMMANDER AT THE TIME.

-- I AM RETIRED.

I AM NOT A FULL-TIME COMMANDER.

I AM NOT GETTING PICKED ON.

I AM NOT GETTING MARGINALIZED.

I AM NOT GETTING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.

>> Reporter: THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS IN THE PRIMARY JUNE 7th WILL ADVANCE TO THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.

CLEAR -- KPBS NEWS.

>>> NEW FOR THIS YEAR'S PRIMARIES, THE KPBS VOTER HUB .

YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE YOUR BALLOT TO THE ADDRESS AND LEARN ABOUT THE CANDIDATES, VOTING CENTERS AND SOME DROP-OFF SITES.

WE ALSO HAVE A SPANISH-LANGUAGE VERSION.

JUST GO TO KPBS.ORG AND CLICK ON THE VOTER HUB LINK AT THE TOP OF THE HOMEPAGE.

>>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW ABORTION WILL FACTOR INTO THE ELECTION.

SINCE THE SUPREME COURT DRAFT DECISION ON A CASE THAT WOULD REPEAL ROE VERSUS WADE WAS LEAKED, WE HAVE SEEN PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN SHOWS US ONE GOING THROUGH THE STREETS OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: THOUSANDS POURED INTO DOWNTOWN, PROTESTING THE SUPREME COURT'S LEAKED DRAFT DECISION THAT WOULD OVERTURN ROE V WADE.

IF THAT HAPPENED, THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY.

>> IT IS DISGUSTING AND DISGRACEFUL, AND SHAMEFUL THAT WE EVEN HAVE TO DO THIS FOR A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

IT IS MY BODY.

IT IS UP TO ME WHAT I DO WITH IT.

AND I THINK THAT, IF WE GO BACK INTO THE DARK AGES, IT IS JUST GOING TO BE A TERRIBLE THING.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE SAY THERE HAS TO BE MORE DONE TO PROTECT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

>> THERE HAS GOT TO BE MUCH MORE THAN JUST HOLDING SIGNS.

YOU HAVE TO VOTE.

YOU HAVE TO GET EDUCATED.

>> Reporter: AMONG THOSE IN THE CROWD WAS LOCAL PHYSICIAN, MARIANA SALERNO BECAUSE SHE WORRIES ABOUT THOSE WHO ALREADY STRUGGLE WITH ACCESS.

>> THAT IS GOING TO BE WHO IS GOING TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE.

RIGHT?

LOWER INCOME, YOU KNOW, BLACK, BROWN, LATINO.

-- GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

AND SHE MENTIONED, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MONEY CAN GO AND TRAVEL FOR THEIR ABORTION.

>> Reporter: F ROE IS OVERTURNED, MORE THAN TWO DOZEN STATES ARE POISED TO BAN ABORTIONS OR SEVERELY RESTRICTS THEM.

ABORTIONS WOULD STILL BE LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA.

>> Reporter: WE CAN'T REALLY BE COMPLACENT WITH THAT.

THAT COULD CHANGE AT SOME POINT.

>> Reporter: ADVOCATES ARE NOW TURNING THEIR ATTENTION TO THE BALLOT BOX.

>> THE REAL GOAL IS TO, YOU KNOW, ELECT MORE PRO-ABORTION AND -- HELP.

LEGISLATORS.

>> Reporter: DURING SATURDAY'S RALLY, THERE WERE SOME PRO-LIFE DEMONSTRATORS.

THE TWO SIDES HAD SOME TENSE EXCHANGES, BUT ADVOCATES SAY, THEY WON'T SILENCE.

>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO SHUT UP UNTIL WE GET AWAY.

>> Reporter: THE BANDS OFF OUR BODY RALLY WAS ORGANIZED BY LOCAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD OFFICIALS.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> ANOTHER STORY ABOUT PEOPLE TAKING TO THE STREETS IS AMONG OUR MOST READ STORIES THIS WEEK.

KATIE ALVARADO COVERED THE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE THIS WEEK AT BALBOA PARK.

THE DEMAND FOR DRUGS IN THE U.S. WAS ON DISPLAY AS FEDERAL AGENTS SHOWED OFF A SOPHISTICATED CROSS ORDER DRUG PANEL.

FROM SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE TO THE NEXT FRONTIER.

KPBS MEETS THE SCIENTIST SET TO BECOME THE FIRST MEXICAN BORN WOMEN TO HAD TO SPACE.

>>> NEW PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS ARE HAVING TO WORK A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO FIND A B FORMULA.

LOCAL STORES ARE AMONG THOSE HIT BY THE ONGOING NATIONAL SHORTAGE.

JOHN CARROLL WENT TO SHERMAN HEIGHTS WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS TAKING CARE OF ITS OWN.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO ORIGINAL BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, THEIR FULL TITLE, HAS BEEN HOSTED A FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT IN FRONT OF THE CLEMENTINE McDUFF ELKS LODGE FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

BUT RECENTLY, THEY ADDED SOMETHING NEW.

>> WE PUT OUT A CALL TO GET PEOPLE TO DONATE TO THIS CAUSE.

>> Reporter: THE CALL WAS ANSWERED.

WALLACE SAYS THEY RECEIVED ABOUT 130 BOTTLES OF FORMULA.

A GODSEND FOR KATHY DIXON.

>> IT IS VERY SAD THAT THE MOMS CAN'T GET MILK FOR THE BABIES.

WE HAVE GOT HELP.

WE HAVE GOT TO FEED THE BABIES.

WE HAVE GOT TO FEED THE BABIES.

>> Reporter: DIXON WAS HERE GETTING FORMULA FOR HER GRANDCHILD.

THE MOTHER OF HER GREAT GRANDCHILD.

>> SEMI BREAST-FEEDING THAT THEY NEED THE EXTRA NUTRIENTS.

I JUST HOPE THAT THE MOMS CAN BE ABLE TO GET WHAT THEY NEED AND NOT HAVE TO DRIVE SO FAR.

>> Reporter: GIVEN THE SHORTAGE OF FORMULA, YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE FIRST ITEM TO GO HERE.

THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

>> IT BECAME OBVIOUS SHORTLY AFTER GETTING HERE THAT PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS STORY WAS NOW GOING TO BE ABOUT GETTING OUT THE MESSAGE ABOUT FORMULA BEING AVAILABLE.

ALL THE FOOD IS GONE NOW.

BUT WE HAVE EIGHT BOTTLES OF FORMULA LEFT.

>> WE HAVE BEEN GIVING IT OUT FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

AND, IT KIND OF AMAZED ME THAT THE STORY WASN'T GETTING OUT AT SAN DIEGO ORIGINAL BLACK PANTHER PARTY HAD BABY FORMULA.

>> Reporter: THE FOOD AND FORMULA DISTRIBUTION HAPPENS HERE AT 6 HENSLEY STREET EVERY WEDNESDAY BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M. HENRY WALLACE SAYS HE HOPES THE WORD WILL NOW GET OUT TO THAT BABY FORMULA IS HERE.

ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS OF INFANTS FILLED WITH ANXIETY ABOUT WHERE THEIR BABIES NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

>>> SAN DIEGO'S NEW AMBULANCE COMPANY IS STILL TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH ITS STAFFING.

WEEKS AGO, KPBS TOLD YOU ABOUT THE STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF SERVICE A CITY EXPECTED.

NOW, PATIENTS IS STARTING TO WEAR THIN.

ONCE AGAIN, HERE IS KPBS NEWS HEALTH REPORTER, MATT HOFFMAN.

>> HOW TOLERANT -- WILL THE CONTRACT FELL SHORT.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S AMBULANCE PROVIDER IS GETTING HIT WITH A $457,000 PENALTY FOR NOT MEETING RESPONSE TIMES.

DATA FROM FELT SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE IMPROVED IN APRIL, BUT THEY PROMISED MORE AMBULANCES ON THE ROAD AND SIX MONTHS AFTER TAKING OVER THE 911 CONTRACT, THEY HAVE NOT LIVED UP TO THAT.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT THE SAME SERVICE LEVEL AS WE HAD ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

THAT IS NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED IN THIS CONTRACT.

WE EXPECTED MORE.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR.

>> Reporter: FIRE RESCUE CHIEF, COLIN SOUL, SAYS THE PROMISE OF EXTRA AMBULANCES IS HOW FELT WHEN THE CONTRACT LESTER.

HE SAYS THEY CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE BRINGING IN AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES.

>> AND THEY ARE IN FACT DOING EVERYTHING THAT IS WITHIN THE REASON POSSIBLE AND IMPROVE STAFFING FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS, THEN THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST THAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE.

>> Reporter: FALC'S MANAGING DIRECTOR JEFF AMES, SAYS THE COMPANY IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING WITH INITIALLY PROMISED.

>> WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO MAKE EXCUSES.

WE TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR CONTRACT AND ARE COMMITTED TO REACHING THESE COMMITMENTS.

BUT, ADMITTEDLY, MEETING THESE GOALS HAS BEEN HARDER THAN ME AND ANTICIPATED DUE TO COVERT SEARCHES AND LACK OF AVAILABILITY.

>> Reporter: FIRE DEPARTMENTS IS AMBULANCES ARE GETTING TO MICHAEL.

BUT THE LACK OF STAFFING MEANS FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ONLY EXORCIST TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> FELT NEEDS TO GET SERIOUS IN THEIR RECRUITMENT, HIRING AND INTENTION INCENTIVES.

OR WE WILL CONTINUE TO NOT MEET THE 1008 HOURS PROMISED.

AND WE WILL NOT A SUCCESSFUL.

OUR PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED, BUT ARE GETTING CRUSHED.

>> Reporter: FALC SAYS THEY ARE OFFERING INCENTIVES FOR NEW HIRES AND EXISTING EMPLOYEES WILL PULL EXORCIST.

THIS IS THE COMPANY'S SECOND UPDATE AT THE CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND LIVERMORE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE.

CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOT SEEING ENOUGH IMPROVEMENT.

>> WE ARE BEYOND BEING SURPRISED BY THE SITUATION.

>> Reporter: INITIALLY, THE CITY WAS GOING TO FIND FALC $2.3 MILLION.

BUT THEY REDUCE THE AMOUNT DUE TO COVERT SEARCHES IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

THE FIRE CHIEF IS PREPARING FOR THE WORST.

AND HE IS CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO A PLAN THAT WILL BRING AMBULANCE SERVICES BACK IN- HOUSE.

>> HOPEFULLY, WE WON'T HAVE TO USE IT.

BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE.

>> Reporter: FALC HAS SAN DIEGO'S 911 CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THE NEXT CONTRACT THAT THEY DO SCHEDULE FOR THE LIE.

MATT, KPBS NEWS NEWS.

>>> NATIONAL CITY'S LOW RIDER CAR CULTURE IS MAKING A COMEBACK.

BUT IT WON'T CHEAP IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GAS PRICES.

INSTEAD, THE CITY SAYS IT NEEDS TO CHARGE A HIT THE PRICE TO PROPERLY STAFF CRUISING EVENTS.

KPBS NEWS REPORTER JACOB AIR EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: A 30 YEAR BAN WAS LIFTED ON LOW RIDER CRUISING.

AND NATIONAL CITY EARLIER THIS MONTH, AS PART OF A TEMPORARY SIX-MONTH TRIAL PERIOD.

AFTER THE EVENT, CITY OFFICIALS GAVE THE UNITED LORETTO COALITION ORGANIZERS POST EVENT ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

INCLUDING ONE TYPE OF POLICE SERGEANT AND SIX OFFICERS AT EACH EVENT.

AT A COST OF $7813 EACH TIME.

>> WE ARE NOT CHARGING ANYBODY TO CRUISE DOWN HIGHLAND AVENUE.

WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO PAPER CREWS.

>> LOW RIDER COALITION MEMBER -- SAYS SHE IS UNSURE OF EXTRA POLICE ARE NEEDED AND WHERE THEIR ORGANIZATION WILL GET THAT KIND OF MONEY.

THE NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE LAST CRUISE EVENT LASTED LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

AND DREW A CROWD MUCH BIGGER THAN LAND FOR.

IN THE GROUPS APPLICATION FOR A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT.

POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS ABOUT PROBLEMS DURING THE EVENT.

ABOUT THE LORETTO COALITION'S POLITICAL ADVISOR, SAYS THEIR GROUP SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BAD ACTORS WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT SHE CALLS A FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT.

>> AND ON OF THE FACT THAT IT IS A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.

WE TALK ABOUT CONSTITUTIONALITY.

AND IF WE CAN EVEN HAVE A LAW THAT DOESN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONGREGATE IN A SPACE.

SO, WE ARE ASKING REALLY INTERESTING QUESTIONS THAT DEAL WITH OUR RIGHT TO WALK A PUBLIC STREET.

>> Reporter: NATIONAL CITY MAYOR -- SAYS CRUISING WILL CONTINUE IN THE SOUTH BAY CITY.

>> WE WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE CRUISES WILL NOT BE ELIMINATED.

AND SECONDLY, THERE AREN'T ANY RESOURCES OR REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE BEING ASKED OF THE ULC OF THE UNITED LORETTO COALITION, THAT ARE NOT BEING ASKED OF ANY OTHER CUP PERMIT HOLDERS.

>> Reporter: THE CITY WILL MEET ORGANIZERS NEXT MONDAY TO GO OVER RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR CROWD MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE CREATION OF TRAFFIC PLAN.

LOW RIDER CRUISE NIGHTS ARE PLANNED FOR THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

UNTIL OCTOBER UNDER A TRIAL BASIS.

WITH THE NEXT CRUISE EVENT SET FOR JUNE THERE.

JACOB AIR, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IN NORTH COUNTY THIS WEEKEND, THOUSANDS WILL GRADUATE FROM CAL STATE SAN MARCOS.

MORE THAN HALF OF THEM ARE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILY TO RECEIVE A BACHELORS DEGREE.

EDUCATION REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ HAS THE STORY OF ONE GRADUATE WHO TURNED HEARTBREAK INTO.

>> WHAT I AM DOING RIGHT NOW IS JUST WATCHING THIS PRESSURE GAUGE AND MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T GET TOO LOW.

>> Reporter: 22-YEAR-OLD MADISON WAGNER DOES BEST WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING.

>> WE EVACUATED ABOUT THREE TIMES WITH NITROGEN.

>> Reporter: SHE ALSO SPEAKS FLUENT CHEMISTRY.

THE CHALLENGING SCIENCE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE COUNSELOR ONCE TOLD HER WAS TOO DIFFICULT FOR HER TO PURSUE.

>> THERE WAS A BIG PART OF ME THAT DIDN'T LEAVE WITH THAT COUNSELOR TOLD ME I DID THINK THAT I COULDN'T DO IT.

BUT THERE WAS A BIG DRIVE FOR ME.

I WANTED TO MAKE GREAT MEDICINE AND I KNEW TO DO THAT, I NEEDED TO GO INTO SCIENCE.

>> Reporter: MADISON GREW UP IN VALLEY CENTER, AS A CHILD RHODIA CHAMPION.

SHE WAS CROWNED MISS RODEO CALIFORNIA IN 2019.

AND ACCOMPLISHMENT SOMEONE ELSE TOLD HER SHE COULD ALSO NOT ACHIEVE.

THAT WAS THE SAME YEAR SHE TRANSFERRED TO CAL STATE SAN MARCOS.

WHERE SHE WILL GRADUATE THIS WEEK WITH HER BACHELORS DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY.

THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO DO SO.

BUT, HER FAMILY IS MISSING SOMEONE.

>> HE SUFFERED REALLY SEVERELY WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION.

>> THE WAGNER'S LOVED AND LOST THEIR SON.

AND MADISON'S OLDER BROTHER, PEARSON, SUDDENLY, TO MENTAL ILLNESS AND HE WAS JUST 16.

THE STIGMA ATTACHED TO HIS DEATH IS SOMETHING THIS YOUNG SCIENTIST IS DETERMINED TO END.

WHILE SHE CONTINUES HER WORK IN THE LABORATORY.

>> IT REALLY INSPIRED ME TO MAKE A CHANGE.

AND TO CONTRIBUTE WHAT I COULD TO MAKING GOOD MEDICINE AND MAKING CHANGES IN THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: MADISON HAS BEEN MENTORED BY DR. ROBERT YFI.

CAL STATE SAN MARCOS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WHO HAS TRAINED STUDENTS WHO WENT ON TO DO WORK -- RUN BY NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS.

IT IS A PERFECT MATCH.

A FORMER RODEO QUEEN, DETERMINED TO PROVE SHE IS SADDLED AND READY TO CHANGE THE WORLD OF MEDICINE.

>> I WANT STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.

AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.

EVEN IF IT IS A SMALL ONE THAT OTHERS HAVE SAID, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO, THEN DEFINITELY TRY.

>> DISSOLVE IT WITH CARBON DIOXIDE.

>> Reporter: IN AUGUST, MADISON WILL BEGIN HER PHD IN CHEMISTRY.

WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTION.

SHE IS ALSO THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AT GRADUATION.

WHERE SHE WILL MENTION HER BROTHER, PEARSON.

AND THE SCIENCE SHE WILL PRACTICE IN HIS MEMORY.

SHE CONSIDERS THAT A GIFT.

>> I JUST FEEL VERY PROUD FOR HOW FAR I HAVE COME.

AND THANKFUL TO HIM.

AND THANKFUL TO MY PARENTS MOST OF ALL.

YEAH.

>> Reporter: ONE COLLEGE GRADUATE THIS SPRING, AS STRONG AS THE MEMORIES SHE HOLDS ONTO.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

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