>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

THE IMPACT OF FUNDING IN MAJOR SHELTERS AND HOMELESS POPULATIONS AND ALSO TONIGHT, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT AN EFFORT TO LOCATE THE VIETNAM MILITARY SERVICE PERSONAL AND A LOOK AT THE STATE'S GROWING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

A FARMER EMPLOYEE AT A CHANDLER MEDIA COMPANY ALLEGES THAT THE OWNER AND CEO OPENLY DISCUSSED WAYS TO PROTECT THE OWNER'S 17-YEAR-OLD SON, AFTER LAST FALL'S BEATING DEAT.

THE INFORMATION CONCEALED INFORMATION AND SHIFT BLAME TO ANOTHER BOY, AND THE EMPLOYEE SAID THAT THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY, TRAVIS, RECEIVED A PHONECALL FROM HIS SON MINUTES AFTER THE FATAL ATTACK AND THAT'S WHEN HE BEGAN WORKING ON THE PLANS TO COVER UP HIS SON'S INVOLVEMENT.

THERE'S ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE,ELDA -- ELDA, IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE, LUNA, AN EDUCATOR REPLACES FELLOW DEMOCRAT WHO RESIGNED LAST MONTH AFTER AN ETHICS INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT SHE THREATED TO THROW A LOBBYIST OFF OF A BALCONY AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HELD A WHITE HOUSE MEETING WITH THE TOP LEADERS OF CONGRESS, THE GOAL TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING >> WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WILL THERE AND IT WAS FRANK AND HONEST AND WE NEED MORE FRANK AND HONEST MEETINGS ON CAPITOL HILL AND I WAS HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND WE DID THAT AS A GROUP, AND THEN I HAD A ONE ON ONE WITH THE PRESIDENT, JUST AND I IN THE OVAL OFFICE.

>> IT WAS AN INTENSE MEETING AND AN HONEST MEETING AND ULTIMATELY, A PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

>> THE FUNDING RUNS OUT ON FRIDAY WHILE OTHER AGENCIES FACE A DEADLINE OF MARCH 8th.

>> HEALTH NOTE, A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT WEIGHT LOSS LEADS TO MARCH BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL FOR PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES, BETTER INDEED THAN THOSE WITH NON-SURGICAL MEDICATION.

THEY ONLY RECOMMEND IT FOR PATIENTS WITH A BODY MASS INDEX OF 30 OR HIGHER BUT A NEW STUDY REPORTS LOWERING THAT THRESHOLD.

AND IT'S OFFICIAL, YOU CAN NOW END A SENTENCE WITH A PREPOSITION.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE FOLKS WITH WEBSTER DICTIONARY.

ENDING WITH TO OR FROM OR OF IS OKAY.

DESPITE WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED, TRYING TO ALIGN ENGLISH WITH LATIN WHICH IS A ROMANCE HANGLANGUAGE BUT BECAUSE ENGLISH IS NOT A ROMANCE LANGUAGE, ENDING WITH A PREPOSITIONS PERFECTLY FINE.

>> VERY WELL CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTERS IS FACING INCREASED EXPENSES AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION?

WE ASKED THE CE OFF THE OF CAST AND GOOD TOUGH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> A $1.5 MILLION SHORTFALL AND HOW DID THAT HAPPEN >> LET ME TELL YOU HOW WE GOT HERE, THERE HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND FOR SERVICES IN THE PAST YEAR.

BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE SCALED UP TO 600 TO SERVICES AT THE MAIN ADULT SHELTER AND THE FAMILY SHELTER AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMS HAVE REMAINED OPEN.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF COVID DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RELY O.

AND WE HAVE BEEN TELLING THE GOVERNMENT PARTNERS THAT WE NEED FUNDING DOLLARS.

WIBLEED UP WITH A SHORTFALL AND WE COMMUNICATED THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONTINUING ONGOING NEEDS BECAUSE THE COVID DOLLARS WENT AWAY.

AND THE SHORTFALL HAPPENED IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THE STATE OF ARIZONA FOR A DECADE IS NOT PROVIDING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FORECAST FOR THE TWO MAIN SHELTERS AND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S THE REASON WE GOT HERE >> WHAT'S THE REASON BEHIND THAT?

>> WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

WE'LL BE ASKING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING TO RECONSIDER OUR APPLICATION FOR THE SHELTER FUND.

AND FROM WHAT I GATHER, THEY HAD A LOT OF HOUSING PROJECTS REFUNDED.

SO WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL RECONSIDER, BUT THERE WERE ALSO A LOT OF APPLICATIONS AND THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT IT.

THE SHELTER FUND, WE BELIEVE WAS SUPPOSED TO FUND EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND IT DIDN'T EXCLUSIVE FUND THAT, AND ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR HOUSING RIGHT NOW AND HOMELESSNESS AND MORE REQUESTS THAT CAN BE FUND BUT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS T >> SO MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR GRANT.

AND AND THE DEPARTMENT STOP FUNDING LAST YEAR?

>> WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

THEY DIDN'T DO A PROCUREMENT AND WE DIDN'T TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT.

SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FUND IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

BUT THEY'RE FUNDING IN RURAL AREAS, AND WE WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

IT'S TOO CRITICAL.

WE HAVE SCALED UP AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RELY ON SCALED GOVERNMENT FUNDING >> YOU SCALED UP AND ADDED THE BEDS IN 2022.

CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> WAS IT A MISTAKE TO ADD THOSE BEDS?

>> I ASK MYSELF THAT OFTEN, AND I FEEL RESPONSIBLE.

AND WE NEED HELP AND WE DID IT ANYWAY.

SO YEAH, I THINK IN REFLECTING ON IT, I WON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN.

IT'S A HARD THING, BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS, OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, RESPONDED TO NEED AND WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.

SO THAT MAY BE PART OF THE REASON WE DIDN'T GET FUNDED, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS MADE IT WORK, BUT WE CAN'T MAINTAIN WITH OUT COUNTING ON STATE GOVERNMENT IN PARTICULAR.

>> AND THE PHOENIX CITY COUNCIL, WHERE DO THEY STAND NOW?

>> THEY BOOSTED US BY $1.6 MILLION OUT OF THE 1.5.

AND ON AN ONGOING BASIS, THEY KNOW TO MAINTAIN AT THE LEVEL WE'RE AT, AND SERVICING THE RESIDENTS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE CONTINUING SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT GETS US THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR >> WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER CITIES?

>> THAT'S FUNNY YOU ASKED BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED IN A COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND WE'RE ALREADY VERY WELL DIVERSIFIED IF HAD OUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE, AND THAT SHOULD BE LED BY THE MARICOPA GOVERNMENTS.

HOW IMPORTANT THE EMERGENCY SHELTER IS AND THE REASONS WHY.

AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS JOB FOR 6 AND A HALF YEARS AND IT HAS NOT BEEN FUNDED AT THE LEVELS NEEDED SO WE EVEN GET FUNNELED BY TOWN HILLS AND PARADISE VALLEY AND PLACES THAT HAVE VERY LITTLE HOPELESS BEES.

WE'RE DOING OUR PART, BUT LAST YEAR IN MARICOPA COUNTY, THERE WERE 1200 PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE STREETS.

BUT THE STORY NEEDS TO BE TOLD.

>> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM MAG AS FAR AS REGIONAL EFFORTS?

>> MAG HAS DONE A LOT OFFING IN THAT AREA, AND I THINK THEY HAVE TO DO ANOTHER PUSH TO BRING THE CITIES TOGETHER.

WE'RE ASKING WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO BRING THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND GET MORE FUNDING?

WE CAN'T DO ALL THINGS.

WE NEED GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP AND DO THAT.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE TOUGH ENOUGH JOB AS FRONT LINE PROVIDERS THAT SERVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND WE HAVE A LEAN OPERATION.

>> YOU ALSO HAVE A 24-HOUR SERVICE AND FIRST OF ALL, HAS IT BEEN CUT IN IT >> THERE HAVE BEEN NO CUTS.

WE GAVE OURSELVES A 60-DAY DEADLINE TO BRIDGE THIS GAP AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND WE MET WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN JANUARY.

WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A 24-7 PROVIDER AND WHAT THAT MEANS, FOR PEOPLE WITH OUT AS MUCH STAFFING THOUGH THEY'RE LEAN IN OUR STAFFING ALREADY, BUT WITH THE BOARD MANDATES, WE MAKE CUTS TO SUSTAIN OURSELVES >> ASKING A QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE FUNDING DOESN'T COME THROUGH AND THE ZONE ISN'T WHAT IT ONCE WAS, BUT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COME BACK TO THE ZONE IN PHOENIX WHICH WAS SUCH A PROBLEM FOR SO WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAMMED BY THE COURTS AND THE CITY AND THEY ARE TRICKLING BACK >> THERE ARE SERVICES THERE AT THE CAMPUS AND SO THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE.

BUT THERE ARE NO TENTS, AND AT LAST COUNT, WE HAVE 90 PEOPLE AND AT THE HEIGHT OF IT, THERE WERE OVER 1,000 PEOPLE.

THEY OPENED THE OUTDOOR CAMPING SPACE AND IT CAN GO AS HIGH AS 300.

AND SO THE FOLKS WILL BE DIRECTED THERE AS AN OPTION.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE'LL SEE THE ZONE COME BACK, I REALLY DON'T.

PHOENIX IS ON TOP OF IT, AND WE'RE ALL ON TOP OF IT, BUT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN TO BE PART OF THAT.

AND WE NEED THE SUSTAINED FUNDING TO BE PART OF THAT TOO >> THE ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES, AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION AND THE VISIT.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MORE THAN IS A HUNDRED MILITARY SERVICE AMERICANS FROM THE VIETNAM ERA ARE STILL BELIEVED TO BE IN CAMBODIA.

AND NOW ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE LOOKING TO LOCATE THOSE REMAINS AND JOINING US IS CHRISTOPHER FROM DIGITAL ANTIQUITY.

AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THIS.

FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE DEFENSE POW MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY?

AND HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED?

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THAT HAS A MISSION OF RECOVERING MISSING SERVICE PERSONNEL FROM DIFFERENT WARS, GOING BACK TO WORLD WAR II THROUGH KOREA AND IN VIETNAM.

WE BECAME INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT IN ABOUT 2022.

WHERE THEY APPROACHED US WITH IDEAS ON HOW DO WE USE EXISTING INFORMATION THAT SORT OF LOCKED IN THESE OLD REPORTS AND HOW DO WE CONVERT IT TO DIGITAL FORMAT AND HOW TO IMPROVE FINDING THE MISSING PERSONNEL.

>> SO YOU USE TECH AND DATA TO GET THE BEST EFFORTS OUT OF BOTH, HUH?

>> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WE CAN USE THIS INFORMATION, AND THEY HAVE DONE WORK ALL OVER SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR DECADES, TRYING TO RECOVER THE MISSING SERVICE PERSONAL.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES THE INFORMATION FROM THE OLD REPORTS IS LOCKED INTO THE REPORTS AND WE CAME UP WITH NORTH SIDE ON TO YOU TO MAYBE CREATE SOME MODELS ON HOW TO LOCATE MISSING SERVICE PERSONNEL.

>> AND THAT MUST BE WHERE THE PROBABILITY MODELS COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING OF >> THE PROBLEMBILITY MODEL, CAN WE TAKE GEO SPACIAL INFORMATION AND CREATE A MODEL USING THINGS LIKE ELEVATION OR SLOPE OR PROXIMITY TO WATER OR OTHER VARIABLES TO DO AN ANALYSIS TO SAY, WE COMPARED WHAT WE FOUND ON THE GROUND TO WHAT WE THINK MIGHT BE IN OTHER AREAS, AND THEN JUST CREATE A MAP WITH HIGH, LOW AND MEDIUM PROBABILITIES THAT THE AREAS ARE MORE OR LESS CONDUCIVE TO FINDING MISSING SERVICE PERSONNEL >> WHAT KIND OF RESULTS HAVE YOU HAD SO FAR?

>> IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING.

INTO THE DIFFERENT SECTORS, AND IN A LOT OF CASES, WE HAVE GPA A PEOPLE LOOK AT THE MAP AND YES, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED TO FIND SOMEBODY.

SO IT GIVES A COMPUTATIONAL EYEBALL TEST.

SO WE HOPE TO EXPAND ON THIS THROUGH ALL OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE MORE ACCURATE MODELS.

LIKE THEY SAY, SOME MODELS ARE USEFUL, AND SOME -- >> THIS IS LIKE PHASE ONE OF A PILOT PROJECT, CORRECT >> YES, WE'RE MOVING ON TO PHASE TWO NOW.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME A DEFINITION OF WHERE THIS GOES FROM HERE, AND IN GENERAL, THIS EFFORT AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT, WHAT'S NEXT?

>> SO WE HOPE TO EXPAND THE EFFORTS MOVING FROM CAMBODIA THROUGH ALL OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH IS DATA INOPERABILITY, ONE BRANCH TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANOTHER.

SO YOU CAN BUILD AND GROW THESE MODELS.

AND KIND OF IN A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU WEREN'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATING GRABBING DATA FROM THE AREA TO THE HISTORIANS TO THE GIS AND HOW DO WE LINK THAT INFORMATION?

>> LAST QUESTION, WHAT KIND OF REACTION HAVE YOU HAD FROM THE U.S. AND CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENTS?

>> SO FAR FROM THE DPA ITSELF, IT HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING, TAKING AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO LOOKING AT THIS, AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY HAVE HAD A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING WITH GETTING PEOPLE INTO THE COUNTRIES SO THEY CAN BEGIN TO LOOK.

EVERYONE HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.

>> VERY GOOD, AND WE'LL STOP IT RIGHT THERE, CHRISTOPHER NICHOLSON, GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> WELCOME TO CHECK PLEASE ARIZONA WHERE ARIZONANS RECOMMEND THEIR FAVORITE RESTAURANT N THIS EPISODE, THE FLAVORS OF SPAIN, ETLY AND THE OCEAN.

>> THE FLAVORS SHOULD COMPETE YOU.

>> IT WAS SO JUICY, IT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE BEST CHICKEN SANDWICHES I'VE EVER HAD.

>> ALL NEW, THURSDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS MEET PRESIDENT BIDEN AND NEGOTIATE A SPINNING DEAL AND TRY TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

THAT'S AT 6:00 ON ARIZONA PBS.

>> IN 2020, ARIZONA VOTERS APPROVED THE USE OF RECREATIONAL CANNABIS.

PROPOSITION 207, KNOWN AS THE SMART AND SAFE ACT, WAS A SECOND ATTEMPT TO GET A LAW ON THE BOOKS AND ALLOW ANYONE OVER 21 AND OLDER TO POSSES, CULTIVATE AND USE CANNABIS WITH SEVERAL RESTRICTIONS.

NOW SEVERAL YEARS LATER, ARIZONA HAS BOASTED RECORD SALES AND JUAN LOOKS AT THE BUDDING INDUSTRY.

>> WE SEE PROBABLY 2,000 PEOPLE ON A FRIDAY.

>> AT THE DISPENSARY IN TECHY, BUSINESS IS BOOPING.

A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT POT PALLADIUM, INCLUDING A STOREFRONT.

>> DIFFERENT WAYS.

>> A GROWING FACILITIES LAB AND THE STATE'S ONLY CANNABIS KITCHEN, SEVING UP PIZZA AND WINGS >> RICE CRISPY TREATS FLOWER CONCENTRATES >> ALL OF THAT IS ADDING UP TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF GROWN >> $1.2 BILLION IN TAXABLE SALES WERE REPORTED >> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ARIZONA DESPENCERY ASSOCIATION.

THEY ADVOCATE ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND THE NEW LAW.

ACCORDING TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, OF THAT $1.5 BILLION, $528 MILLION CAME FROM RECREATIONAL CANNABIS SALES.

THE REMAINING $700 MILLION FROM MEDICAL SALES, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO AND EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T PURCHASE CANNABIS, YOU'RE STILL BENEFITING >> AN EXCESS OF $100 MILLION FOR COLLEGES AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS AND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT.

AND IT SHORES IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM.

>> HIS DISPENSARY SAW 70% OF THEIR $250 MILLION IN SALES FROM RECREATIONAL CANNABIS.

>> IT'S COMING IN 3.2 TIMES A MONTH, AND THEY'RE SPENDING ANAGE OF $0 EVERY TIME THEY COME IN.

SO THEY'RE SPENDING $280 A MONTH ON CANNABIS.

>> HE DOES CREDIT THE OTHERS WORRY THAT PACKAGING WOULD ATTRACT YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEY'RE WORKING TO PREVENT THAT.

>> WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PACKAGES COMPANIES.

THE >> THERE'S THE ISSUE OF TAXATION, WHILE CALIFORNIA IS TOP IN THE NATION FOR SALES, IT ALSO HAS A HUGE ILLICIT DRUG PROBLEM, DUE TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THAT CANNABIS IS TAXED THERE, SAYS RICHARD.

>> THE PRODUCTS GO FROM THE START OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN SALE AND IT'S TAXED ALONG THE WAY.

SO THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, THE RETAIL PURCHASE IN CALIFORNIA, CAN BE UPWARDS OF 50-60%.

>> COMPARED TO ARIZONA WHERE THAT SAME CANNABIS IS TAXED AT 16%.

>> THEN YOU HAVE THE BENEFIT FROM THE BOTTOM.

>> DESPITE SOME OF THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS, MOLINA AND HIS TEAM ARE READY TO EXPAND OPERATIONS HERE AND IN OTHER STATES, AND RICHARD IS OPTIMISTIC TOO, THAT AS THE INDUSTRY GROWS, SO TOO IN ARIZONA'S ACCEPTANCE OF CANNABIS >> I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL.

THAT CANNABIS' IS NO DIFFERENT THAN GOING OUT FOR DRINKS, OR ENJOYING A LEASHLY DAY AT THE PARK WITH FRIENDS.

>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW, I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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