>>THIS WEEK ON NEWSNIGHT, CENTRAL FLORIDA BUSINESSES AND VENUES ARE REPORTEDLY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR VIOLATING THE STATE'S VACCINE PASSPORT LAW.

WE'LL DISCUSS VACCINE MANDATES AND WHAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN NEXT.

COULD THERE BE FUTURE CHANGES TO SECURITY PROTOCOLS AT APARTMENT COMPLEXES?

FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF 19-YEAR-OLD VALENCIA COLLEGE STUDENT MIYA MARCANO.

AND AS THE LEGISLATURE TACKLES REDISTRICTING, WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT THE PROCESS MIGHT MEAN FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

NEWSNIGHT STARTS NOW.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>HELLO, I'M NANCY ALVAREZ AND WELCOME TO NEWSNIGHT, WHERE WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BIG STORIES IMPACTING CENTRAL FLORIDA AND HOW THEY AFFECT ALL OF US.

AND WE DO THIS EVERY WEEK BY BRINGING TOGETHER A TEAM OF JOURNALISTS FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS ON THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES.

JOINING US THIS WEEK IN THE STUDIO, NADEEN YANES FROM WKMG CHANNEL 6.

>>HI.

>>THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE IN PERSON.

>>I KNOW.

>>AND MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE ALEXA LORENZO FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS WEEK.

>>ALL RIGHT.

FIRST TONIGHT, SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIGHT OVER VACCINE MANDATES IN FLORIDA.

THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS INVESTIGATING SEVERAL CENTRAL FLORIDA VENUES AND BUSINESSES FOR POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF FLORIDA'S SO-CALLED VACCINE PASSPORT LAW.

THE DESANTIS ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY ISSUED LEON COUNTY MORE THAN $3.5 MILLION IN FINES FOR MANDATING COVID SHOTS FOR ITS EMPLOYEES.

>>ACCORDING TO A LIST FIRST REPORTED BY THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, THE STATE IS INVESTIGATING A NUMBER OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY INCLUDE SEVERAL VENUES, SUCH AS THE AMWAY CENTER, PLAZA LIVE, AND THE DR. PHILLIPS CENTER.

BUT THE SCOPE OF FLORIDA'S VACCINE PASSPORT LAW AND ITS WORDING ARE HEAVILY DISPUTED.

SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES UNDERSTOOD TO BE ON THE STATE'S RADAR, SAY THEY ALLOW A NEGATIVE COVID TEST INSTEAD OF PROOF OF VACCINATION.

OTHERS, LIKE ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS MANDATED VACCINATION FOR STAFF, DISPUTE WHETHER THE LAW EVEN APPLIES.

>>I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

>>ORANGE COUNTY MAYOR JERRY DEMINGS BELIEVES IT DOESN'T APPLY TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

HE RECENTLY REMOVED THE THREAT OF TERMINATION FROM HIS MANDATE, BUT HE SAYS THE REQUIREMENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE, ABSENT ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE STATE.

LAST WEEK, A JUDGE IN TALLAHASSEE RULED THE STATE COULD BLOCK BUSINESSES FROM ASKING CUSTOMERS FOR EVIDENCE OF THEIR VACCINATION STATUS.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE HAVE ALL COVERED THIS STORY, OF COURSE, AND EVERY TWIST AND TURN.

ALEXA, LET'S START WITH YOU.

DOES THE FINE LEVIED AGAINST LEON COUNTY CHANGE THE WAY ORANGE COUNTY IS LIKELY TO PROCEED?

>>THIS IS GOING TO BE A WAIT AND SEE, NANCY.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LEON COUNTY DID FIRE 14 EMPLOYEES FOR NOT SUBMITTING DOCUMENTATION OF THEIR COVID-19 VACCINE.

HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY, LIKE YOU SAID, MAYOR JERRY DEMINGS SAYS HE IS NOT TERMINATING ANYONE.

AND AT LAST CHECK, ORANGE COUNTY SAYS THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PAPERWORK, ANY DOCUMENT, ANY NOTICE OF VIOLATION FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

MAYOR DEMINGS IS BUCKLING UP AND SAYS HE BELIEVES HE IS IN HIS LEGAL AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO GET VACCINATED.

>>ALL RIGHT.

AND NADEEN, BRINGING YOU INTO THE CONVERSATION HERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LACK OF CLARITY OVER THE APPLICATION OF THE VACCINE PASSPORT LAW REGARDING THE STAFF AND CUSTOMERS OF PRIVATE COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.

WHAT ARE THE MAIN AREAS OF CONFUSION AND DISAGREEMENT HERE IN THIS BACK AND FORTH?

>>I MEAN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'S A LOT OF LAYERS TO IT.

>>MM-HMM (AFFIRMATIVE).

>>THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION, A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT IN THE COURTS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'LL START WITH LAYER ONE, WHAT IS AN ALL RIGHT, ALL OUT VACCINE MANDATE.

MANY OF THESE ENTITIES THAT ARE BEING INVESTIGATED, SAY, "LOOK, WE'RE NOT MANDATING ONLY VACCINE REQUIREMENTS."

WE'RE SAYING, "PROVE YOU HAVE A VACCINE OR A NEGATIVE COVID TEST."

AND OFFERING THAT OPTION, MANY OF THESE COMPANIES ARE SAYING THEY ARE WELL WITHIN THE LAW.

>>MM-HMM (AFFIRMATIVE).

>>NOW, THE SECOND LAYER TO THAT DOES COME TO EMPLOYEES VERSUS CUSTOMERS.

THE WAY THE LAW READS NOW, IT SAYS THAT CUSTOMERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ASKED FOR OF PROOF OF A VACCINATION, BUT NOT WHERE IN THERE DOES IT SAY THAT EMPLOYERS CAN'T REQUIRE IT FROM THEIR EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT IS WHERE YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT THERE MIGHT BE NEW LEGISLATION FILED.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE FILMING THIS ON THURSDAY MORNING- >>RIGHT.

>>GOVERNOR DESANTIS WANTS TO HOLD A SPECIAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER TO FILE THESE NEW LAWS THAT WOULD OUTRIGHT BAN ANY KIND OF VACCINE MANDATE, INCLUDING EMPLOYERS.

AND IF THAT HAPPENS, NANCY, THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY IMPACT OUR LARGEST EMPLOYER, WALT DISNEY WORLD.

>>OF COURSE.

AND I'M SO GLAD YOU POINTED OUT WE DO RECORD THIS SHOW ON THURSDAYS, BUT SO MUCH CHANGES WITH THIS VIRUS AND WITH EVERYTHING SURROUNDING IT.

SO YOU MENTIONED THAT SPECIAL SESSION.

ANOTHER THING WE'RE HEARING FROM THIS NEWS CONFERENCE IS THAT HE IS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE OF WHAT IF YOU HAVE A REACTION TO A VACCINE THAT YOUR EMPLOYER REQUIRED YOU TO GET, COULD THAT EMPLOYER THEN BE HELD LIABLE?

>>RIGHT.

>>SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THE GOVERNOR IS LOOKING AT.

NADEEN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS LIST OF ENTITIES BEING PROBED BY THE STATE.

SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING TURN THIS WEEK.

>>YEAH.

>>FIRST REPORTED BY THE ORLANDO SENTINEL.

HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS SINCE THAT BECAME PUBLIC?

>>SO IT'S ABOUT 120 ENTITIES OR SO ACROSS THE STATE, AS SMALL AS YOGA STUDIOS.

>>YEAH.

>>ALL THE WAY TO THE AMWAY CENTER FOR THE HARRY STYLES CONCERT.

SO AGAIN, THIS COMES BACK TO, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT JUST REQUIRING PROOF.

WE SAY PROOF OR A NEGATIVE TEST, WHICH IS THE CRUX OF THE LAWSUITS.

>>RIGHT.

>>THE ENTITIES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM AT LEAST, THE ONES THAT ARE BEING INVESTIGATED.

YOU JUST HEARD ALEXA SAY ORANGE COUNTY HASN'T REALLY RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION.

ADVENT HEALTH IS ON THAT LIST.

THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION.

DR. PHILLIPS CENTER SAYS THEY WEREN'T AWARE THAT THEY'RE BEING INVESTIGATED.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS THIS LIST, BUT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS ANYONE CAN REPORT TO THIS LIST, AND THOUGH THEY'RE BEING INVESTIGATED, DOESN'T MEAN FOR SURE THEY'LL BE FACING FINES.

>>YEAH.

INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

AND ALEXA, WHAT ABOUT THE FEDERAL VACCINATION MANDATE FOR LARGER ORGANIZATIONS?

COULD THAT POSE PROBLEM FOR THE STATE'S POSITION, AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEE VACCINATIONS?

>>YEAH, IT ABSOLUTELY CAN.

BUT GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS HAS SAID HE IS GOING TO TAKE EVERY AVENUE TO FIGHT THAT.

HE HAS VOWED TO SUE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OVER THAT VACCINE MANDATE.

AND LIKE NADEEN WAS JUST MENTIONING, HE IS EXPLORING CREATING NEW LAWS THAT WOULD PREVENT BUSINESSES, DIFFERENT ENTITIES, DIFFERENT VENUES, DIFFERENT COMPANIES FROM REQUIRING PEOPLE, THEIR EMPLOYEES TO GET VACCINATED.

SO THIS, LIKE EVERYONE HAS BEEN SAYING IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

AGAIN, HE HAS SAID THAT HE IS LOOKING TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO GET FIRED, WHO HAVE REACTIONS FROM THE VACCINE.

HE'LL BACK THEM UP THROUGH THE END.

>>AND, OF COURSE, ALL THIS COMES AS OUR POSITIVITY RATE CONTINUES TO DROP LOCALLY.

I'M GOING TO KNOCK ON WOOD WHILE I SAY THAT TO YOU, ALEXA.

HOW IS FLORIDA DOING AT THIS STAGE IN THE PANDEMIC?

AND WHAT MIGHT THAT MEAN FOR OUR STATE OF EMERGENCY HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY?

>>SO BIG PICTURE, LET'S START STATEWIDE.

FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S POSITIVITY RATE HAS EITHER BEEN AT OR BELOW 5%, SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS.

DRILLING DOWN INTO ORANGE COUNTY, WE HAVE NOW BEEN AT, OR BELOW 5% FOR ROUGHLY NINE DAYS.

AND ORANGE COUNTY MAYOR JERRY DEMINGS SAYS IF WE SEE US AT OR BELOW 5% ...

I GET SO EXCITED WHEN I TALK ABOUT IT, JUST LIKE YOU NANCY ... AT OR BELOW 5% FOR 14 DAYS, HE WILL TAKE AWAY THE CURRENT LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY WE ARE IN AND HE WILL ROLL BACK THAT MASK RECOMMENDATION.

SO WE'LL WAIT AND SEE, BUT THE DAYS ARE COMING.

>>AH, LET'S HOPE.

AND NADEEN, EVEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAYS NOW, MAYOR DEMINGS IS SAYING THAT HE REALLY BELIEVES WE JUST SAW OUR LAST SURGE.

>>RIGHT.

BUT YOU KNOW, DELTA CAME OUT OF NOWHERE FIRST.

>>MM-HMM (AFFIRMATIVE).

>>SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS SO EXCITING TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY AS WE GO INTO THE HOLIDAYS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE ARE MORE INDOORS.

SO I'M REALLY CROSSING MY FINGERS.

>>YEAH.

>>I'M KNOCKING ON WOOD JUST AS YOU ARE.

BUT DELTA ALSO REALLY FELT LIKE IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AS WELL.

SO PERSONALLY, I'M KEEPING CAUTIOUS AS WELL.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PUSHING FLU SHOTS SO MUCH AT THIS POINT TOO.

>>OF COURSE.

RIGHT, THAT'S ANOTHER FACTOR.

AND OF COURSE, THE KIDS AND THE VACCINES ROLLING OUT FOR CHILDREN TOO.

WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN ALL OF THIS.

AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN JOIN THE DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE ARE AT WUCF TV ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND INSTAGRAM.

>>ALL RIGHT, NEXT TONIGHT, THE MIYA MARCARNO CASE AND THE WIDER CALL FOR STEPPED UP SECURITY AT APARTMENTS.

THIS WEEK, THE FAMILY OF THE 19-YEAR-OLD VALENCIA COLLEGE STUDENT FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMPLEX WHERE SHE LIVED AND WORKED ALLEGING NEGLIGENCE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS STORY HERE FILED ON THE LAWSUIT FOR WFTV CHANNEL 9.

>>THIS LAWSUIT IS STEP ONE IN GETTING JUSTICE.

>>MIYA MARCANO'S FAMILY IS SUING ARDEN VILLA'S APARTMENTS AND ITS MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

FAMILY LAWYER, DARRELL WASHINGTON SAYS THE COMPLEX WHERE MIYA WORKED AND LIVED FAILED TO PROTECT HER.

>>HE WAS ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LACK OF SECURITY, A LACK OF CAMERAS.

>>THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS MAINTENANCE WORKER ARMANDO CABALLERO USED A MASTER KEY FOB TO BREAK INTO MIYA'S APARTMENT.

THE SUIT SAYS AT NO TIME WAS MIYA MADE AWARE BY MANAGEMENT THAT CABALLERO HAD A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, A HISTORY OF HARASSING WOMEN, NOR WAS SHE AWARE THAT CABALLERO WOULD HAVE UNSUPERVISED AND OR FREE ACCESS TO HER APARTMENT.

THE APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS TOLD US BEFORE CABALLERO'S BACKGROUND CHECK SHOWED NO RECORDS OF EITHER BURGLARY OR SEXUAL ASSAULT.

>>THEY'RE TRYING TO PLAY ON WORDS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO PICK ONE OR TWO PARTICULAR CHARGES AND SAY THAT WE DIDN'T SEE THOSE CHARGES ON HIS BACKGROUND.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE IS SOMETHING ON HIS BACKGROUND.

>>CABALLERO'S CRIMINAL HISTORY SHOWS ONE PRIOR ARREST IN 2013 FOR USING A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE AND DISCHARGING A WEAPON.

ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, CABALLERO APPEARED TO BE INTERESTED IN MARCANO AND THAT MADE HER EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE.

>>EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT LEFT FRONT OFFICE AREA.

>>THE SUIT SAYS MIYA EXPRESSED HER CONCERNS TO EMPLOYEES OF ARDEN VILLAS, BUT FAMILY FELT MANAGEMENT WAS NOT TAKING THE SAFETY CONCERNS SERIOUSLY.

>>IT IS SO PREVENTABLE IF THE PROPER PROCEDURES ARE PUT INTO PLACE.

THAT IS WHAT THE FAMILY IS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO FORCE THROUGH THIS LAWSUIT.

>>RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN STRESSING THE NEED FOR BETTER SECURITY FOR WEEKS NOW, POSTING SIGNS, SHARING PETITIONS.

>>OUR LIST OF DEMANDS IS, IS VERY CLEAR IN WHAT WE THINK THAT THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE A SAFE ONE.

>>THE FAMILY BELIEVES IF MORE MEASURES WERE IN PLACE, IF THE ARDEN VILLAS WOULD'VE GONE DEEPER INTO CABALLERO'S BACKGROUND, IF THEY WOULD'VE CONTACTED HIS PREVIOUS EMPLOYER AND SIMPLY HEARD OF ANOTHER FEMALE RESIDENT'S CONCERNS.

>>[INAUDIBLE] >>THEIR "MIMI" WOULD STILL BE WITH THEM TONIGHT.

>>THIS IS A PAIN THAT IT IS HARD TO DESCRIBE.

>>YEAH.

IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE GOTTEN HER FAMILY OUT OF OUR MINDS SINCE WE STARTED COVERING THIS STORY.

ALEXA, THAT WAS YOUR REPORT THERE THAT WE JUST HEARD.

AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE LAWYER FOR MIYA MARCANO'S FAMILY.

SO LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT EXACTLY THE CASE THAT THEY'RE MAKING HERE.

>>WHAT JUSTICE FOR MIYA WOULD LOOK LIKE, RIGHT?

THE PERSON OF INTEREST, THE PRIME SUSPECT, RATHER IN THIS CASE THAT THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED WAS FOUND DEAD.

SO THERE'S NO ONE, NO ONE PERSON TO HOLD RESPONSIBLE.

SO THE FAMILY SAYS JUSTICE FOR MIYA IS CHANGING.

THE LAW JUSTICE FOR MIYA IS MAKING SURE NO ONE ELSE EXPERIENCES WHAT SHE EXPERIENCED AND WHAT HER FAMILY EXPERIENCED.

THEY DRAFTED THIS LAWSUIT AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR A JURY TRIAL, THEY'RE ASKING FOR DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF $30,000 AND THEY WANT TO FORGE CHANGE.

THEY WANT LAWS MADE.

THEY WANT APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO HAVE BETTER SECURITY, BETTER CAMERAS, BETTER BACKGROUND CHECKS.

SO THAT NOTHING, AGAIN LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

>>AND NADEEN, WE, WE DID HEAR FROM ARDEN VILLA'S MANAGEMENT EARLY ON, BUT HAS THE COMPANY RESPONDED SINCE THAT SUIT WAS FILED ON MONDAY?

>>NO.

AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

WE ONLY HEARD FROM THEM A FEW DAYS AFTER MIYA'S BODY WAS FOUND, BUT WE HAD NOT HEARD FROM THEM SINCE MONDAY ITSELF.

AND IN THAT INITIAL STATEMENT, WHEN WE DID HEAR, IT WAS PRETTY LENGTHY SAYING THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT CABALLERO'S BACKGROUND, THE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND THAT ALEXA JUST EXPLAINED IN HER REPORT.

BUT THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY PROVIDED SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE HIRED AND THAT NOTHING HAD POPPED UP INITIALLY, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM SINCE MONDAY.

>>WOW.

AND ALEXA, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SECURITY SUCH AS CAMERAS IN PLACE AT ARDEN VILLAS ITSELF?

>>SO I'VE BEEN THERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND YOU KNOW, YOU TOUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND YOU LOOK FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU LOOK WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE, IS THE GATE WORKING?

SO FROM DAY ONE, WHEN I GOT THERE, THAT GATE WAS NOT WORKING.

IT WOULD NOT CLOSE MOST OF THE TIME.

IT WOULD STAY HALF OPEN.

SO WE START THERE WITH THE GATE.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE.

THEN CAMERAS, I'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEM IN THE LEASING OFFICE AND IN THE FRONT LITTLE HUT WHERE CARS DRIVE IN, BUT THERE ARE NO CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX.

>>THERE ARE ALSO CAMERAS IN THE POOL AREA, WHICH IS BEHIND THE LEASING OFFICE, BUT AROUND THE BUILDINGS IN THE HALLWAYS THERE ARE NO CAMERAS.

A LOT OF RESIDENTS ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LACK OF LIGHTS.

SO THIS IS JUST A LIST OF DEMANDS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE AND THEY WANT TO SEE CHANGE.

THEY WANT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WHERE THEY LIVE.

>>SURE.

AND WE'LL BE COVERING IT OF COURSE, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S REALLY BEEN CENTRAL TO THIS PARTICULAR CASE, NADEEN IS ACCESS UP TO PEOPLE'S APARTMENTS.

WOMEN, LIVING ALONE, ACCESS TO APARTMENTS AND UNIVERSAL KEY FOBS ARE AT THE CENTER OF THIS DEBATE OVER WHAT HAPPENED WITH MIYA MARCANO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE ALLEGEDLY USED TO JUST WALK RIGHT INTO HER APARTMENT, PROBABLY WITHOUT HER EVEN KNOWING.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS AND WHAT COULD BE DONE BETTER?

>>WELL, THE LAWSUIT THAT MIYA HERSELF DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT CABALLERO HAD THIS ACCESS 24/7 AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER AND SHERIFF MINA HAD SAID THAT HE USED THAT FOB KEY TWICE THE DAY SHE WENT MISSING, 30 MINUTES BEFORE SHE LEFT WORK.

OBVIOUSLY, THE LAWSUIT REALLY HAS AN ISSUE WITH THIS.

RESIDENTS HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED THEIR UPSET.

THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT US AS WELL.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PETITION OUT THERE AGAINST WANTING BETTER SECURITY MEASURES AS WELL.

>>NOW WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER?

THAT IS A, A GREAT QUESTION.

AND ONE THAT OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENTS WANT TO KNOW OF.

WE KNOW OF PAST LEGISLATION, 2008, THERE WAS A BILL THAT WAS FILED THAT WOULD REQUIRE STRICTER BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THEN PERMISSION TO ENTER AN APARTMENT.

AND THEN IN 2018, ORLANDO SENATOR LINDA STEWART HAD FILED THE TENANT NOTIFICATION ACT THAT WOULD SAY, "HEY, LOOK, IF A PERSON'S COMING INTO YOUR APARTMENT, THEY NEED TO LET YOU KNOW.

AND ALSO IF THE PERSON DOES NOT PASS THE BACKGROUND CHECK, THEY NEED TO ALERT RESIDENTS."

THAT BILL ACTUALLY FAILED.

NOW SHE HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN REFILING A BILL, SIMILAR TO HAVE STRICTER LEGISLATION.

SHERIFF MINA SAYS HE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE GIVEN NOTICE IF ANYONE'S GOING TO ENTER YOUR APARTMENT.

AND FINALLY, REPRESENTATIVE CARLOS SMITH SAYS, HE'S WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO HAD THIS PETITION WHO WANT JUSTICE AND WANT STRICTER LAWS TO PREVENT ANYTHING LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

>>YEAH.

IT'S AN ISSUE THAT OBVIOUSLY AFFECTS PEOPLE BEYOND JUST ARDEN VILLAS.

I MEAN, ANYONE WHO LIVES IN AN APARTMENT OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS DEBATE AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

AND ALEXA, OF COURSE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE THOUGH, AT ARDEN VILLAS ARE SO DEEPLY IMPACTED BY WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THEM, THE RESIDENTS THERE.

THEY ALL KNEW HER.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO REMEMBER.

SHE DIDN'T JUST LIVE THERE.

SHE WORKED THERE AT THE FRONT OFFICE.

SO IN COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS, WHERE DO YOU GO TO PICK UP YOUR PACKAGES?

THE FRONT OFFICE.

WHERE DO YOU GO IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH SOMEONE PARKED IN YOUR RESERVED SPACE?

THE FRONT OFFICE.

THEY ALL KNEW MIYA AND THEY ALL TALK ABOUT HER SMILE AND THE WAY IT LIT UP A ROOM.

SO THAT JUST BEING RIPPED FROM THEM, RIPPED FROM THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR HOME HAS BEEN AGONIZING.

THEY KNEW HER.

AND THEY ALSO KNEW ARMANDO CABALLERO.

>>A LOT OF THEM HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT STORIES THAT THEY HAVE WITH HIM AND ENCOUNTERS THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED WITH HIM.

THEY HAVE SHARED ALL THAT WITH THE ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY DARYL WASHINGTON, SO THAT HE CAN MAKE CHANGE.

HE CAN START THIS LAWSUIT AND THERE IS A GROWING LIST.

MORE PEOPLE KEEP COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE COMPILING ALL THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY PRESENT IT, IF THEY ARE GRANTED THAT JURY TRIAL.

>>AND ALEXA, I MENTIONED OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL FLORIDA.

I MEAN REALLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE, HONESTLY, THE COUNTRY, RIGHT?

EVERYONE SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENED IN ARDEN VILLAS.

SO DO THEY HAVE SIMILAR PROTOCOLS IN PLACE?

ARE RESIDENTS CONCERNED ELSEWHERE?

>>RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ELSEWHERE, SPECIFICALLY CAMPUS COMMUNITIES, THOSE OUTSIDE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT AREN'T REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH UNIVERSITIES, WITH COLLEGES, WITH THOSE INSTITUTIONS.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE THOSE COLLEGE STUDENTS.

SO THIS HAS BEEN RAISING EYEBROWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE SAW UCF SEND OUT AN EMAIL SAYING, "HEY, IF YOU LIVE ON CAMPUS WITH US, THESE ARE OUR PROCEDURES.

AS FOR OFF CAMPUS HOUSING, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CONTACT THAT APPROPRIATE MANAGER, " BUT THIS IS CAUSING DISCUSSION ACROSS THE NATION AND IT IS NOT DONE YET.

>>YEAH.

AND LET'S JUST CLOSE UP HERE WITH THE DAMAGES THAT THE FAMILY IS SEEKING.

THEY'RE ALSO PUSHING FOR CHANGE.

I MEAN, WE'VE MENTIONED IT, BUT LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT.

>>YEAH.

THEY WANT A LOT AND THEY JUST WANT IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.

THEIR MAIN FOCUS IS THAT SECURITY, THAT SAFETY, THEY WANT MORE CAMERAS.

THEY WANT MORE BACKGROUND CHECKS.

AND YOU HEARD THE ATTORNEY SAY IN MY PIECE THAT HE FELT THAT ARDEN VILLAS WAS USING A PLAY ON WORDS.

THEY FOUND ...

THEY DID NOT FIND RATHER BURGLARY OR SEXUAL ASSAULT IN HIS BACKGROUND CHECK, BUT THEY JUST LISTED THOSE TWO CHARGES.

THEY DIDN'T SAY IF THEY LOOKED FOR OTHERS.

>>SO THEY WANT MORE STRINGENT BACKGROUND CHECKS.

AND ANOTHER THING TO MENTION IS THAT THEY WANT PEOPLE TO START CONTACTING PRIOR EMPLOYERS, FORMER EMPLOYERS.

CHANNEL 9 WAS FIRST TO REPORT THE STORY OF THAT INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED WITH ARMANDO CABALLERO AND ANOTHER FEMALE RESIDENT AT A SEMINOLE COUNTY APARTMENT COMPLEX A FEW MONTHS BACK.

SO THE QUESTION FROM THE FAMILY IS, WAS THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX CONTACTED?

AND IF IT WAS, HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT INCIDENT AND HIRE HIM AT ARDEN VILLAS?

IT'S STILL UNCLEAR IF ARDEN VILLAS DID CONTACT THAT SEMINOLE COUNTY APARTMENT COMPLEX.

I'VE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO ME.

>>WELL, I THINK, DEFINITELY CONVERSATIONS LIKE THE ONE WE'RE HAVING TODAY, FIT ON THE LIST OF THE THINGS THAT MIYA'S FAMILY WANTS.

AND I THINK WILL BE PART OF HER LEGACY.

THAT WE'RE RAISING SO MUCH AWARENESS THROUGH OUR COVERAGE AT ALL OF OUR STATIONS AND OUTLETS.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET UP ON THIS STORY.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF HER LEGACY.

>>SO BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT STORY, WE DID WANT TO SHARE SOME NEWS WITH YOU GUYS, ALEXA, THIS WEEK RECEIVED A SUNCOAST REGIONAL EMMY NOMINATION FOR HER REPORTING ON THE VICTIMS OF COVID-19.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MY FRIEND AND ALL THE OTHER REPORTERS IN OUR REGION.

>>THANK YOU.

>>RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR IMPORTANT WORK DURING THESE STRESSFUL TIMES.

AND HERE AT WUCF, OUR RECENT NEWSNIGHT CONVERSATIONS DISCUSSION ON MENTAL HEALTH, RECEIVED A NOMINATION.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO WATCH THE PROGRAM, WE WANT TO REMIND YOU, YOU CAN SEE IT AT WUCF.ORG/CONVERSATIONS.

FINALLY, TONIGHT, A SUBJECT WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OVER THE COMING MONTHS, REDISTRICTING LAWMAKERS AROUND THE STATE MET AGAIN THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THE REDRAWING OF POLITICAL BOUNDARIES.

THE LEGISLATURE IN TALLAHASSEE IS CHARGED WITH COMING UP WITH NEW MAPS FOR FLORIDA'S CONGRESSIONAL STATE HOUSE AND STATE SENATE DISTRICTS.

MY COLLEAGUE, STEVE MORT EXPLAINS.

>>THE LAST TIME THE LEGISLATURE REDREW FLORIDA'S POLITICAL MAPS IT ENDED UP IN THE STATE SUPREME COURT.

IN 2015, THE THEN LIBERAL LEANING COURT HAD TO STEP IN AFTER THE U.S. HOUSE AND FLORIDA SENATE DISTRICT THAT LAW MAKERS DREW UP WERE FOUND TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THE COURT IS NOW MAJORITY CONSERVATIVE.

>>THERE IS NO SINGLE CORRECT MAP.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE BEST MAP.

>>THERE ARE GROUND RULES.

LAWMAKERS SHOULD FOLLOW THIS TIME IN REDISTRICTING EFFORTS, INCLUDING KEEPING DISTRICTS ALMOST EQUAL IN POPULATION SIZE.

FLORIDA HAS A FAIR DISTRICTING AMENDMENT PASSED IN 2010 TO STOP BOUNDARIES, BEING REDRAWN FOR POLITICAL REASONS.

>>IF THIS WAS LIKE 12 YEARS AGO, BEFORE THE FAIR DISTRICTS AMENDMENT HAD PASSED, WE WOULD CLEARLY KNOW IF REPUBLICANS ARE IN CHARGE THEY'RE GOING TO DRAW DISTRICTS THAT HELP REPUBLICANS BECAUSE THAT'S GERRYMANDERING AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT HAPPENS IN ALMOST EVERY LEGISLATURE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT WE NOW DO HAVE THESE FAIR DISTRICT AMENDMENTS THAT LAY OUT STANDARDS THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW WHEN THEY DRAW THE LINES.

>>THE STATE IS SET TO GAIN A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BASED ON THE POPULATION GROWTH FROM THE 2020 CENSUS BEGINNING IN NEXT YEAR'S MIDTERMS.

>>WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS POPULATION GROWTH.

WE'VE GROWN BY ABOUT THREE MILLION MORE PEOPLE IN THE LAST DECADE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CENSUS NUMBERS, THE FASTEST GROWTH HAS BEEN ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA.

SO IF THE LEGISLATURE SIMPLY FOLLOWS THE FAIR DISTRICT AMENDMENTS AND TRIES TO NEUTRALLY DRAW THESE LINES AND SQUEEZE IN A NEW DISTRICT SOMEWHERE IN FLORIDA, IT ALMOST CERTAINLY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE LARGEST POPULATION GROWTH HAS OCCURRED.

>>A RECENT ANALYSIS BY THE DAYTONA BEACH NEWS JOURNAL FOUND AMONG THE MOST LIKELY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO BE REDRAWN, ARE TWO IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, DISTRICT SEVEN REPRESENTED BY DEMOCRAT, STEPHANIE MURPHY AND DISTRICT NINE REPRESENTED BY DEMOCRAT DARREN SOTO.

>>THERE'S ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO STILL BE A DISTRICT IN CENTRAL FLORIDA BASED AROUND OSCEOLA, THAT'S GOING TO BE MAJORITY HISPANIC, MAJORITY PUERTO RICAN, OR AT LEAST PLURALITY PUERTO RICAN.

AND THAT WOULD BODE WELL FOR DARREN SOTO, PROBABLY.

CONVERSELY YOU KNOW, FOR STEPHANIE MURPHY AND HER DISTRICT CURRENTLY WE MIGHT EXPECT IT MIGHT NOT BE AS FAVORABLE OR AS COMPETITIVE AS IT IS NOW TO A DEMOCRAT.

>>IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE LEGISLATURE SORT OF DIVVIES UP MINORITY GROUPS BECAUSE BOTH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, SUPREME COURT ACTION, AND EVEN THE FAIR DISTRICT AMENDMENTS SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ABILITY OF MINORITY VOTERS TO ELECT REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOOSING.

>>ALL RIGHT, WELL NADEEN, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE BETTER TO DIVE INTO THIS WITH THAN YOU BECAUSE YOU DO COVER THIS WEEKLY SERIES BOOMTOWN ON CHANNEL 6, JUST FOCUSING ON THIS GROWTH AROUND HERE.

SO LET'S TALK TODAY ABOUT THESE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY, IN A NUTSHELL, WHY IS THIS PROCESS REQUIRED?

AND WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

>>ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S REQUIRED AFTER EVERY CENSUS.

SO THAT'S EVERY 10 YEARS AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH.

AND WE SAW JUST HOW MUCH CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS GROWN, PARTICULARLY THAT REGION YOU JUST HEARD IN THE REPORT THERE, OSCEOLA COUNTY.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF REDISTRICTING IS ONE VOTE PER PERSON.

>>SO IT'S ALL ABOUT BALANCE AND BALANCING THAT POPULATION GROWTH.

AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE GROWN SO MUCH IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, WE'RE ADDING A NEW DISTRICT.

AN ENTIRELY NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

MOST LIKELY IT'S COMING TO CENTRAL FLORIDA THAT IS GOING TO SHIFT EVERYTHING.

AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

THAT'S THE ALL IMPORTANT I-4 CORRIDOR, WHICH WE KNOW HAS DECIDED ELECTIONS IN THE PAST.

SO, THAT'S GOING TO BE HUGE.

>>AND SO MANY UNDECIDED VOTERS EVERY TIME- >>OH, ABSOLUTELY.

>>WE'RE HAVING AN ELECTION.

SO, REPRESENTATIVE DARREN SOTO IS FLORIDA'S FIRST CONGRESSMAN WITH A PUERTO RICAN BACKGROUND.

HIS DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AS HE'S GROWING QUICKLY, AS WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT.

SO WHY IS THAT ONE BEING WATCHED SO CLOSELY?

ALEXA?

>>SO AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING, NOT A SHOCK, OSCEOLA SAW THE MOST GROWTH OF EVERY SINGLE FLORIDA COUNTY IN THE LAST DECADE.

AND THAT NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH DARREN SOTO REPRESENTS ALL OF OSCEOLA COUNTY AND PARTS OF POLK AND ORANGE COUNTY.

AND THAT ONE DISTRICT NOW HAS MORE THAN 186,000 MORE PEOPLE THAN IT SHOULD.

THAT'S 25% MORE THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED.

SO THIS IS THE DISTRICT THAT EVERYONE IS WATCHING.

AND THIS DISTRICT IS ALSO 44% HISPANIC.

SO IF THESE LINES ARE REDRAWN, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY ARE REDRAWN, YOU COULD HAVE A DISTRICT THAT IS MAJORITY, MINORITY.

SO, THAT WILL HAVE BIG IMPLICATIONS IN ITSELF.

>>AND WE JUST GOT TO POINT OUT, CAUSE YOU MENTIONED POLK COUNTY.

I MEAN THIS GROWTH ISN'T STOPPING ANYTIME SOON BECAUSE OF THIS, HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING HERE.

>>PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT... >>SO MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING FURTHER OUT AND PLACES LIKE POLK COUNTY ARE JUST GOING TO EXPLODE IN TERMS OF POPULATION BECAUSE IT'S JUST MORE AFFORDABLE THERE.

REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE MURPHY IS A HIGH PROFILE MEMBER OF CONGRESS, AS WE KNOW, BUT HER SEAT LOOKS SET FOR A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

SO NADEEN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DYNAMICS AT PLAY THERE.

>>YEAH.

WELL, SEMINOLE COUNTY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE TRUEST PURPLE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT HOW IT BREAKS UP, REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS ARE ALMOST NECK AND NECK.

THE INDEPENDENTS IN THAT COUNTY DECIDE WHICH WAY SEMINOLE COUNTY LEANS.

NOW IN 2016, WHEN STEPHANIE MURPHY WAS ELECTED, THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE RACE I WAS COVERING THAT NIGHT.

IT WAS A BIG UPSET FOR GOP CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICAH, WHO WAS VERY WELL KNOWN.

HE BROUGHT THE SUNRAIL HERE, WAS A CHAMPION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY AND SO A HUGE UPSET.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

AS MENTIONED WITH THIS NEW DISTRICT COMING, IT'S GOING TO SHIFT EVERYTHING RIGHT?

SEMINOLE COUNTY IS TRULY PURPLE IF IT SHIFTS NOW INTO LAKE COUNTY OR MAYBE VOLUSIA LEANS A LITTLE BIT OF RED, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING PLAY ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN STEPHANIE MURPHY'S DISTRICT.

>>AND WE WILL BE COVERING IT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

I THINK REDISTRICTING IS EXCITING.

>>YEAH, I AGREE.

>>YOU DO?

ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU CAN FIND LINKS TO FLORIDA'S REDISTRICTING MAPS AND THE ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING ON OUR WEBSITE WUCF.ORG/NEWSNIGHT.

WELL, THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS WEEK.

ALTHOUGH, I COULD HAVE TALKED TO BOTH OF YOU ALL DAY ABOUT ALL OF THESE ISSUES.

MY THANKS TO MY FRIENDS, NADEEN YANES FROM WKMG CHANNEL 6 AND ALEXA LORENZO FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8:30, RIGHT HERE ON WUCF.

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT NEWSNIGHT, HAVE A GOOD AND SAFE WEEKEND.