>>> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY FOURTH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM MAIA TRIPLE C. THEY ARE THE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED EVERY DAY, WHEN CAN I GET MY VACCINE?

WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG?

ISSUE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE VACCINATION ROLLOUT PROCESS THAT STILL CAUSES GREAT CONCERN.

WE BEGIN WITH KPBS REPORTER, MATT HOFFMAN.

>> I JUST GOT IT.

>> Reporter: HE SAID HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THEM.

THIS MORNING, THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF APARTMENTS AVAILABLE AT THE DOWNTOWN SUPERSTATION WHICH IS RUN BY UC SAN DIEGO HELP FROM THE COUNTY.

>> I'VE BEEN CHECKING ONLINE THIS WAS AT LIKE 10:00.

>> Reporter: AS AGGRESSIVELY MORE THAN 100,000 TOTAL VACCINATIONS HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON THE SITE.

LYDIA HAS A BUZZER OPERATIONS FOR UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH.

SHE SAYS THE SIDE REGULARLY DOES AROUND 5000 VACCINATIONS PER DAY, I NOW THEY ARE SEEING MORE SENIORS WAS QUICKLY FILLED.

>> WE PUT OUT TWEETS AND MESSAGES ONE MORE TIME FOR SOCIAL MEDIA.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE MORE THAN 1 MILLION SAN DIEGO SENIORS PLUS HEALTHCARE WORKERS CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE.

BUT COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT VACCINE DELIVERIES ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH DEMAND AND THEY MIGHT HAVE TO SCALE BACK.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SKATE STATE AS WELL.

BECAUSE THEY SEE HOW MUCH THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET AN ARMS SO OUR BURN RATE IS EXTRAORDINARY.

THE BURN RATE IS HOW QUICKLY IT IS AFTER IT IS DELIVERED.

THEY ARE DELIVERING INTO ARMS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

THEY HOPE TO SCALE UP TO 50,000 DONATIONS PRETTY BUT WITH OFFICIALS NOT GETTING THE AMOUNT OF VACCINES THEY HOPE FOR, THAT ALL COULD BE DELAYED CURRENTLY ALL OF THEM COULD BE MADE THROUGH THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

>>> THE WORLD'S FIRST SINGLE DOSE FOR IRIS VACCINATION IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO COMING OUT.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS SHOW THE SINGLE-DOSE FORMULA IS SAFE AND OFFERS STRONG PROTECTION AGAINST MODERATE TO SEVERE COVID-19 HOWEVER HE DID NOT APPEAR AS EFFECTIVE AS PFIZER AND MODERNA'S TWO SHOTS.

AND FDA PANEL WILL REVIEW THE COMPANY'S RESULTS.

UNION EMPLOYEES WHO CLEANUP INSIDE SAN DIEGO'S MAIN AIRPORT HELD A DEMONSTRATION TO VOICE THEIR DEMANDS.

DEREK ANDERSON HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THEY MOSTLY REMAIN SOCIALLY DISTANCED AND SILENT BUT THEY HAD A MESSAGE TO DELIVER.

GIVE US THE VACCINE.

SAN DIEGO UNIVISION OFFICIAL SAYS UNION WORKERS ARE AT RISK OF CONTRACTING COVID EVERY DAY.

SHE SAYS THAT IS SCARY.

>> SHE SAYS YOU ARE GOING TO WORK AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO COME BACK AND YOU ARE THE ONLY PROVIDER AND I THINK THAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A LOT.

WE ARE JUST ASKING TO BE ALIVE.

THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION WANT THE GOVERNOR TO MOVE THEM UP ON THE ESSENTIAL WORKER VACCINE MUST.

IT IS UNCLEAR IF THAT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE THE VACCINE GUIDELINES ARE SET AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER SAYS THE COUNTY WANTS TO MAKE MORE SHOTS AVAILABLE.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUPPLY WILL BE COME WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEMAND ON APPOINTMENTS WILL BE AND SO WE CAN'T PREDICT WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN BUT WE STARTED WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHEN WE HAVE SLACK IN THE SYSTEM WE OPENED UP TO 75 AND OLDER.

AND ONCE WE HAVE SLACK IN THE SYSTEM, WE WILL OPEN UP TO THAT FIRST TIER OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, THAT YEAR DOES NOT INCLUDE JANITORS AND SECURITY GUARDS AT AIRPORTS.

>> THIS ISN'T THE ONLY PROTEST FOR UNION MEMBERS IN CALIFORNIA TODAY.

THEY ARE ALSO RALLYING AT LAX, LOS ANGELES IS AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT IN OAKLAND.

DEREK ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A TENSE SITUATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR A CHURCH PRESCHOOL IN THE CLAIREMONT MESA AREA, AS MANY AS TWO DOZEN SQUAD CARS RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING AT A GUNMAN IN THE AREA AROUND CLAIREMONT MESA BOULEVARD, CLAIREMONT DRIVE AND GENESEE.

GOOD NEWS, POLICE SAY ALL THE KIDS WERE EVACUATED AND TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION TO BE REUNITED WITH PARENTS, S.W.A.T.

OFFICERS HAVE DETAINED ONE MAN AND THEY ARE SEARCHING TO SEE IF A SECOND SUSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED AND IS NOW HOSPITALIZED.

POLICE HAVE NOT SAID WHAT SPARKED THE INCIDENT, BUT ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.

>>> SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, AND APPOINTMENT BENEFITS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN INTERRUPTED BY IMPROPER DISTRIBUTION AND FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.

KPBS REPORTER JACOB ERICKSON EXPLAINS HOW STATE LAWMAKERS PLAN TO REFORM THE SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: LORENA GONZALES SAYS THE STATES EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN GRAPPLING WITH NUMEROUS CHALLENGES INCLUDING BUREAUCRATIC INEFFICIENCIES, PROBLEMATIC VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS AND WIDESPREAD FRAUD.

GONZALEZ HAS PROPOSED A BILL TO EXPAND OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO RECEIVE THEIR BENEFITS AND FORMS OTHER THAN THE BANK OF AMERICA DEBIT CARDS.

>> THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ACCOMMODATED FOR YOUR RECENT CONCERNS.

>> Reporter: THE PROPOSED BILL WAS JUST ONE OF MANY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE BY NINE CALIFORNIA FAMILY MEMBERS TO REFORM THE EDD.

>> THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DIRECT DEPOSIT, CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMAN IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

IF THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE THE BANK OF AMERICA DEBIT CARD, THAT'S FINE AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE A PAPER CHECK, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CHOICE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: SINCE MARCH OF 2020, THE DEPARTMENT HAS PROCESSED MORE THAN 19 MILLION CLAIMS AND PAID MORE THAN $114 BILLION IN BENEFITS.

$11 BILLION WENT TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T VERIFY THEIR IDENTITY, WHICH THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IS LIKELY FRAUD.

AND 4.1 MILLION AMERICANS MAY HAVE TO PAY BACK SOME OR ALL OF THEIR DUMB BENEFITS THEY RECEIVED DUE TO A LACK OF ELIGIBILITY IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE NEEDING THAT MONEY TO PAY THEIR RENT, TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, THAT IS MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN.

>> Reporter: THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AGREED THAT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO REFORM THE EDD WILL REQUIRE AN UPDATE TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, WHICH CURRENTLY USES TECHNOLOGY FROM THE 1980S.

JAKE LEBER, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FACING CHALLENGES AT HOME AND ABROAD.

ANOTHER 779,000 AMERICANS FILED FOR FIRST TIME ON APPOINTMENT BENEFITS AS LAWMAKERS FINALIZED A NEW STIMULUS BILL.

AND PRESIDENT BIDEN DELIVERED HIS FIRST FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

HERE IS NADIA ROMERO WITH THE LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.

>> AMERICA IS BACK.

DIPLOMACY IS BACK.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MAKING HIS FIRST FOREIGN POLICY REMARKS AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT TODAY.

>> WE WILL REPAIR ALLIANCES, ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD ONCE AGAIN.

>> Reporter: OF THE BIDEN MINISTRATION PLANS TO LAY OUT THE AGENDA FOR ADDRESSING RELATIONS WITH BOTH ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES.

>> WE MUST MEET THE NEW GNOME MOMENT ACCELERATING GLOBAL CHALLENGES FROM THE PANDEMIC TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS TO NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION.

>> Reporter: ALSO EMPHASIZING AT HOME.

>> EVERY ACTION WE TAKE AND OUR CONDUCT ABROAD WE MUST TAKE WITH AMERICAN WORKING FAMILIES IN MIND.

>> Reporter: OF FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE A PLOY FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT PRICES.

THE MOTHER OF FREE FEEDS HER FAMILY BY USING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.

>> I AM A REAL PERSON WHO HAD A REAL JOB AND NOW I NEED HELP SO I CAN PROVIDE FOR MY CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: FOR TO HELP FAMILIES LIKE HERS, THE BIDEN MINISTRATION PROPOSING A NUDE NEARLY TREAT $3 TRILLION UNEMPLOYMENT BILL AND FOOD ASSISTANCE.

THE DEMOCRATIC LED SENATE SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON A BUDGET RESOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO WRITE AND PASS A PACKAGE WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY WITHOUT EATING NEEDING A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE.

>> THIS ISN'T FINISHED, BUT OUR ECONOMY DOES NOT REQUIRE ANOTHER MULTITRILLION DOLLAR NONTARGETED BAND-AID.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I'M NADIA ROMERO.

>>> THE U.S. HOUSE HAS VOTED TO REMOVE GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN FROM COMMITTEES FOR SPREADING VIOLENT, RACIST RHETORIC.

11 REPUBLICANS VOTED WITH DEMOCRATS TO REMOVE GREEN FROM THE EDUCATION LABOR AND BUDGET COMMITTEES.

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DARRELL ISO WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE SAN DIEGO DELEGATION TO VOTE AGAINST IT.

>>> THE CDC PREDICTS THEY COULD FOR REACH 535 CORONAVIRUS DEATHS BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

AT THE SAME TIME THE AGENCY IS POINTING TODAY DATA SHOWING IT IS SAFE TO REOPEN SCHOOLS EVEN IF TEACHERS HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED.

MARY MALONEY HAS A CLOSER LOOK.

>> Reporter: A DIRE PREDICTION, THE CDC FOR TESTING COVID-19 DEATHS IN THE U.S. COULD RISE TO HIGHER THAN 530,000 THIS MONTH, DESPITE THE GRIM OUTLOOK THE AGENCY DIRECTOR SAYS SCHOOLS CAN SAFELY REOPEN UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS.

>> THAT SAFE REOPENING DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT TEACHERS NEED TO BE VACCINATED.

THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES SCHOOL SHOULD BE OPEN, TEACHERS WANT SCHOOLS TO BE OPEN, FAMILIES WANT SCHOOLS TO BE OPEN BUT WE WANT TO DO IT FAITHFULLY.

>> Reporter: THIS COMES AS MANY CITIES AND STATES DEAL WITH GROWING PRESSURE BUT SOME TEACHERS AND FACULTY ARE HESITANT, CONCERNED FOR THE HEALTH OF THEIR SEAT STUDENTS AND THEIR OWN.

EXPERTS SAY PROPER TESTING, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND VENTILATION HAVE HELP SCHOOLS REOPEN SUCCESSFULLY.

>> NONE OF THESE MEASURES ARE PERFECT, BUT REMEMBER, THERE'S A RISK OF COVID TO KIDS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS THAT DO THIS WELL, GET THOSE RISKS DOWN AND DELIVER BETTER EDUCATION.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO GUIDELINES, TEACHERS SHOULD BE NEXT IN LINE TO GET THE VACCINE BUT IT MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR MOST TEACHERS TO GET THEIR SHOTS.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M MARY MALONEY.

>>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAID HE AGREES WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT SCHOOLS CAN REOPEN BEFORE TEACHERS ARE VACCINATED.

BUT THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS BOARD PRESIDENT, RICHARD BARRERA, DISAGREES.

HE SAYS IF LEADERS WANT SCHOOLS TO REOPEN, THE NEED TO FOCUS ON HOW TO GET VACCINATIONS TO TEACHERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> RATHER THAN GET INTO A BIG FIGHT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TEACHERS CAN COME BACK BEFORE THEY ARE VACCINATED, I THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING OUR ENERGY INTO FIGURING OUT HOW TO ACCELERATE THE VACCINES SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR EDUCATORS VACCINATED SO THAT THEY CAN RETURN, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANT.

>> IN ADDITION TO VACCINATING TEACHERS, HE SAID THE COUNTY NEEDS TO SEE AN OVERALL DECREASE IN CASE NUMBERS BEFORE SCHOOLS CAN REOPEN.

>>> LAWS MEANT TO PROTECT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES CAN SOMETIMES BECOME A MEANS FOR FAMILIES TO NAVIGATE.

IN SOME DISTRICTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION HAS BECOME A HIGHLY CONTENTIOUS ARENA OR PARENTS OR EDUCATORS FIGHT OVER WHAT SERVICES A STUDENT NEEDS.

>> AND WAS OBVIOUS AT THAT POINT THAT HE HAD A PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: FORTUNATELY, THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT ELI IN THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PROBLEM SCHOOL IN THE CLAIREMONT MESA NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WHEN ELI TURNED THREE, HE AGED OUT OF THE PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT HAS DENIED HIM ENTRANCE INTO THE PROGRAM EVER SINCE.

FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, ELI'S PARENTS WERE BOTH PHYSICIANS HAVE SPENT UPWARDS OF $30,000 TO PROVIDE ELI WITH PATCHWORK OF PRIVATE SERVICES BUT DESPITE THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING HEALTH EXPERTS WITH FINANCIAL RESOURCES, THEY SAY ELI IS STILL SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND WHERE HE SHOULD BE.

THE PANDEMIC HAS ONLY MADE THINGS WORSE.

>> HE DIDN'T MEET THERE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DISTRICT CALLED THEIR CRITERIA FOR HEARING IMPAIRMENT SO THEY KICKED THEM OUT WHEN HE WAS THREE.

BUT HE SHOULD HAVE REMAINED IN SCHOOL.

IF HE HAD REMAINED IN THAT SCHOOL I THINK HIS SPEECH WOULD BE FAR IMPROVED FROM WHERE HE IS NOW.

THERE'S NO QUESTION.

>> Reporter: THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHY THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE THE SERVICES IN THE PAST 2 1/2 YEARS SEVERAL INDEPENDENT EXPERTS EXAMINED ELI AND FOUND HE QUALIFIES AS HEARING-IMPAIRED.

WHEN SOUDAN IS ONE OF THOSE EXPERTS.

>> I HAVE A THREE AUDIOGRAMS THAT CLEARLY SHOW HE HAS A HEARING LOSS IN BOTH EARS, SO, IF I LOOK AT HISSHE SAYS THESE AGREEMENTS OCCUR ONLY IN A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF CASES BUT WHEN THEY DO HAPPEN THEY CAN BE COSTLY FOR BOTH FAMILIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>> SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW WE DO WONDER HOW YOU END UP PAYING ALL THE ATTORNEYS FEES AND ALL OF THE OTHER COSTS AND SOMETIMES REIMBURSEMENT TO FAMILIES THAT HAVE PAID FOR THE SERVICES THEMSELVES AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST TO JUST DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE AND SEE IF IT IS IN FACT WHAT THE STUDENT NEEDS TO RECEIVE, IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY TO DO IT THAT WAY.

THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPOKESWOMAN WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE CASE, CITING THE PENDING LITIGATION SHE ALSO DID NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION POLICIES.

THEY SAY THE FINAL CALL MADE AT THE ELEMENTARY, THE PARENTS SAID THEY COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.

>>'S PROGRESS HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SLOW AND HE IS NOWHERE NEAR AGE LEVEL.

HE DOES NOT HAVE AGE LEVEL LANGUAGE.

AND I WOULD SAY HE'S MAYBE ABOUT TWO-YEAR-OLD SPEECH AND HE'S FIVE.

IN NOVEMBER THEY ENROLLED HIM AT THE JOHN TRACY CENTER IN LAWRENCE, THE PARENTS RENTED AN APARTMENT IN LOS ANGELES AND TOOK TERMS LIVING WITH ELI FOR A WEEK AT A TIME THE COUPLE SAYS THEY ARE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION BUT THEY CAN'T GET BACK WITH A LOST.

>> THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE WORLD, I THINK, THAT SOMEONE COULD HAVE AND STILL GIVE EVERYTHING TO THEIR CHILD AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RESOURCES, BUT, IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

ALMOST HALF OF CALIFORNIA TEENS SAY THEY STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, THAT IS THE FINDING ON A NEW REPORT RELEASED BY UCLA CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH AND ACCORDING TO THE DATA FROM THE 2019 REPORT USED AS A BASELINE, THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO PROTECT THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF ADOLESCENTS, OLDER ADOLESCENTS AND FEMALES ARE ONE AND A HALF TIMES MORE LIKELY FOR SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS, 38% OF ADOLESCENTS BORN OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. REPORTED SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS >> I REALLY I'M WORRIED ABOUT HAVING THE CAPACITY TO REALLY HANDLE THIS AND I THINK IF WE DON'T START DOING MORE EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION NOW, THAT POST PANDEMIC, IT IS GOING TO LOOK REALLY BAD AND WE MAY NOT HAVE THE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED.

>> THEY SAID THE SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS THAT LEAD TO POOR MENTAL HEALTH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO GET MUCH-NEEDED HELP TO AT RISK POPULATIONS SHE SAYS SERVICES LIKE TELEHEALTH AND VIRTUAL HEALTH SERVICES SHOULD CONTINUE.

>>> BIG CHANGES ARE COMING FOR PEOPLE WHO INHERIT PROPERTY FROM THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS.

IT IS ALL THINKS TO PROP 19 APPROVED MY CALIFORNIA VOTERS LAST NOVEMBER, JOHN CARROLL BREAKS DOWN WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

>> Reporter: IF YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS TO YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN, FEBRUARY 16th IS AN IMPORTANT DATE.

AS WHEN CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PROP 19 TAKE EFFECT.

>> WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE SLIMMED-DOWN OF THE PARENT TO CHILD TRANSFER BENEFIT AND SO SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, YOU CAN'T GIVE YOUR KIDS A SECOND PROPERTY OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, PART OF THAT FAMILY WEALTH BUILDING, BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PASS THEM YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE WITH A LIMIT OF 1 MILLION MARKET VALUE ABOVE WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY PAYING RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WHO USE IT FOR THE HOME CAN KEEP THE CURRENT TAX RATE ESTABLISHED BY 1978'S PROP 13.

THE LINGERING EFFECT OF PROP 13 IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE OWNED THEIR HOMES FOR A LONG TIME, PAYING MUCH LONGER PROPERTY TAX RATE THAN THOSE WHO BOUGHT THEIR HOMES IN RECENT YEARS.

OF THOSE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN DON'T LIVE IN THE HOUSE, THEY WILL BEGIN TO PAY TODAY'S ASSESSED VALUE, WHICH COULD BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE.

A SECOND PROVISION OF THE BILL TAKES EFFECT ON APRIL FIRST.

>> ON APRIL FIRST, THE SENIORS ARE GOING TO GET THE BENEFIT TO TRANSFER THEIR REPLACEMENT PROPERTY, SO THEY SELL THEIR PRIMARY HOME, THEY CAN GET A SECOND ONE AND THEY CAN DO IT THREE TIMES NOW VERSUS THE ONE TIME ALLOWED UNDER THE LAW.

IN CYLINDER PROP 19 IF YOU ARE OLDER THAN 55, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR CURRENT TAX RATE FOR UP TO THREE MOVES.

ANOTHER PROVISION WAS PUSHED HEAVILY IN PROP 19 ADDS THAT THAT IS THAT VICTIMS OF WILDFIRE OR NATURAL DISASTERS CAN TRANSFER THEIR CURRENT RATE ONE TIME.

THOSE ADS ALSO TOUTED THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WILDFIRE PREVENTION FUND THAT COULD RECEIVE UP TO $99 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR AND UP TO $6 BILLION OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS.

THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS TO THE LAW AND IT CAN ALL GET RATHER CONFUSING.

JUST ASKED MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS CALLING IN, EXPRESSING THEIR DISPLEASURE WITH THE NEW LAW.

>> Reporter: GARY GARDNER SAYS THE BOARD IS TRYING TO WORK OUT AMBIGUITIES OF THE LAW WITH THE SISTERS OF THE STATE AND LEGISLATORS IN SACRAMENTO.

TO THAT END, THE BOARD IS HOLDING A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL TOMORROW AT NOON.

>> TO JUST GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS LAW, WHICH IS REALLY CHALLENGING.

>> Reporter: YOU MUST PREREGISTER TO ATTEND.

WE HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW TO DO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

BOTH GARDNER AND MARX ALSO RECOMMEND YOU SPEAK TO YOUR TAX PROFESSIONAL BEFORE FEBRUARY 16th.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

SIRTE >>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIGHTER WINDS TO YOU AND THE WEEK, DRY AND MILD DAYS WILL PREVAIL STORM SYSTEM IS REALLY STAYING AWAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT CHILLY AND COOL STUFF INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS.

OVERNIGHT LOWS INTO THE UPPER 40s FOR THE METRO AND WE WILL SEE A CLEAR SKY OVERHEAD.

HOW ABOUT OCEANSIDE?

239, GETTING COOLER IN LAGUNA, LOW 40s, TO AVESTA INTO THE MIDDLE 40s.

OUR FUTURE FORECAST DOESN'T SHOW MUCH.

THE OTHER THING I WANT YOU TO NOTE IS NOT ONLY IS IT CLEAR OVERLAND IT IS ALSO CLEAR OVER THE OCEAN SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT MORNING MARINE LAYER.

FOG WON'T BE HERE FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF DAYS.

OVERALL CLEAR START THAT ME COLDER WEATHER AND THAT'S WHY IT WILL BE COLDER FOR THE TIME BEING, AT NIGHT THAT IS.

BUT THEN DURING THE DAY WE HAVE A NICE REBOUND, HIGH PRESSURE, WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW, MOUNTAIN SNOW STAYING WELL TO THE NORTH.

FOR US, WOW, BEAUTIFUL DAYS IN TOWARD SAN DIEGO, MID 60s HERE, BUT WARMING UP INTO THE DESERTS AND THE MID-70s, SOME OF THE BETTER NEWS BUT SOME RELIEF AFTER THE RECENT STORMS BUT NOW WE ARE BACK INTO OUR DRY PERIOD AND, WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY USE SOME MORE RAIN BUT NOT ANYTIME SOON.

WE STAY DRY OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.

INLAND SPOTS A LITTLE BIT WARMER WE WILL BE IN THE 70s, MID 40s AND THE OVERNIGHT, MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS, COOL STUFF DURING THE DAY AND CHILLY AT NIGHT AND HOW ABOUT INTO THE DESERT, WE WILL SEE THAT SUNSHINE IT WILL BE NICE AND BRIGHT BY SUNDAY, WE WILL BE IN THE LOW 80s OVERNIGHT LOWS NEAR 50 FOUR KPBS, I'M METEOROLOGIST CHRIS NO.

>>> WITH THE DEMAND FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE HIGH AND THE SUPPLY FRUSTRATINGLY LOW, SOME ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS HIM A SOME PEOPLE EVEN DOWN AT THE PETCO PARK SUPERSTATION ARE WAITING IN A SIDELINE HOPING THAT WITH A LITTLE LUCK AND A LOT OF PATIENCE, LEFT OVER VACCINE COULD BE WITHIN REALLY.

CAMILO BURNELL FOUND THE SAME JUST TO THE NORTH OF US IN ORANGE COUNTY.

>> Reporter: THOSE WHO SEEK SHALL FIND.

SHE IS A HEALTHY 51-YEAR-OLD.

HE IS 49 AND NOT A FRONT-LINE WORKER.

AND SHE IS 45, ALSO NOT CONSIDERED HIGH RISK.

CALIFORNIA IS CURRENTLY IN PHASE 1B, PRIORITIZING INDIVIDUALS OVER 65 AND FRONT- LINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND YET THEY GOT THE VACCINE.

>> ONE EXTRA SYRINGE OF VACCINE AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE KNOWN AS VACCINE CHASERS.

>> IN ADDITION TO THE END OF THE NIGHT WE WOULDN'T WASTE ANY VACCINE, SO, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE VACCINE THAT WE HAVE GOES TO GOOD USE.

>> Reporter: IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, THE VACCINE CHASERS KNOW THAT AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, THERE MAY BE SOME LEFT OVERDOSES.

AND IN SOME CASES, THEIR PERSEVERANCE PAYS OFF.

>> I'M SO EXCITED I GOT THE VACCINE.

I'M RELIEVED.

>> Reporter: B MODERNA VACCINE COMES WITH 10 LABELED DOSES PER FILE AND OPEN ALL MUST BE USED WITHIN ABOUT SIX HOURS OR THROWN AWAY.

SAME GOES FOR PFIZER, BUT WITH ONLY FIVE LABELED DOSES PER FILE.

>> WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS EACH FILE GIVES US ABOUT 1 TO 2 EXTRA DOSES.

SOME SAY IT TAKES WAITING IN LINE FOR HOURS WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEES.

OTHERS TELL US IT IS ALL ABOUT GETTING TO A VACCINE SITE RIGHT AS IT IS ABOUT TO CLOSE.

>> I THINK IT IS JUST THAT WE DID NOT THINK WE WERE GOING TO GET IT BUT I THINK IT IS WORTH A SHOT, RATHER THAN HAVING TO WAIT.

THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT CARE AMBULANCE IS NOT GUARANTEED BUT WESTON SAYS THEY ARE PRIORITIZED.

>> WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR SECOND DOSE.

>> Reporter: AND FOR THE CHASERS, THAT PROMISE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.

>> I THINK IT IS TOO SOON TO TELL BUT I THINK WE ARE ALL IN HOPES THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN SO WE CAN GO BACK TO SOMEWHAT NORMALCY, AT THE VERY LEAST, THE BEGINNING OF IT.

IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALL COME TOGETHER I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

IN ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, I'M COMING CAMILO BURNELL REPORTING.

>>> YOU CAN FINE TONIGHT STORIES AT KPBS.ORG AND WE HAVE A NEW FEATURE, A MAP THAT SHOWS VACCINATION CLINIC LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY, YOU WILL ALSO FIND LINKS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ONLINE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M MAIA TRIBBLE SEE YOU, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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