>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWELL FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL ONE 800 BILL HOWELL.

AND BY THE CONRAD PROBUS FOUNDATION.

DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> IT IS NOT JUST INFLATION THAT COULD PUSH GROCERY BILLS EVEN HIGHER.

GOOD EVENING, I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

THAT IS AMONG THE ISSUES BEING RAISED BY THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND GROCERY STORE UNIONS OVER ALBERTSON'S PROPOSED MERGER WITH KROGER.

KATIE ALVARADO SPOKE TO SHOPPERS WHO HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEAL.

>> Reporter: CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE BEEN FACING HIGHER PRICES FOR MONTHS ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THE PROPOSED ALBERTSONS AND KROGER MERGER WILL DO TO THEIR BOTTOM LINE.

THE TWO CHAINS ON 5000 STORES BETWEEN THEM.

>> THAT IS DISCONCERTING TO ME BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT MUCH OF THE MARKETSHARE, WHERE IS THE COMPETITION?

FOR, I THINK, GROCERY STORES OR FOR ANY STORE, TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THEIR CUSTOMERS, THERE HAS TO BE COMPETITION.

>> HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO BE PAYING?

EVERYTHING IS ALREADY HI.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WHERE ELSE WILL WE GO?

IF THEY ARE ALL MERGED TOGETHER, WE ARE PAYING THE SAME PRICE.

>> Reporter: ALBERTSONS AND KROGER HAVE 700,000 EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE U.S..

IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, THOSE WORKERS ARE REPRESENTED BY UNCW LOCAL 135, WHICH IS CALLING ON REGULATORS TO STOP THE MERGER AND A PLAN FOR BILLION-DOLLAR DIVIDEND PAYOUT BY ALBERTSONS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

IN A STATEMENT, THE UNION SAYS THEY WANT ALBERTSONS TO INVEST THIS 4 BILLION AND WORKERS AND LOWER PRICES FOR FAMILIES.

THEY ASK, QUOTE, WHY SHOULD SHAREHOLDERS BE REWARDED FOR THE HARD WORK BY UNION MEMBERS LIKE YOU?

MIKE RYAN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF LOCAL 135 FOR 34 YEARS.

HE SAYS HE HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE AND IT IS NOT GOOD.

>> THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A COMPANY COMING IN TO PURCHASE OUR COMPANY IS, YOU KNOW, STORE CLOSURES.

>> Reporter: RYAN SAYS WORKERS HAVE SACRIFICED A LOT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WORKING THROUGH A PANDEMIC, INCLUDING LOSING SOME OF THEIR OWN.

HE IS ASKING THAT THOSE MAKING THE DECISIONS CAREFULLY CONSIDER THEIR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS.

>> YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD OVER THESE YEARS TO HELP YOU PROFIT OFF OF OUR SACRIFICE.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY DEALS THAT COULD SACRIFICE JOBS, ESPECIALLY THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO -- DURING A PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: REGISTER UNION LEADERS ARE IN CHICAGO TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED MERGER AND PAYOUT.

THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES CALLING OUT THE GROCERY STORE GIANTS.

CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA IS AMONG SIX ATTORNEYS GENERAL WHO SENT OUT A LETTER TO ALBERTSONS DEMANDING THEY DELAY THEIR PAYOUT UNTIL THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THEY REVIEW THE MERGER AND PAYOUT.

WE REACHED OUT TO ALBERTSONS AND KROGER FOR COMMENT.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY.

KATIE ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> A NEW ECONOMIC REPORT OUT NOW SHOWING A SILVER LINING , ALL AS AMERICANS BOTTLE RECORD HIGH INFLATION, SKYROCKETING MORTGAGE RATES, PLUS THE FED IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE YET ANOTHER RATE HIKE NEXT MONTH.

ISABEL ROSALES BREAKS DOWN WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR CONSUMERS.

>> Reporter: A SIGN OF HOPE FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

A GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ROSE 2.6%.

IT IS A TURNAROUND FROM THE NEGATIVE OF 1.6% IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> GREAT ECONOMIC REPORT TODAY.

>> Reporter: THE REPORT, OFFERING A SIGN OF RELIEF FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN LOOKS TO TOUT ECONOMIC SUCCESSES HEADING INTO THE MIDTERMS.

>> WHEN YOU COMBINE THIS WITH REPORTS WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY IN THE LABOR MARKET, THIS DOES SHOW THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO BE -- TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> Reporter: MORE SPENDING IN TRAVEL AND DINING OUT BALANCE WITH LESS SPENDING IN DURABLE GOODS.

EXPERTS WARN AMERICANS SHOULD STILL BRACE FOR A RECESSION.

>> I THINK THE ODDS THAT NEXT YEAR, WE GOT A RECESSION, ARE VERY HI.

BECAUSE INFLATION IS STILL HIGH , THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS STILL FIGHTING INFLATION AND ALSO THE WHOLE WORLD IS GOING INTO RECESSION.

>> Reporter: OTHER FACTORS OF CONCERN TO CONSUMERS INCLUDE A HOUSING MARKET COOLDOWN AS MORTGAGE RATES TOP 7% FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2002.

ALL COMING ON THE HEELS OF INTEREST RATES ON THE RISE AS THE FED WORKS TO COOL WHITE HIGH INFLATION.

>> THAT DOES NOT FEEL GREAT ALWAYS, WE SEE RISING INTEREST RATES FOR MORTGAGES.

AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO AVOID A HARD LANDING.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, ISABEL ROSALES, KPBS NEWS.

>>> NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT A STRONG ODOR COMING FROM A BIOFUEL COMPANY FOR NEARLY A YEAR, NOW THEY SAN DIEGO COUNTY AIR POLLUTION OFFICIALS ARE ORDERING THAT THE COMPANY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

BUT, AS ERIC ANDERSON EXPLAINS, THE FIX IS STILL WEEKS AWAY.

>> Reporter: REGULATORS ARE ASKING GENTLY TO LOGAN RESIDENTS TO WAIT A BIT LONGER.

>> I AM COMMITTED TO THEM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO THEM TO ENSURE WE ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE GETTING UNTIL DECEMBER 9th TO FIX AN ODOR PROBLEM NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT SINCE LAST NOVEMBER.

THE SMELL COMES FROM USED COOKING OIL, BUT THE COMPANY TURNS INTO DIESEL FUEL.

THE FOUNDER SAYS THAT FUEL IS MUCH MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY THAN THE FOSSIL FEEL IT REPLACES PURCHASE OF THE COMPANY IS ALSO COMMITTED TO FINDING A SOLUTION TO THE ODOR PROBLEM.

>> IT SUPPORTS THE INJURY OF ABATEMENT.

WE DEVELOPED THIS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH STAFF OVER THE SUMMER TO ADDRESS THE ODOR.

>> Reporter: THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY BOUGHT ACTIVATED CARBON FILTERS AND IS WAITING FOR AN INDUSTRIAL FAN THAT WILL CREATE NEGATIVE PRESSURE INSIDE THE PRODUCTION BUILDING.

>> IT PUTS ME DIRECTLY IN THE INTENSITY ZONE.

>> Reporter: THE PUNGENT SMELL IS THERE ALL THE TIME BUT WORSE IN THE MORNING AND EVENING.

>> I NORMALLY DO GARDENING IN THE YARD, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR OR AS MUCH LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE ODOR.

WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNING I LOOK AT MY AIR MONITOR AND OUTSIDE IT SAYS IT IS POLLUTED, EVERY MORNING.

>> Reporter: SOME RESIDENTS SAY THE SMELL WAS SO STRONG DURING A TWO-WEEK LONG HEATWAVE THIS PAST SUMMER THAT RESIDENTS STAYED INSIDE THEIR APARTMENTS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

REGULATORS WILL MEET AGAIN NEXT MONTH TO CHECK ON THE COMPANY'S PROGRESS.

FAN AND FILTERS HAVE TO BE OPERATING BY DECEMBER 9th.

ERIC ANDERSON, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AS SANDY HIGGINS ADJUST TO LIVING WITH COVID-19 LONG-TERM, SO OUR CITY OFFICIALS.

TODAY WITH THE FINAL MEETING OF SAN DIEGO'S COVID RESPONSE AND RECOVERY COMMITTEE.

KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: SINCE EARLY LAST YEAR, THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL'S COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING ABOUT ALL THINGS PANDEMIC.

>> WE DID OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITIES OF CONCERN WERE TAKEN CARE OF, WERE PRIORITIZED.

I THINK WE CAN LOOK BACK AT THIS AND SAY WE HAVE STILL SOME MORE TIME TO GO.

>> Reporter: THURSDAY WAS THEIR FINAL MEETING.

COUNCILMEMBER LEADS THE COMMITTEE, SHE SAYS THEY HAVE HELPED OVERSEE HAVE TO BILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL RELIEF MONEY.

SOMEONE IS USED FOR RENT RELIEF AND TO PAY FIRST RESPONDERS.

SHE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE WORK OF CITY STAFF WHO HELPED DELIVER COVID VACCINES AND TESTING, STAFFING WAS A CHALLENGE AT TIMES.

SHE SAYS SOME DEPARTMENTS HAD UP TO 50% OF STAFF OUT SICK.

>> FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO CALLED IN AND SAID WHY AM I NOT GETTING THE SERVICES I NEED?

BECAUSE OUR WORKERS WERE HIT JUST AS HARD BY THE PANDEMIC AS THE COMMUNITY WAS AND YET WE ARE STILL PERSEVERING.

>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE HELPED THE CITY NAVIGATE THROUGH EVER-CHANGING RESTRICTIONS AND HEALTH ORDERS WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING THE COMMUNITY THE BEST INFORMATION POSSIBLE.

>> LET US NEVER FORGET THIS LESSON UNLESS WORK TOGETHER.

WE MUST PUT POLITICS ASIDE.

WE MUST USE INTELLIGENCE AND DATA AND SOLVE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY SPREAD.

>> Reporter: MOVING FORWARD, THE CITY HAS A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH COORDINATOR.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY WANT TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE LIKE DURING EARLY PARTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> IT IS WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

>> Reporter: >> Reporter: TO JENNIFER TUTOR HAS BEEN BRIEFING THE COMMITTEE, SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT REALLY INCREASES IN FLU AND RSA CASES AND SHE IS ANTICIPATING SOME TYPE OF A WINTER COVID SURGE.

SHE SAYS THEY OMICRON SUB VARIANT BA.5 IS STILL THE DOMINANT STRAIN HERE WITH VACCINES AND TREATMENTS STILL WORKING WELL.

>> THIS BOOSTER, THE UPDATED BOOSTER, IS REALLY SOMETHING GIVING US EXTRA PROTECTION WHILE WE ARE STILL IN THIS OMICRON PHASE OF VARIANCE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY STILL HAS ABOUT $150 MILLION IN COVID RELIEF MONEY, ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF WHICH IS PLANNING TO BE SPENCE NEXT YEAR.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING THE FIRST FLU DEATH OF THE SEASON.

A 55-YEAR-OLD MAN DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

HE HAD UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND HAD NOT BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST THE FLU.

HE ALSO TESTED NEGATIVE FOR COVID.

IT COMES AS HOSPITALS HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DEALING WITH THREE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES AT ONCE.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTS.

>> Reporter: RSV, IT IS A COMMON ILLNESS THAT IS OCCASIONALLY SEVERE IN YOUNG CHILDREN.

DOCTORS ARE USED TO TREATING IT, BUT THIS YEAR CHILDREN HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE SEEING AN UNEXPECTED RISE IN CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS.

>> WE SAW RSV STARTING TO CIRCULATE IN THE SUMMER AND WE HAD A VERY EARLY PEAK.

>> Reporter: IN THESE FIVE STATES, PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL BEDS ARE ALMOST AT CAPACITY WITH RHODE ISLAND REACHING 99%.

THIS DR. WITH CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA SAYS ALONG WITH THE RISE IN RSV CASES, THE FLU IS ALSO A GROWING CONCERN.

>> WE ARE DEFINITELY STARTING TO SEE MANY MORE CASES OF INFLUENZA IN CHILDREN WITH FLU.

AMONG THE CHILDREN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING WITH COVID AND INFLUENZA THAT ARE REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION, 95% HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY VACCINATED.

>> Reporter: THE CDC SAYS FLU POSITIVITY RATES INCREASED AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER FROM 2.8% TO MORE THAN 4% IN JUST ONE WEEK, A RATE EXPERTS SAY IS HIGHER THAN USUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND OF COURSE THERE IS STILL CONCERN OVER COVID-19.

WELL THOSE CASES REMAIN RELATIVELY LOW, DOCTORS WORRY ABOUT HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT ALL THREE OF THESE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES WILL HAVE THIS SEASON.

>> THE QUESTION IS, HOW SEVERE WILL IT BE?

WE WILL HAVE ALREADY STARTED SEEING CASES AND WE ARE NOT EVEN IN WINTER YET.

THAT IS WHY IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT INFLUENZA SHOT.

>> Reporter: IVAN RODRIGUEZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE FLU SHOT IS AVAILABLE AT DOCTORS OFFICES AND PHARMACIES AND IS COVERED BY INSURANCE.

PEOPLE WITH NO HEALTH CARE COVERAGE CAN GET VACCINATED FOR FREE AT THE COUNTY'S SIX PUBLIC HEALTH CENTERS.

TO FIND ONE NEAR YOU, YOU CAN VISIT SAN DIEGOCOUNTY.GOV OR CALL 211.

>>> IT HAS BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR SINCE A TEENAGER ALLEGED THAT SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PLAYER AT A PARTY OFF CAMPUS.

TO DATE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AND SCS USES ITS OWN INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING.

AT THE SAME TIME, A TEAM OF OUTSIDE AUDITORS IS EXAMINING HOW THE UNIVERSITY CONDUCTS THESE INVESTIGATIONS.

>> QUANTUM PHYSICS HAS ALWAYS INTRIGUED ME.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, JORDAN ROSENQUIST WAS JUST ANOTHER FRESHMAN ON SDSU'S CAMPUS.

THEN, SEPTEMBER 8th HAPPENED.

>> I WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN A SDSU DORM HALL.

>> Reporter: SHE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED THE ALLEGED ASSAULT TO THE UNIVERSITY'S 1009 OFFICE WHICH IS IN CHARGE OF INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS.

BUT INSTEAD OF BEING HELPED, SHE SAYS SHE FELT PUSHBACK.

>> I DID NOT FEEL SUPPORTED BY THE KPBS TITLE IX OFFICE AT ALL.

I FELT LIKE I WAS MORE WORKING AGAINST THEM THEN THEY WERE WORKING WITH ME.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE UNIVERSITY DID NOT IMMEDIATELY INFORM HER OF HER RIGHTS AS A SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM.

SHE HAD TO HIRE A LAWYER FOR THAT.

THAT WAS NOT WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN UNDER TITLE IX, SAYS THIS ATTORNEY.

>> WHEN THE SCHOOL RECEIVES ANY REPORT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR ASSAULT, THEY DO HAVE A DUTY TO PROMPTLY RESPOND AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEIR GRIEVANCE PROCESS IS, THERE INVEST TO GET A PROCESS, AND WHAT SUPPORTIVE MEASURES THEY MIGHT HAVE AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: SHE IS CURRENTLY REPRESENTING THE WOMEN'S VOTING TEAM WHO ARE SUING SDSU FOR TITLE IX VIOLATION IN SPORTS BUT IS NOT A PARTY TO THIS CASE.

>> Reporter: IT IS NOT THE ONLY CAMPUS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM WITH ISSUES SURROUNDING TITLE IX.

IN FACT, THE CSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES ORDERED A SYSTEMWIDE AUDIT OF THE TITLE IX PROCESS AT ALL 23 CAMPUSES.

THE AUDIT STARTED IN MARCH AT FRESNO STATE AND AUDITORS WILL BE ON SDSU CAMPUS IN NOVEMBER.

HE EXPECTS AUDITORS TO THOROUGHLY EXAMINE HOW THE TITLE IX OFFICE HANDLES COMPLAINTS.

>> I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL INSTANCES IN WHICH COMPLAINTS WERE MADE.

HOW THOSE COMPLAINTS WERE MADE, MEANING, DO THEY HAVE EFFECTIVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE AND NOTICES IN PLACE TO WHERE THESE PEOPLE WHO COMPLAINED WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION CAREFULLY.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY NEEDS TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF MAKING VICTIMS FEEL PROTECTED.

SHE TALKS ABOUT LIVING IN FEAR OF HER ALLEGED ATTACKER, EVEN AFTER GETTING A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HIM.

>> I FELT SO MUCH ANXIETY EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I WAS ON CAMPUS, BECAUSE I EVEN BROUGHT THE RESTRAINING ORDER TO THE SAN DIEGO STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OFFICIALS ON CAMPUS, I GIVE A COPY TO TITLE IX, AND HE ACTUALLY VIOLATED THAT RESTRAINING ORDER AND I REPORTED IT AND THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS SDSU TITLE IX OFFICE TOLD HER THEY WAITED TO INVESTIGATE HER ALLEGATION BECAUSE IT IS POLICY TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE POLICE INVESTIGATION IS OVER.

IN A STATEMENT TO KPBS, SDSU SAYS NO SUCH POLICY IS IN PLACE.

BUT THIS WAS THE SAME REASON SDSU GAVE FOR NOT STARTING ITS INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGATION AGAINST THREE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY OFF CAMPUS LAST YEAR.

THAT INCIDENT HAPPENED ROUGHLY A MONTH AFTER ROSENQUIST'S ALLEGED ASSAULT.

>> THAT HIT A CHORD WITH ME BECAUSE I REALLY FELT FOR THAT PERSON.

ALTHOUGH OUR INCIDENTS WERE NOT THE SAME, I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT WAS ASKED BY POLICE NOT TO START ITS OWN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE STUDENTS DOING SO MIGHT TAINT THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THERE HAS BEEN A TITLE IX AUDIT AT SDSU.

IN 2014, AN AUDIT FOUND THAT SDSU FACULTY AND STAFF WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED IN RESPONDING TO AND REPORTING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT.

THE REPORT ALSO FAULTED SDSU FOR NOT REQUIRING STUDENTS TO UNDERGO YEARLY SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING.

SINCE THEN, THE UNIVERSITY HAS MANDATED THE TRAINING FOR ALSTON AND STAFF.

SHE HOPES THE NEW AUDIT WILL LEAD TO MUCH-NEEDED CHANGES TO THE TITLE IX OFFICE AT SAN DIEGO STATE.

>> THEY REALLY NEED TO PUSH FOR PROTECTING THEIR STUDENTS IN PROTECTING THEIR SURVIVORS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS, RATHER THAN JUST KIND OF BEING PASSIVE IN THE PROCESS.

>>> GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM TOOK AN UNCOMMON STEP TODAY WHEN HE PUBLICLY ENDORSED A LOCAL PROPOSITION.

IT WAS MEASURED HE WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TO REQUIRE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR CITY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS.

MORE ON THE LABOR FRIENDLY MEASURE D AND THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST IT.

>> Reporter: A GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S PRESS RELEASE SAID MEASURE D WOULD GUARANTEE SAN DIEGO WOULD CONTINUE TO QUOTE, RECEIVE ITS FAIR SHARE OF VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING.

THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS REQUIRE BUILDING CONTRACTORS TO ENTER INTO A WORK AGREEMENT WITH A UNION OR OTHER EMPLOYEE GROUP.

10 YEARS AGO, SAN DIEGO VOTERS APPROVED A MEASURE TO BAN THEM FROM CITY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, APPROVAL OF MEASURE D WHATEVER TENACITY LAW.

CAROL KIM SUPPORTS MEASURE D. >> IT IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE.

THE SIMPLE THING IS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT CITY LOT IS CLEARLY AND DEFINITIVELY IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS AND THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO GET OUR FAIR SHARE.

>> Reporter: PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS ARE POLITICALLY CONTROVERSIAL, FAVORED BY LABOR AND POSED BY FREE-MARKET CONSERVATIVES.

LABOR BACKED SUPPORTERS OF THE MEASURE ALSO SAY SAN DIEGO RISKS LOSING STATE CONSTRUCTION MONEY BECAUSE THE STATE LAW SAYS IF A CHARTER CITY PROHIBITS CONSIDERATION OF A PLA THAN STATE FUNDING OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SHALL NOT BE USED TO SUPPORT THAT PROJECT.

THE STATE LAW WAS PASSED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME SAN DIEGO VOTERS BANNED THE USE OF THEM FOR CITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

HOW MUCH STATE MONEY HAS BEEN DENIED SAN DIEGO DUE TO ITS LAW?

THE ANSWER IS, NONE.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL BLACK CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE ARGUMENT FOR MEASURE D IS AN EMPTY THREAT.

>> IT IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHO HAS BEEN FUNDED BY LABOR PACK MONEY AND SACRAMENTO TELLING THE DEMOCRATS LOCALLY, TELL THEM THAT WE ARE GOING TO NOT FUND YOU AND USE SCARE TACTICS AND SCAREMONGERING TO PUSH THE VOTERS INTO SUPPORTING A MEASURE OF EXCLUSION.

>> Reporter: HE AND OTHER OPPONENTS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE BAN ON PLAS WEDNESDAY FUNDING IS AT RISK.

THE PROPOSITION SAYS THE CITY CAN BAN THEM ON CITY PRODUCTS EXCEPT WHEN IT IS REQUIRED BY FATE OR FEDERAL LAW.

>> THE REALITY OF IT IS SAN DIEGO HAS NEVER BEEN SIGNED FUNDING BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE STATE UNION PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS.

>> NONE OF THE SUPPORTERS OF MEASURE D CLAIM SAN DIEGO HAS LOST MONEY BECAUSE IT BANS PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS AND CAROL KIM CANNOT GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A STATE OFFICIAL OPENLY SAYING THE CITY'S POSITION ON PLAS HAS CAUSED IT TO USE MONEY BUT SHE BELIEVES THE STATE WOULD TAKE A MORE GENEROUS FINANCIAL VIEW OF SAN DIEGO IF IT ALLOWED PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR ITS CITY PROJECTS.

>> WE PAY A LOT OF TAXES TO THE STATE AND THAT MONEY DOES NOT COME BACK HERE IN THE WAY IT SHOULD PERHAPS BECAUSE THAT MONEY GETS ALLOCATED OR PRIORITIZED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE WHERE THERE ARE POLICIES THAT MAKE STATE FUNDING AGENCIES MORE COMFORTABLE.

>> IF SAN DIEGO VOTERS ALLOW PLAS TO BE REQUIRED FOR CITY PROJECTS, YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF THEM.

THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL, NOT THE VOTERS, JUST A PET MEASURE D ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

>>> THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS OFFICIALLY SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 1.

TODAY, MARY TODD GLORIA SIGNED THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURE WOULD ENSHRINE THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM IN THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION AND THAT INCLUDES THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO HAVE AN ABORTION AS WELL AS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE OR REFUSE CONTRACEPTIVES.

>>> IN ANOTHER BALLOT MEASURE, CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO INVEST IN THE ARTS AND OUR SCHOOLS.

PROPOSITION 28 WOULD REQUIRE THE STATE TO SET ASIDE A SHARE OF ITS REVENUE FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION CLASSES.

JOE HONG EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: WHEN SCHOOL BUDGETS ARE CUT, ART AND MUSIC CLASSES ARE OFTEN THE FIRST TO GO BUT A COALITION OF EDUCATORS, LABOR GROUPS, MUSICIANS AND HOLLYWOOD ACTORS SAY ARTS AND MUSIC ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS SCIENCE, MATH AND READING.

IN NOVEMBER, CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL DECIDE IF THE STATEMENT GET YEARLY BUDGET SHOULD MANDATE ABOUT $1 BILLION MORE FOR HER TO MUSIC EDUCATION.

>> I AM THE K-12 EDUCATION REPORTER.

>> TODAY, THE STATE REQUIRES ALL OF CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO GET SOME FORM OF ART INSTRUCTION, BUT QUALITY OF EDUCATION CAN VARY BASED ON WHERE YOU LIVE SO PROPOSITION 20 IT WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO DISTRICTS THAT SERVE MORE STUDENTS LIVING IN POVERTY.

THE MEASURE WILL NOT RAISE TAXES BUT IT WILL AFFECT THE BUDGET.

BY LAW, CALIFORNIA GUARANTEES ABOUT 40% OF THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND GOES TO EDUCATION.

IT WOULD ADD 1% TO THAT AND DEDICATE IT TO ARTS INSTRUCTION.

FOR NEXT YEAR THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL $1 BILLION.

DISTRICTS WOULD NEED TO USE MOST OF THE MONEY TO HIRE TEACHERS FOR ART, MUSIC OR DRAMA.

SUPPORTERS OF THE MEASURE SAY STUDENTS NEED THE SPACE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES NOW MORE THAN EVER TO OVERCOME THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY THE PANDEMIC.

THE MONEY WOULD COME OUT OF THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND WHICH CURRENTLY HAS A SURPLUS OF NEARLY $100 BILLION, SO FOR NOW SUPPORTERS SAY THEY DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY CUTS FROM ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE BUDGET.

NO INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION WAS SPENDING MONEY TO OPPOSE THE MEASURE.

PHOT YES IF YOU CALIFORNIA TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO SCHOOLS FOR ART AND MUSIC.

PHOT NO IF YOU DON'T.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROPOSITION AND OTHERS, VISIT CAL MATTERS.ORG.

>>> YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT KPBS.ORG, THE VOTER HUB IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND STORIES THAT EXPLAIN THE KEY RACES.

YOU CAN GET THERE BY CLICKING A LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

>>> CANNABIS LICENSING COULD MOVE FROM THE SHARING DEPARTMENT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

THEY APPROVED A FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE YESTERDAY.

IF PASSED IT WILL ALLOW PLANNING AND DEVELOPING SERVICES TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS, INSPECTIONS, ISSUE OPERATING CERTIFICATES AND PROCESS LICENSES.

THE CHAIRMAN SAYS THIS WILL FREE UP DEPUTIES TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL CANNABIS OPERATIONS.

>>> THE WEATHER PATTERN TO CLOSE OUT THIS WEEKEND BEGIN THE WEEKEND, THE FINAL WEEKEND OF OCTOBER, IT LOOKS RATHER QUIET AND RATHER COMFORTABLE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

THE COOL PATTERN THAT HAS BEEN AROUND THE LAST FEW DAYS CONTINUES FOR A COUPLE MORE, THEN A MORE SEASONABLE AIR MASS MOVES IN BY THE TIME WE GET INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WE WILL HAVE DRY, LIGHT, OFFSHORE WINDS, NOT ENOUGH TO OF THE FIRE RISK BUT IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO KEEP ANY CLOUD, EVEN TO THE COASTAL SECTIONS, AWAY FROM THE REGION.

THIS SETUPS UP FOR AN AWESOME AUTUMN WE CAN.

THE FINAL WEEKEND OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 50s IN THE METRO WITH A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY, REGIONWIDE, IF ANYTHING, THAT IS THE WARMEST LOCATION.

WIDESPREAD 40s ONCE YOU GET AWAY FROM SAN DIEGO PROPER.

EL CAJON, LED TO MID-50s BUT RAMONA, 57, MOUNT LEBANON, 42.

EVEN BORREGO SPRINGS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE UPPER 40s.

FOR YOUR FRIDAY, WE WILL REMAIN TRANQUIL, SEASONABLY COMFORTABLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

NO REAL WEATHER WORRIES REGIONWIDE.

AS FAR AS THE WEATHER IS CONCERNED, A LOT OF SUNSHINE WILL BE AROUND, I MENTIONED THOSE OFFSHORE WINDS.

EVEN TO THE COAST, NOT GETTING AN ONSHORE PUSH OF MARINE AIR SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY LOW CLOUDS IN THE FORECAST.

REGIONWIDE, IT WILL BE A VERY BRIGHT WAY TO END THIS WORKWEEK.

LOTS OF SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s ALTHOUGH WILL PROBABLY MAKE IT TO 80 DEGREES FOR THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

INTO THE WEEKEND, NOT MUCH CHANGES, HIGH-PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER, IT WILL BE VERY PLEASANT, TEMPERATURES WILL BE INCHING BACK CLOSER TO SEASONABLE LEVELS.

AT THE COAST, IT IS MID-70s THROUGH MONDAY, THEN TEMPERATURES GET KNOCKED BACK TO AROUND 70 BY TUESDAY.

INLAND, LOTS OF SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES WARMING UP TO THE LOW 80s FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY, THEN NOT AS WARM BY TUESDAY BUT WE WILL KEEP THIS IN AROUND.

IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 60s BEFORE GETTING KNOCKED BACK TO 58 BY TUESDAY, ONCE AGAIN, SUNNY.

IN THE DESERT, GENERALLY IN THE 80s RIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

I AM METEOROLOGIST BEEN OFFERED.

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