>> Ted: NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A LOOK AT THE POLITICAL FALLOUT OVER THE INDICTMENT OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OUR WEEKLY UPDATE LOOKS AT THE CAPITOL AND WE HEAR FROM DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS.

AND HELPING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN THE VALLEY.

THAT'S NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON" " >> WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

GOVERNOR HOBBS HAS VETOED YET ANOTHER PARTISAN REPUBLICAN BILL.

IT WOULD LIMIT WHAT'S PUT UP ON THE BOARDS TO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES ONLY WITH AN EXCEPTION FOR AMBER AND SILVER ALERTS STEMMING FROM MESSAGES INVOLVING COVID-19, MASKING AND VACCINES THAT WERE POSTED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS DIDN'T APPROVE OF THIS AND PASSED THIS RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION.

THE GOVERNOR DECIDED THE BILL WAS UNNECESSARY AND THUS, THE VETO, THE 29th VETO.

>>> JOBS BUT SCALING BACK ACCORDING TO ADP REPORTING TODAY THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR ADDED 145,000 JOBS BELOW THE 200,000 THAT ECONOMISTS EXPECTED AND LOWER THAN FEBRUARY'S JOB GAIN OF 251,000 AND IT'S A SIGN THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING WITH EMPLOYERS PULLING BACK AS BORROWING COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE.

>>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO TIGHTEN POLLUTION CONTROLS ON COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS AND RULES THAT WOULD CUT MERCURY AND OTHER PLANTS BY UP TO 70%.

THE NEW RULES WOULD REQUIRE PLANTS TO MONITOR EMISSIONS IN REAL-TIME AND SUPPLY THAT TO THE EPA AND THIS COMES AFTER THE EPA RESTORED OBAMA-ERA RULES WEAKENED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THAT WOULD BE SINCE 2012.

>>> NEW RESEARCH SHOWS GUN VIOLENCE IN THE U.S. IS GETTING DEADLIER AND 57% OF FIREARMS OCCURRED AT THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING UP 9% SINCE 1999 AND 49 PEOPLE DIED FROM FIREARM INJURIES IN 2021 AND THAT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED SURGE OVER THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.

RESEARCHERS SUGGEST IT'S DUE TO INCREASEING USE OF MILITARY GRADE WEAPONS.

>>> THE CONCEPT OF DRONES DELIVERING TAKE-OUT FOOD WILL BE TESTED IN MESA AND FLY-BUY FLY-BY ROBOTICS WILL INVEST IN A DELIVERY BY DRONE TRIAL.

THEY WILL HAVE AN OPTION OF PAYING A $3 FEE TO BE DELIVERED BY DRONE WITHIN EXPECTED DELIVERY OF FOUR MINUTES ON AVERAGE.

IT INCLUDES MAD GREENS, TOKYO JOANS AND NEKTER JUICE BAR.

>>> FORMER DONALD TRUMP MADE THE WRONG KIND OF HISTORY.

NOT MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF THE CHARGES BUT WHAT ABOUT THE POLITICAL FALLOUT?

WE WELCOME CHUCK COUGHLIN, PRESIDENT OF HIGH GROUND AND GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL REPUBLICAN RESPONSE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

>> WELL, IF YOU'RE DONALD TRUMP, YOU'LL MAKE THIS SUNSHINE AND THE T-SHIRTS AND THE PICTURE ON THERE AND HE'S GOING TO GO MAKE MONEY.

THAT'S WHAT HE'LL DO AND USE THIS TO CREATE THE CONFLICT, AND PRESUMABLY THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN SHORTLY.

SO THIS IS EMBRACING AND THIS PLANE HAS TO LAND AT SOME POINT AND LAND IN THE ELECTION CONTEST OF 2024.

PRESUMABLY IN IOWA, IN THE NATION ACEQUIA'S CAUCUSES WILL TAKE PLACE.

WE SHALL RECALL HE LOST THAT RACE.

>> Ted: HE SAID THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED.

>> BUT HE LOST TO TED CRUZ AND CAUCUS GOERS WERE DISCERNING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHO WOULD LEAD THE PARTY.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT ALL EVOLVES AND HOW HE RESPONDS TO THIS POLITICALLY.

BUT HIS MACHINE IS IN PLACE.

I THINK THEY SAID THEY RAISED $8 MILLION SINCE THIS HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AND THAT'S NOT SURPRISING.

BUTTHE BEST LINE WAS IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES,".

>> Ted: THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN ELECTION DENIAL AND THE SAME KIND OF OF RALLY GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> THIS IS A PREJUDICIAL CHARGE IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS NOT A HIGH CRIME AND MISDEMEANOR AND STILL A VIOLATION OF LAW, NO QUESTION AND NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW AND THE QUESTIONING HERE IS, DID BRAGG BRING THIS CASE ON FLIMSY GROUNDS?

WHAT I'VE READ AND SEEN, THERE IS SOME SMOKE HERE AND SOME SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FIRE.

AND MY READING IT IS JUST THAT.

IT IS IT'S A PERMISSION SLIP FOR THE PROSECUTORS IN FULTON COUNTY GEORGIA AND U.S. DEPARTMENT SAYING IF BRAGG SAYING I CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN DO THAT.

>> Ted: CNN POLL, 79%, 79%.

IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH -- LET ME CHANGE THESE NUMBERS.

OVERALL, 65% AND 62% OF INDEPENDENTS APPROVE OF THE INDICTMENT.

AS FAR AS REPUBLICANS ARE CONCERNED, THOUGH, 79% OF REPUBLICANS DISAPPROVE.

>> RIGHT.

>> Ted: DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU?

>> NO.

THOSE ARE WHAT WE SEE IN POLITICS.

WE SEE A GINORMOUS PUBLIC DIVIDE.

IT'S HOW UNAFFILIATED VOTERS RESPOND.

>> Ted: YOU'RE HELPING RON DeSANTIS AND HELPING MIKE PENCE AND HE STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERNED AND HELPING THESE TWO CANDIDATES.

WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM AND WHAT DO YOU SAY?

ARE THEY STILL VIABLE CANDIDATES WHEN DONALD TRUMP IS IN THE ROOM?

>> I THINK SO.

I DO.

I THINK THERE WILL BE A LARGE DEBATE PARTICULARLY IN IOWA, LIKE I SAID, ABOUT IS THIS -- IS TRUMP IS VIABLE CANDIDATE?

LET PRESUME AT THAT POINT THAT HE HAS TWO MORE INDICTMENTS AND A TOTAL OF THREE ON TOP OF HIM.

AND HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT NARRATIVE WITH A BODY OF THE ELECTORATE NOMINATING THE NEXT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

YOU PUT THE LAYER ON TOP OF THAT, OF A CANDIDATE WHO LOST IN '18, WHO LOST IN '20 AND WHO LOST IN '22.

YOU BEGIN TO HAVE TO -- IF YOU'RE FORECASTING THIS AHEAD, YOU LOOK AT ELECTABILITY AND EVEN A DIE-HARD TRUMP VOTER WILL ASK THEM THAT QUESTION.

AS WE ALL KNOW, TRUMP IS THE GREATEST TURN-OUT MACHINE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY EXPERIENCED.

HE MOBILIZES ANGER AND THAT ANGER METASTASIZES A TURNOUT.

>> Ted: WE TALKED ABOUT ELECTION DENIAL AND IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE HERE AND REPUBLICANS IN ARIZONA ARE LINING UP BEHIND THAT, BUT THE IS SALACIOUS NATURE OF THIS CLASS, DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN.

>> IT'S?

>> IT'S A CHARACTER THING AND QUESTION.

AND IT ALSO BEGINS TO ERODE IF THIS CONTINUES ON, WHICH I PRESUME IT WILL CONTINUE ONTO DRIP, DRIP, DRIP THAT VERY QUESTION UPON THE FOREHEADS OF THE REPUBLICAN ELECTORATE TO SAY CAN THIS GUY LEAD AND CAN HE BE A PART OR SHOULD HE NOT BE A PART OF A LARGER REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT TO TRY TO RECAPTURE MEMBER HERE.

MOMENTUM HERE.

>> Ted: IF YOU'RE JOE BIDEN AND TRYING TO ADVISE THE PRESIDENT OR ANY DEMOCRAT LOOKING TO RUN NEXT YEAR, ARE YOU HAPPY?

>> I'M HIGH FIVIN' MY COLLEAGUES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW WANT WHAT THE NET EFFECT DOES, KEEPS TRUMP IN THE HEAD OF THE HEADLINE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, TALKING ABOUT THIS AND KEEPS HIM FRONT AND CENTER, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS.

SO SIMULTANEOUSLY, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT BIDEN WANTS.

THE DEMOCRATS WANT HIM TO BE THE CHOICE.

WANT HIM AND THEY'RE HOPING AGAINST HOPE THAT THIS REALIZATION DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH THE REPUBLICAN BASE OF THE ELECTORATE, THAT THIS GUY NOT ELECTABLE.

>> Ted: LET'S SAY THERE'S SOME REALIZATION IN IOWA, THAT HE FINISHES SECOND OR THIRD BEHIND PENCE OR DeSANTIS, WE KNOW HE WON'T QUIT OR NEVER ADMITS MISTAKES OR WRONG OR WHAT HE'S DOING IS WRONG.

THE LONGER HE STAYS IN THAT RACE, DOES HE BUILD?

DOES HE DRAG?

>> I THINK IT BECOMES A FUNDRAISING QUESTION.

IF HE LOSES IN IOWA AND SOMEBODY ELSE STARTS STEALING THAT MONEY THUNDER AND THEN YOU GO INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND HIS CAMPAIGN WAR CHEST IS DWINDLING, WE KNOW MAJOR DONORS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM THIS.

THEY'VE WALKED AWAY FROM HIM AND HE'S RELYING ON THIS GRASS ROOT'S NETWORK OF FUNDING RIGHT NOW.

IF HE LOSES, DOES THAT MOMENTUM MOVE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION?

DOES ASA HUTCHINSON WHO WOULD DO WELL IN IOWA, DOES HE GET SOME TRACTION AND DOES HE GET SOME ATTENTION?

AND DOES THAT GRASS ROOT'S BASE MOVE THAT WAY?

I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S SO MANY MUTATIONS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE IN ONCE IOWA VOTERS LOOK AT THIS?

>> Ted: EVAN MECUM, YOU THINK 20% WILL SHOW UP FOR HIM AND SAME THING WITH TRUMP?

>> I THINK SO.

IT'S A 25% TO 30% OF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES THERE.

ARE THERE TOO MANY OTHER CANDIDATES TO DIVIDE UP THAT OTHER 70% TO 80% OF THE BASE?

ARE THERE THREE OR FOUR OR TWO THAT CAN COALESCE AROUND THAT?

THAT BECOMES THE GIANT QUESTION, TOO.

>> Ted: GOOD CONVERSATION, APPRECIATE IT.

>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

>> IT'S WEDNESDAY AND TIME FOR OUR WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IN WHICH WE HEAR FROM LAWMAKERS ON THE LATEST ACTIVITY AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

THIS WEEK IT'S THE DEMOCRAT'S TURN AND OUR ASSISTANT LEADER, JUAN MENDEZ AND ANALISE ORTIZE AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH AND SEE YOU BOTH.

BEFORE WE GET TO SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION HERE, PARTICULAR LEGISLATION, WE'LL START WITH YOU REPRESENTATIVE.

THERE'S BUDGET TALKS.

WE HAD REPUBLICANS IN LAST WEEK.

THEY SAID GIVES US YOUR WANTS AND ASKS AND GETTING NOTHING IN RETURN.

ARE THEY RIGHT?

>> I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF THAT I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE AND EMPHASIZED MY PRIORITIES WHICH INCLUDE THE TRUST FUND AND INVESTMENTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I KNOW OUR LEADERSHIP IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO SORT OUT PRIORITIES TO COME TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE WITH REPUBLICAN MEMBERS AND WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THE WORKS OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

>> Ted: THEY SAY LEADERSHIP, YES, SPEAKING WITH THE GOVERNOR AND ESPECIALLY REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP SAYING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS BIPARTISAN AND YOU'RE NOT COOPERATING.

>> THIS IS MY 11th SESSION AND THEY WANT A MAP TO HOW TO PICK US APART.

SO ASKING US FOR A LIST IS NOT COLLABORATION AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS MANY TIMES.

THIS IS NOT THE SAME BUDGET FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

IF WE WANT A REAL BIPARTISAN BUDGET, WE NEED TIME TO BUILD CONSENSUS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAIGE PAYMENT AND RECOGNIZING SAFETY AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ON A LIST.

>> Ted: THEY GIVE YOU THE SAME SPREADSHEET AND WHY SHOULD WE BOTHER BECAUSE?

>> NO.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE GATHER OUR CAUCUS AND MAKE SURE THE CAUCUS IS COALESCING AROUND THE RIGHT PRIORITIES AND BUILD CONSENSUS.

WE GO TO THE GOVERNOR AND NEGOTIATING LIKE IF WE'RE EQUAL FOOTING WITH THE REPUBLICANS.

SO FOR THEM TO ASK US TO GO THROUGH THEM MEANING THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO PICK US OFF ONE BY ONE TO MAKE A BUDGET WITH ONE OR TWO DEMOCRATS.

>> Ted: IS THERE A WAY TO BRIDGE THAT CASM?

AND ANY WAY TO GET MORE CONVERSATION?

>> WE'RE ALL COMMITTED IN THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS COMING TO CONSENSUS AND DELIVERING ON THE ISSUES THEY CARE ABOUT MOST.

SO I FEEL OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> Ted: STAYING IN THE HOUSE HERE, INCREASING DOMESTIC ASSAULT PENALTIES, ADDING FIVE YEARS TO PENALTIES AND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION?

>> YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR MADE THE RIGHT DECISION IN VETOING THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND WOULD HAVE ENHANCED CRIMINAL PENALTIES WHEN RIGHT NOW UNDER CURRENT LAW, PROSECUTORS HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED IN THE TOOLBOX TO CONSIDER PREGNANCY AS A FACTOR WHEN PROSECUTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES.

ONE OF THE MOST CONCERNING THINGS, IT'S A THAT NEFARIOUS ATTEMPTS THAN THE PROTECT PERSON.

THIS IS A TACTIC FROM OTHER STATES AND THE LARGEST ADVOCACY GROUP RECOGNISED THAT AND OPPOSED THIS GROUP AND I'M HAPPY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S CHOICE TO VETO.

>> Ted: IF THE ASSAILANT KNOWS, YOU HAD FIVE YEARS AND REPUBLICANS SAY A LOT OF ABUSE STARTS AND MUCH ABUSE STARTS WITH PREGNANCY ISSUES ESPECIALLY EARLY ON AND DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

>> WE DON'T BUY THEIR PREMISE.

MANDATORY SENTENCING HAS NOT HELPED ANY OF US AND DOES NOT ADDRESS ANY PROBLEM.

THAT PART, WE DON'T WANT TO GET BEHIND AND IF THEY WERE ERNST IN HELPING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SO MANY SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS SET UP UNDERFUNDED AND AT THE THREAT OF LOSING THE FUNDING AND WE CAN HAVE REAL SERIOUS BUDGET TALKS, SETTING UP SERVICES, ADVOCACY, LEGAL AID AND NONE OF THAT DO THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

>> Ted: IT CAN BE ARGUE ED THIS ANYARGUED FIVEYEARS, REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION IS A GOOD THING AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

>> THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY HERE AND IT'S CLEAR THAT PROSECUTORS HAVE THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS THEY NEED TO ELONGATE AND THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SURVIVOR.

THESE MANDATORY SENTENCES, IT DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO DETERRENTS OF CRIMES OR PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS TO PROTECT WOMEN.

>> Ted: LET'S GO TO THE SENATE AND THE IDEA OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND.

THE EXTENSION IS USUALLY EIGHT YEARS AND WANT IT CUT DOWN TO TWO YEARS, SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES.

>> THIS IS UNHEARD OF AND I WANT TO SAY SINCE 2018, THE LEGISLATURE HAS HANDLED OVER 122 CONTINUATIONS AND ONLY SEVEN HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN THE EIGHT YEARS OR MORE AND THREE WERE AT THE REQUEST OF THE AGENCY AND THEN I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN DEPARTMENTS IN TOTAL DISARRAY, TOTAL DYSFUNCTION, RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE, AND THOSE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE FULL EIGHT YEARS.

SO THIS SINGLING OUT OF THE SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND BLIND WAS DISCRIMINATION, PETTY ATTACKS, PERSONAL FIGHTS GOING ON AND ONE KNOW, THEY DID THIS WHILE THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY WAS BEGGING THEM HOW THIS WOULD JUST DISRUPT THEIR WHOLE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS AND THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS AND THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE CHOSE TO IGNORE THEM.

>> Ted: THEY'RE SAYING MORE OVERSIGHT IS NEEDED AND ARE THEY WRONG IN.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TEACHERS, STAFF, FAMILY AND STUDENTS HAVE THE ASSURANCE THEY'LL BE THERE FOR THE EIGHT-YEAR CONTINUATION AND OTHER TOPICS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN WE'VE ALREADY CONTINUED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE THAT SECURITY OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

>> THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND IS AS OLD AS THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

THEY'VE BEEN MANAGING THEIR FINANCES AND SCHOOL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POINT OF VIEW FOREVER AND HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT.

THEY'VE NEVER HAD ANY RED FLAGS, NO RECOMMENDATIONS THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN AND TAKEN THEM INTO ACCOUNT AND WORKED ON THEM SO THERE IS NO -- THEY GO THROUGH TRADITIONAL FISCAL OVERSIGHT REGULARLY AND THIS IS AN AGENCY PERFORMANCE REVIEW THAT EVERY STATE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO THROUGH.

>> Ted: IS THERE A COMPROMISE, FIVE YEARS?

>> THERE'S STUFF WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, BON BOTH OPTIONS WERE TAKEN OFF OF THE CAUCUS CALENDAR.

>> Ted: DO YOU EXPECT THE GOVERNOR TO VETO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

>> I WOULD HOPE THE GOVERNOR WOULD GET INVOLVED EARLIER TO WORK WITH REPUBLICANS TO FIND THAT COMPROMISE AND HOPE THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE SERVED IN THE BEST INTERESTS.

>> Ted: THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHERE THIS MONEY IS COMING FROM AND WHERE IT WILL BE USED, WE WELCOME KIM GARDNER.

KATIE GENTRY.

>> THEY ALLOCATE THIS AND THERE'S 330 ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE ONE.

WE HAVE ALL OF OUR AGENCIES APPLY AND IN ADDITION, WE WRITE ABOUT A 90 PAGE ALLOCATION THAT DESCRIBES WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND CONTINUING TO WORK TO SPEND THIS MONEY.

>> Ted: HOW DID YOU CONVINCE HUD TO PUT THIS TO GOOD USE.

>> INCREASING NUMBERS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE AND THE NEED IS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE AND WE'VE COME TOGETHER TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE REGION.

>> Ted: WITH THAT, LET'S FIND OUT WHERE THIS WILL END UP?

>> YES, THAT 36.$3 MILLION, THE MAJORITY IS GOING TO HOUSING AND ABOUT 95% OF IT IS GOING TO HOUSING, BOTH PERMANENT AND RAPID HOUSING AND CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THEM AND THE REST TO INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THINGS LIKE OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO HAVE A SEAMLESS RESPONSE.

>> Ted: LIKE 30 SOME ODD SYSTEMS AND WILL THERE BE NEW PROGRAMS DEVELOPED WITH THIS.

>> WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THOSE LAUNCHED IN THE NEXT YEAR.

>> Ted: GIVE ME A BETTER DEFINITION AND IS THIS FINDING THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR CERTAIN FOLKS?

>> CORRECT.

WE HAVE THE FRONT DOOR INTO THE SYSTEM TO GET PEOPLE MATCHED WITH THE BEST RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND I SAY AVAILABLE, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NEAR ENOUGH RESOURCE FOR THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS IN THE REGION AND PART OF THIS IS TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO MAKE SENSE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

>> Ted: I WOULD IMAGINE TO GET THAT, YOU NEED INFORMATION AND DATA, TECHNOLOGY, WILL MONEY GO THERE?

>> YES, ALL THAT GOES INTO THE INFORMATION SYSTEM RUN BY A CRISIS AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THEY HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM THAT HELPS US TO MANAGE DATA AND WE HAVE FOLKS AT EVERY AGENCY PUTTING IN DATA AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE GOOD DATA TO REPORT.

>> Ted: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PLANNING AND IN GENERATE, TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.

>> WE RUN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AT MAG AND A BOARD WITH THE NINE LATERAL COMMITTEES UNDERNEATH THAT BOARD AND AN ADDITIONAL 20 PLUS WORK GROUPS AT ANY ADDITIONAL TIME.

>> Ted: THAT'S A LOT OF FOLKS.

>> PEOPLE FROM 60 DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO BEST ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND MAKE PROGRESS AND REALLY ATTACK IT FROM ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS FUNDING, WHO OVERSEES THE ACCOUNTABILITY?

>> MAG HELPS WITH HA AT THAT AT A LOCAL LEVEL.

>> Ted: THIS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM?

>> CORRECT, LOCALLY.

>> Ted: DO WE HAVE THE LATEST RESULTS?

NOT QUITE YET, RIGHT?

>> IT WILL COME SOON ENOUGH BY THE END OF APRIL.

>> Ted: THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AND IT'S 35% AND REMARKABLY UNPLEASANT TO SEE.

AND INCREASE IN THE UNSHELTERED AND WHAT DO YOU COMMUNITY IN THIS GO-AROUND?

>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A GREAT ANSWER BUT WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SHELTER BEDS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND SPECIFICALLY WITH COVID RESPONSE MONEY AND REALLY EXCITED TO SEE AN INCREASE THIS ON OUR SHELTERED BEDDED AND HOPEFULLY A STAGGERED OR ADDRESS.

>> Ted: HOUSING, HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT'S THE BIG KAHUNA.

>> HOUSING IS THE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS AND AS WE CONTINUE TO FIND MORE -- AS WE STRUCTURE TO FIND MORE HOUSING, IT WILL BE AN ISSUE AND WE NEED TO COME UP WITH MORE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO FIND OUT HOW TO FIND A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY TO CALL HOME.

>> Ted: WE'LL SEE HOW THIS WORKS OUT AND GET THOSE NUMBERS AND KAT IRKTIE, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!

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