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

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>>> GOOD EVENING.

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COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE DECLARING A LOCAL HEALTH EMERGENCY OVER A MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK AND IT NOW IS INFECTING 46 PEOPLE.

WE HAVE THOSE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: A DAY AFTER CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS DECLARED MONKEYPOX AN EMERGENCY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ISSUING THEIR OWN HEALTH EMERGENCY.

>> THE SITUATION WE FACE IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WE DID IN COVID AND THERE IS ALREADY A VACCINE AND THERE IS TREATMENT.

WE KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT IT AND IT'S ALSO LESS TRANSMISSIBLE.

>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT NEARLY 20 ADDITIONAL CASES SINCE FRIDAY BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 46 CASES.

MONKEYPOX CAN CAUSE PAINFUL RASHES AND SORES IN ADDITION TO FLULIKE SYMPTOMS.

ANYBODY CAN CONTRACT IT, BUT THIS CURRENT OUTBREAK SPREADS AMONG , BISEXUAL, OR OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SECTS WITH MEN.

>> THERE HAS BEEN A HOSPITALIZATION.

AND THANKFULLY NO DEATHS.

THE AGES RANGED FROM 27 THROUGH 58 WITH A MEDIAN AGE OF 34 AND ALL CASES ARE MALE, AND 39 OF THE CASES HAVE SELF IDENTIFIED AS .

ONE CASE SELF IDENTIFIED AS HETEROSEXUAL AND SIX OTHERS ARE UNKNOWN.

>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS DON'T WANT TO STIGMATIZE MONKEYPOX AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH LGBTQ+ GROUPS ON MESSAGING AND SETTING UP VACCINE EVENTS.

>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS DISEASE IS NOT CAUSED BY THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY.

THIS CAN AND HAS OCCURRED IN INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: IT IS MUCH LESS INFECTIOUS THAN COVID AND SPREADS THROUGH CLOSE CONTACT WITH AN INFECTED PERSON WHICH ALSO INCLUDES TRANSMISSION USING BEDDING OR CLOTHING.

SAN DIEGO HAS GOTTEN ABOUT 4000 DOSES OF THE VACCINE, BUT THE AT RISK POPULATION IS ESTIMATED AROUND 66,000.

>> WE NEED MORE VACCINES.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH AND ADVOCATE FOR A GREATER SUPPLY.

>> Reporter: THE VACCINE IS TWO DOSES, BUT RIGHT NOW HEALTH OFFICIALS WANT TO GET AS MANY AT RISK CITIZENS ARE DOSES AND THERE HAS BEEN ONE CASE OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION INVOLVING AN AT HOME TRANSMISSION EXPOSURE AND THEY SAY THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO TESTING AND VACCINES.

>> WE ASK PEOPLE TO MAKE SMART DECISIONS AND LIMIT YOUR RISK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND TOOLS ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE MONKEYPOX, CONTACT YOUR HEALTH PROVIDER RIGHT AWAY.

>>> THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO REPORTED BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY MEMBERS OF THE SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL TEAM IS SPEAKING OUT A DAY AFTER THE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED IT IS STARTING ITS OWN INVESTIGATION.

WE SAT DOWN WITH HER AND WE DO WARN YOU THAT SOME MAY FIND HER ACCOUNT DISTURBING.

>> WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: THE WOMAN WHO WERE NOT IDENTIFYING WAS NERVOUS WHEN SHE SAT DOWN TO DESCRIBE THE HORRIFIC NIGHT SHE WENT THROUGH LAST OCTOBER, HERE OFF CAMPUS.

SHE SAID SHE WENT TO A HALLOWEEN PARTY AT THIS HOUSE.

>> SOMEBODY POSTED WHO WE WERE FRIENDS WITH AND WE DECIDED TO CHECK IT OUT AND WE WALKED INTO THE BACK AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND MY FRIENDS ENDED UP GETTING SEPARATED FROM ME.

AND SOME GUY CAME UP TO ME AND HANDED ME A DRINK AND WE WERE TALKING.

>> Reporter: THAT IS WHEN SHE WAS TAKEN TO A ROOM IN THE HOUSE.

SHE SAID SEVERAL GUYS WERE ALREADY THERE.

>> THEY THREW ME DOWN ON THE BED FACE DOWN AND THEY TOOK TURNS ASSAULTING ME FROM BEHIND AND OTHER THINGS IN THE MIX, AND I WAS BLEEDING EVERYWHERE.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID HER PIERCINGS WERE RIPPED OUT IN THE ASSAULT HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS 17 AND LEFT HER WITH BRUISES ALL OVER HER BODY INCLUDING HER NECK AND LEGS.

HER ATTORNEY SAID THESE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW WHAT HAPPENED.

>> IT WAS AGGRESSIVE AND REALLY SCARY.

>> Reporter: THEY ANNOUNCED THEY STARTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSAULT AND THE UNIVERSITY SAID IT WAS ASKED REPEATEDLY NOT TO START ITS OWN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE IT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE POLICE INVESTIGATION.

UNLIKE A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, THE TITLE IX INVESTIGATION ONLY LOOKS AT IF A CAMPUS POLICY WAS VIOLATED AND THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS EXPULSION AND THE 18-YEAR-OLD NOW THINKS THEY MAY HAVE OTHER MOTIVES FOR DELAYING THE INVESTIGATION.

>> IT FEELS LIKE THE FOOTBALL TEAM IS DOING SO WELL AND SINCE THEIR WELL KNOWN THAT MAYBE IT COULD BE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE GOOD PLAYERS AND TRYING TO BRUSH IT UNDER THE RUG.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THERE WAS A LOT OF EVIDENCE AND THE SCHOOL COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING TO PROTECT THEIR STUDENTS.

>> IT SCARES ME BECAUSE I DO KNOW HOW MANY GIRLS GO TO THESE PARTIES AND MAKE THE DECISIONS I UNFORTUNATELY MADE THAT NIGHT AND IT SCARES ME FOR THE OTHER WOMEN AND ALL OF THE OTHER STUDENTS ALTOGETHER WHO HAVE NO IDEA AND I THINK THEY WAITED TOO LONG.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND SO FAR NOBODY HAS BEEN CHARGED.

>>> SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN TODAY DEMANDING CHANGE IN COUNTY JAILS.

THEY SAID TODAY'S EVENT COMES LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER ANOTHER INMATE DIES.

>> Reporter: SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN FRONT OF THE STATE COURTHOUSE TO DEMAND JUSTICE INSIDE SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAILS.

>> HERE I AM GOING TO THE SAME THING MY MOTHER IS GOING THROUGH.

>> Reporter: MOM'S AGAINST TORTURE MEMBER SAID HER BROTHER DIED INSIDE A JAIL.

>> IT IS A MIRACLE MY SON IS ALIVE.

>> Reporter: SHE IS AFRAID HER SON WILL TOO.

>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

NO MORE DEATHS.

>> Reporter: SPEAKER AFTER SPEAKER CAME FORWARD TO SHARE STORIES OF PEOPLE THEY KNOW WHO LOST LOVED ONES BEHIND BARS OR STORIES OF ABUSE THEY SUFFERED PERSONALLY LIKE THIS WOMAN WHO SAID SHE HAS BEEN INCARCERATED DURING PROTEST.

>> MULTIPLE TIMES DURING ARRESTS NOT ONLY WAS I BRUTALIZED BUT ONCE I GOT INTO THE JAIL THEY ALLOWED ME TO THROW UP ON MYSELF AND THEY SEPARATED ME FROM OTHER FOLKS.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE WAS LUCKY THAT SOMEBODY RECOGNIZED HER FOR HER WORK WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND STILL WAS NOT GIVEN MEDICAL CARE DESPITE BEING SICK WITH UNDIAGNOSED CANCER.

>> WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE CONNECTIONS TO MAKE A PHONE CALL TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THERE?

I AM HERE TODAY TO STAND WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED THE MOST.

>> Reporter: A WEEK AGO A 23- YEAR-OLD MAN WAS THE 15th PERSON TO DIE IN CUSTODY THIS YEAR AND A REPORT RELEASED IN APRIL SHOWS THAT BASED ON POPULATION, SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAILS HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE WHO DIED WITHOUT BEING SENTENCED.

>> I AM IN PAIN AND I AM TRAUMATIZED AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

>> Reporter: PATRICK SAID HE AND ALL OF THOSE STANDING BEHIND HIM ARE TIRED, TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THE ABUSE AND DEATH HAPPENING IN THE JAILS.

HE SAID EVERYBODY MUST TAKE ACTION.

>> IF YOU DON'T WAKE UP AND DON'T WANT TO, IT WILL BE YOUR LOVED ONE NEXT.

>> Reporter: THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD A STATEMENT THAT SAID EVERY DEATH IS A TRAGEDY AND THEY ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE LOVED ONES OF THOSE WHO DIED IN CUSTODY AND IN FOCUS TO MAKE THE JAIL SAFE.

>> I WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.

>>> TONIGHT THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE HOPING TO BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR COMMUNITY DURING THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

THEY ARE HOSTING SEVERAL EVENTS INCLUDING A GATHERING AND AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT KENSINGTON LIBRARY AND SUMMER MOVIES AT HENWOOD PARK.

AND THEY ARE SETTING UP AT PARKWAY PLAZA WITH PAINTING AND BALLOON ARTISTS WITH THE KIDS AND THE CHULA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVITING THE PUBLIC TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURS AND DEMONSTRATIONS AND KIDS ACTIVITIES AND MORE.

>> WE HAVE A WHOLE DIVISION CALLED THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION THAT WE DO FOCUS ON GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE.

WE WANT THEM TO GET TO KNOW THEIR OFFICERS OUT THERE AND EVENTS SET THAT UP TO DO THAT.

>> MORE LOCAL DEPARTMENTS PLAN TO PARTICIPATE AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA OR REACH OUT TO FIND OUT ABOUT EVENTS HAPPENING IN YOUR AREA.

>>> THE PADRES PLAYED A DOUBLEHEADER TODAY AND THE FANS WERE CHEERING LONG BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH BECAUSE THE TEAM ACQUIRED JUAN SOTO, AND FIRST BASEMAN.

TOOK IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT PADRES FANS ARE EXCITED THAT JUAN SOTO IS NOW OFFICIALLY HERE.

>> HE WILL BE HITTING LONG.

>> WE HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP IN SAN DIEGO AND EXCITED AND WE WANT TO BRING A TROPHY HERE IN THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.

>> THEY NEEDED AND THEY NEED SOMETHING BIG AND THE COMBINATION OF HE AND OTHERS ARE SETTING SOMETHING BIG FOR THE FUTURE OF SAN DIEGO.

>> WE HAVE ANOTHER HEADER THAT CAN GIVE IT OVER THE FENCE AND CONTRIBUTE AND WHENEVER THERE IS A RUNNER TO BRING THEM IN.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS, >> DEEP CENTER FIELD AND SEE YOU LATER.

>> Reporter: HE IS THE 2022 HOME RUN DERBY WINNER AND THE 28 TEEN ROOKIE OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP AND THE TWO-TIME ALL- STAR AND A TWO-TIME TOP FIVE AND THE P -- MVP FINISHER.

HE HAS BEEN A FAN FOR THE LAST 46 YEARS.

HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR HIM IN THE LINE.

>> IS 23 AND A SUPERSTAR ALREADY AND PROBABLY THE BEST HITTER IN BASEBALL AND FOR HIM TO COME HERE AND CONTINUE HIS CAREER HERE, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY AND THE SPORTS OF SAN DIEGO.

>> Reporter: SHE BROUGHT HER MOTHER FIRST EVER GAME AND LIKES HAVING ANOTHER YOUNG SUPERSTAR IN THE TEAM.

>> HE IS YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE HERE FOR A LOT OF YEARS JUST LIKE SOME OF THE OTHERS AND I AM PROUD WE HAVE A HOMETOWN GUY AND WE ARE FROM THAT CITY AND HIS DAD IS FROM THERE.

IT IS ALWAYS GOOD.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE BEEN FANS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

>> I FEEL WE WILL BE WINNING A LOT MORE GAMES.

AND WE WILL GO HIGHER UP IN THE STANDINGS.

AND MAYBE WE WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE DODGERS.

>> Reporter: LONGTIME FANS AND RESIDENTS ARE CONFIDENT THAT HE IS GOING TO THRIVE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.

>> THE FANS ARE THE KEY AND THEY WILL TURN OUT FOR HIM AND THE REST OF THE GUYS FOR SURE.

>> IT IS CERTAINLY BETTER TO BE IN SAN DIEGO THAN WASHINGTON DC.

>> Reporter: MANY REGARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRADE FOR A PLAYER LIKE JUAN SOTO IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION EVENT AND FANS OF ALL AGES WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SUPERSTAR LIVE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

>> THE CITY COUNCIL HAS JUST PASSED A SWEEPING UPDATE TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

ERIK ANDERSON HAS THAT STORY.

>> Reporter: THE UPDATE WAS YEARS IN THE MAKING AND PROCESS DELAYED IN PART BECAUSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.

THEY SAID THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO EASE THE CITY'S IMPACT ON THE CLIMATE FALLS ON THE MUNICIPALITY TO CUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN HALF BY 2035 AND THE UPDATED PLAN AIMS TO HIT A NET ZERO GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS GOAL AT THE SAME TIME.

THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO GET THERE.

>> 200+ ACTIONS THAT WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO SECURE THAT PATH TO NET ZERO.

>> Reporter: THIS WAS BUILT ON COMMUNITY INPUT IN THE PLAN EMPHASIZED CLEANING UP THE AIR IN AT RISK NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT SOME COMMUNITY ADVOCATE SAY THAT THE ACTION PLAN UPDATE COULD STILL BE IMPROVED AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION HAS BEEN LIBELING -- LOBBYING FOR BILLS THAT HAVE TIMELINES IN SPECIFICS.

>> WE FEEL THERE ARE CHANGES BUT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE ACTION PLAN AND WE THINK IT WILL DO A LOT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN DIEGO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST EVER REVISION OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THE NEXT SCHEDULED UPDATE IS IN 2027.

>>> THE DEATH TOLL IS RISING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE McKINNEY FIRE GROWING.

TODAY THEY FOUND TWO BODIES AND SEPARATE RESIDENCE ALONG STATE ROUTE 96 AND TWO OTHER BODIES WERE FOUND ON SUNDAY.

IT IS BURNED MORE THAN 56,000 ACRES SINCE IT STARTED LAST FRIDAY AND IT IS 0% CONTAINED.

MORE THAN 100 HOMES AND BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

>>> THE FLOODING DISASTER IN KENTUCKY CONTINUES AND NOW 37 PEOPLE DEAD AND HUNDREDS MORE STILL MISSING.

SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS ARE BATTLING DIFFICULT TERRAIN TO REACH ANY POSSIBLE SURVIVORS BUT AS WE REPORT A SHIFT IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO COMPOUND THE ALREADY TOUGH TASK.

>> A TOTAL MESS.

>> Reporter: AS SURVIVORS SORT THROUGH THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND, RESCUE CREWS ARE INTENSIFYING THEIR WORK TO REACH TRAPPED PEOPLE.

>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING OUT THERE.

>> I THINK THE WORST IS STILL THE COME IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO CLEAR A PATH AND GET THESE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: DESPITE WASHED OUT ROADS AND BRIDGES AND TERRAIN, THEY ARE STILL FINDING BODIES RAISING THE DEATH TOLL AND BATTLING HOT WEATHER FOR DAYS AND TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY INTO THE 90s.

IT WILL FEEL CLOSE TO 100 COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY.

>> IT WILL GET REALLY REALLY HOT.

THAT IS NEW THOUGH THE WEATHER CHALLENGE.

>> Reporter: THE WEATHER HAS KILLED THREE DOZEN PEOPLE AND HAS WIPED AWAY PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS.

>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: MANY OF THOSE WHO MADE DON'T HAVE A HOME TO RETURN TO AND OTHERS DEAL WITH MAJOR POWER OUTAGES AND LACK OF WATER AND DISRUPTIVE CELL PHONE SERVICE MAKING IT HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH LOVED ONES.

>> IT IS MUGGY AND HUMID AND PEOPLE WILL SUFFOCATE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OXYGEN THAT DON'T HAVE POWER ARE ALREADY SUFFERING.

>>> THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE IS LEAVING THE AREA WHICH MEANS THE REST OF THIS WEEK A WARM AND DRY PATTERN IS AHEAD AND THE BIGGEST CONCERN WE HAVE IS THE COASTAL REGION WITH A RISK OF ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS AND EACH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO HEAD TO THE COAST OR HEAD OUT OF THE WATER, MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE POSTED FLAGS AND NEVER SWIM AT A BEACH NOT GUARDED.

BY THE WEEKEND WE MAY HAVE MOISTURE RETURNING IN A FEW PLACES THAT COULD SPARK A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS, THE MOISTURE HAS BEEN MUCH LESS WIDESPREAD THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS SO THINGS LOOK PRETTY GOOD AND DRY AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

OVERNIGHT, LOSE BE IN THE 60s OVER MOST OF THE REGION AND 70s FROM SAN DIEGO AND 84 HERE WHICH IS THE WARM SPOT.

WEDNESDAY IS TYPICAL AUGUST ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEEKEND AND MORE COMFORTABLE AROUND THE COAST AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THROUGH THE CENTRAL SIERRA AND MORE FURTHER UP THE EAST AND WE DO HAVE A DRY FORECAST IN THE AREA AND A PAIR OF SEVENS IN SAN DIEGO AND CHULA VISTA AND RAMONA HEADED UP TO 92 FOR THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.

IF YOU'RE HEADED TO THE COAST TO THE WEEKEND THINGS LOOKING GOOD OUTSIDE OF A STRAY THUNDER SHOWER ON SATURDAY AND IT WILL BE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND 80 DEGREES AND INLAND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND NOT MUCH OF A THREAT FOR A SHOWER HERE EVEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND WITH 8485 DEGREES THAT WILL DO IT THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

IF YOU'RE HEADED TO THE MOUNTAINS, MOUNTAINS ARE A BEST CHANCE TO SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND BUT THEN SUNNY FROM THE 70s TO UPPER 70s OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THAT STRAY STORM BOTH DAYS AND IN THE DESERTS 100 FOR WEDNESDAY AND WANT TO WAIT FOR THURSDAY AND THEN AS WE GET MORE CLOUDS IN HERE IN A FEW STORMS OVER THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN BACK TO AROUND 100.

>>> TONIGHT, THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES THE KILLING OF THE LEADER OF AL QAEDA AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THAT IS COMING UP AFTER THE EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> RENTERS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COULD SEE INCREASES OF 10% IN 2019, CALIFORNIA PASSED A LAW THAT CAPS RENT HIKES AT 5% BUT INFLATION IS ROUGHLY 8% IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY MEANING LANDLORDS CAN RAISE RENT TO 10% AND HOUSING NOT UNDER THE LAW INCLUDES OPPORTUNITY PROPERTIES BUILT IN THE PAST 15 YEARS.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THOSE SUBJECT TO RENT CONTROL AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WITH NO CORPORATE OWNERSHIP.

ONE TENANT SAID THAT SHE HAD TO FIND A NEW APARTMENT WHEN HER RENT WENT UP MORE THAN $600 A MONTH.

>> I WAS COMPLETELY ASTONISHED TO SEE MY RENT GO UP FROM 28 $95-$3500 AND DESPITE HAVING A MIDDLE-CLASS INCOME.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

I FEEL FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON MINIMUM WAGE.

>> WE ARE FACING A HOMELESS CRISIS.

PEOPLE ARE ON THE VERGE OF LOSING THEIR HOMES.

FOOD IS SKY HIGH AND OF COURSE RENT AND SOMEBODY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOOD AND RENT.

>> THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOUSING ASSOCIATION HAS POINTED TO INCREASING MAINTENANCE AND INSURANCE COSTS OF THE REASONS FOR HIKING UP THE RENT.

>>> BABY FORMULA AVAILABILITY IS BETTER THAN IT WAS BUT STILL NOT NORMAL ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM A MARKET RESEARCH FIRM FINDING ABOUT 20% OF ALL TYPES OF BABY FORMULA PRODUCTS WERE OUT OF STOCK DURING THE WEEK ENDING JULY 24.

IT WAS ONLY 10% BEFORE THE NATIONWIDE RECALL BY ABBOTT AND THEY ARE DOING WHAT IT CAN INCLUDING BRINGING IN FORMULA FROM OVERSEAS AND EXTENDING PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE SHORTAGE.

THE FDA SAID PRODUCTION NEEDS TO CONTINUE AT HIGH LEVELS FOR 6 TO 8 MORE WEEKS TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.

>>> OFFICIALS SAY WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS ALLOCATED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

MATT HOFFMAN LOOKS AT HOW SOME OF THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE NEW WAY TO DO CRISIS INTERVENTION WORK.

GONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE YOU HAVE TO CALL 911 FOR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND THIS IS A NEW WAY OF DOING IT AND THIS IS A NEW WAY TO GET PEOPLE HELP IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SHE LEADS THE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND REFERRED TO AS AN CRT THEY ARE BEING DISPATCHED TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND SAID A POLICE OFFICERS AND CALL VOLUME HAS BEEN GOING UP MONTH OVER MONTH EXPANDING THE PROGRAM COUNTYWIDE.

>> WE WILL SERVE ANYONE AND EVERYONE SO WE HAVE A TEAM THAT GOES ON A CALL TO A VERY WEALTHY FAMILY WHO MAY BE ONE INDIVIDUAL IS STRUGGLING WITH SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND THEN WRAP THAT CALL UP AND GO DOWN TO SOMEBODY WHO IS ON SHELTERED AND EXPERIENCING PSYCHOSIS.

>> Reporter: A HUB ACTS AS A DISPATCH CENTER FOR THE RESPONSE TEAMS AND IF SOMEBODY CALLED 911 NOW FOR MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, TEAMS CAN RESPOND INSTEAD.

IT IS ONE PIECE OF THE EFFORTS TO TURN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM AWAY FROM A CRISIS RESPONSE TO ONE THAT WORKS SIMILAR TO HEALTHCARE AND THAT INCLUDES DIVERTING PEOPLE AWAY FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES HE MAY NOT NEED THEM.

>> WE SEE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF FOLKS SHOWING UP AND INCREDIBLE WORK HAPPENS IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND AMAZING PHYSICIANS AND HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENTS BUT ERs ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT.

>> Reporter: HE OVERSEES THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET CALLS FOR A $70 MILLION INCREASE AND 150 NEW POSITIONS.

PART OF THAT IS TO HELP CREATE A CONTINUUM OF CARE WHICH, LIKE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, WOULD HAVE A MIDDLE GROUND FOR URGENT CARE.

THAT IS WHAT CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS ARE DESIGNED TO DO.

TWO RECENTLY OPENED, AND THERE IS A PLAN FOR MORE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>> THIS IS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL MORE AT EASE AND CULTIVATE A SENSE OF CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP THERE AND THE CARE PROVIDERS THERE.

ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT HAPPENS AT THE INSTANCE OF INITIAL ENGAGEMENT IS SIGNIFICANT TO WHAT HAPPENS FURTHER ALONG IN THAT TRAJECTORY.

>> Reporter: THESE STABILIZATION CENTERS ARE WHERE MANY PEOPLE CONTACTED BY THE NEW TEAM ENDS UP GOING.

>> HOW WE MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING FOLKS TO THE RIGHT LEVEL OF THE SERVICE OR CRISIS?

RIGHT?

NOT GOING TO THEM IF IT IS NOT A LIFE EMERGENCY BUT GOING ELSEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN GET THAT IMMEDIATE HELP.

>> Reporter: HE LEADS THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY IN THE COUNTY.

>> ARE BUDGET IS 3 BILLION DOLLARS.

>> Reporter: SAID THAT HE HAS ONLY SEEN THE NEED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND 25 YEARS INCREASE.

AND OFFICIALS SAY WE SEE NATIONWIDE TRENDS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY OVERDOSES UP AS OUR RATES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS.

PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THOSE WITH LOWER INCOMES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED, AND IT ISN'T JUST ADULTS.

THE PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED A SPIKE IN MENTAL HEALTH VISITS FOR KIDS AND OFFICIALS WANT TO BE PROACTIVE AND ROLL OUT A NEW PROGRAM THAT EVALUATES EVERY STUDENT.

>> WE WILL START IT AND SCREEN EVERY KID ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS IN THIS COUNTY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SETTINGS.

SO WE WILL KNOW EVEN IF THERE IS NOTHING THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE AT INCREASED RISK FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES, WE WILL KNOW AND BE ABLE TO RESPOND.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY EMBRACES HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES.

THOSE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL ARE NOT BEING TURNED AWAY FROM THE NEWEST HOMELESS SHELTER.

>> FOCUSING INSTEAD OF SOLELY ON THEIR ADDICTION, IF WE FOCUS MORE BROADLY ON THEIR WELLNESS, WE SEE A MASSIVE INCREASE IN THE RECEPTIVENESS OVERTIME TO CARE.

IT IS FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY FOR FOLKS TO GO INTO FORMAL TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION IF THEY HAVE HAD ENGAGEMENT WITH A HARM REDUCTION PROVIDER.

>> Reporter: MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS ARE AVAILABLE 24 SEVEN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

PEOPLE CAN CALL THE 988 CRISIS LINE TO REACH THEM AS WELL.

OPERATORS SATE MOST REFERRALS COME IN FROM THIRD PARTIES OR POLICE.

THAT IS CHANGING AS MORE PEOPLE BECOME AWARE.

>> WE HAVE ONLY SEEN I THINK THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOR THE NEED OF THIS PROGRAM AND WITH THE CALL VOLUME GOING UP, IT IS DEFINITELY TOLD US THAT HAVING AN ALTERNATIVE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH CRISES IS NEEDED IN SAN DIEGO.

>>> EVERY YEAR THEY HELP STUFF THE BUS BUT RIGHT NOW THE CAMPAIGN IS COMING UP SHORT.

THE ANNUAL SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS BEING EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST 31 AND THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION ARE HOPING TO RAISE $100,000, BUT SO FAR THEY HAVE ONLY RAISED $38,000.

IT WILL BE USED TO BUY BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND MORE AND YOU CAN DONATE ONLINE AT THE WEBSITE ON YOUR SCREEN OR AT ANY FOODS FOR LESS GROCERY STORE.

>>> YOU CAN FIND THE STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.

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