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>>> GYPPING.

IT IS TUESDAY, JUNE 21st.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT HAS NOW COME TO BE.

COVID SHOTS ARE FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR THE YOUNGEST KIDS.

THE VACCINATION BOTH A RELIEF AND A CONCERN TO MANY PARENTS.

HERE IS KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN.

>> COVID VACCINATIONS FOR KIDS 5 TO 6 MONTHS OLD ARE OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY IN SAN DIEGO.

>> BOOB.

WE'RE DONE.

>> HUNDREDS OF PARENTS MADE APPOINTMENTLESS AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ON THE FIRST DAY SHOTS WERE MADE AVAILABLE.

>> JUST REALLY HAPPY TO FINALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY ISOLATING, PRETTY MUCH ISOLATING OURSELVES AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO PROTECT HER.

>> Reporter: THE RESIDENT AND HIS WIFE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ZARA VACCINATED.

>> WE HAVE A BOOK ABOUT DENIISTS AND VACCINATION AND A KIDS' BOARD BOOK, SO SHE KNOWS.

WE HAVE TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT, AND SHE KNOWS SHE IS DOING HER PART AND PROTECTERRING NOT ONLY HESS, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> AND THE THERAPY POODLE CRYSTAL WAS ON HAND TO HELP RELAX KID WHOSE WERE NOT SO EXCITED TO SEE NEEDLES.

>> DOES IT STILL HURT?

>> THE 2 AND A HALF-YEAR-OLD WOLFGANG MADE A QUICK TURN AROUND.

>> YOU GOT YOUR VACCINE TODAY?

>> YES.

>> YOU GOT A COVID VACCINE TODAY.

>> HIS MOLLIESA SAYS BOTH OF HER KIDS ARE NOW FINISHED WITH THEIR FIRST ROUND OF VACCINATIONS.

>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF.

I KNOW IN ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS WITH THIS VIRUS, AND I FEEL THAT THE BENEFITS OUT WEIGH THE RISKS TO HAVE THE VACCINE VERSUS TO HAVE COVID AND NOT KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

>> THE 5-YEAR-OLD VALENTINO SAYS THE SHOT WAS QUICK, BUT -- >> IT FEELED WEIRD.

>> IT FEELED WEIRD?

>> HIS MOM SHARES THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DAY.

>> WE KNEW FOR OUR FAMILY IT WAS RIGHT BECAUSE VALENTINO ACTUALLY HAS AS 'MA, TO WE WERE WAITING FOR HIS BIRTHDAY TO COME AND ONCE HE TURNED 5 WE WERE IMMEDIATELY READY TO GET HIS VACCINE.

>> KIDS ARE GENERALLY AT A LOWER RISK FROM COVID-19, BUT INFECTIONS CAN STILL BE SEVERE.

THE VACCINE CLINIC IS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

RESERVATIONS HERE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY CAN BE BOOKED ON THE STATE'S MY TURN DOT CA DOT GOVERNOR WEBSITE.

COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER SAYS THE VACCINES ARE SAFE FOR KIDS AND ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO REACH OUT TO THEIR PROVIDERS.

>> THE FDA HAS APPROVED THESE VACCINATION.

THE CDC HAS APPROVED THESE VACCINATION.

>> DOSES FOR KIDS UNDER 5 ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT COUNTY SITES STARTING ON WEDNESDAY.

SOME PHARMACY ALSO ALSO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE A STICKER?

>> YEAH.

>> CAN YOU SAY THANK YOU?

>> THANK YOU.

>> MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> AND THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR A YOUNG CHILD BEYOND A PEDIATRICIAN, RETAIL PHARMACIES LIKE CVS AND WALL GREENS ARE READY TO ADMINISTER DOSES.

CVS IS OFFERING APPOINTMENTS ONLINE AND WALL GREENS IS ALSO U ASKING CUSTOMERS TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT.

>>> AS THE SUPREME COURT MULLS OVER AN PORTION CASE THAT COULD OVERTURN ROE VS. WADE, LAWMAKERS ARE MAKING SURE WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROCEDURES AND WE HAVE MORE ON THAT EFFORT AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

>> CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS ARE NOT WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH ROE VS. WADE.

THAT I HAVE ALREADY BEGUN PASSING LEGISLATION TO PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

>> WE ANTICIPATE VERY DISHEARTENING, THAT THE LEAKED SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT WOULD UNDO ROE VS. WADE.

>> THE.

>> PRESIDENT PRO TEM TONY ATKINS OF SAN DIEGO, IS THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL OF THOSE BILLS, INCLUDING THE AMENDMENT.

THE REPRODUCTIVE PRIVACY ACT READS, IN PART, THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL POSSESSES A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF PRIVACY WITH RESPECT TO PERSONAL REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS.

ATKINS SAYS THE RIGHT TO ABORTION MUST BE SPELLED OUT IN THE CONSTITUTION TO GUARANTEE IT.

>> WE HAVE HAD THE LUXURY OF THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN OUR STATE CONSTITUTION.

HOWEVER, THAT LEAKED OPINION PUT THAT IN QUESTION.

IT BASICALLY SAID THAT THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IS NOT GUARANTEED BY ROE VS. WADE.

THAT CAUSES SOME ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OUR RIGHT TO ABORTION IS IS ALSO CENTERED ON THAT RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

SO WE WANT TO ENSHRINE IN THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ABORTION, NOT JUST PRIVACY AS WE HAVE DEFINED IT IN THE PAST, FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS.

>> Reporter: 10 HAS ALREADY BEEN PASSED BY THE STATE SENATE IS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE ASSEMBLY, BUT AS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE VOTERS.

>> I DO HAVE FAITH IN THE VOTERS.

>> OUR POLLS SHOWED THAT HALF THE PEOPLE, AFTER THEY READ THIS ARTICLE ABOUT ABORTION RIGHTS, THEY WERE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SAY THEY WOULD VOTE IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT IS SENTIMENT IS STRONGEST AMONG DEMOCRATS AND WE ALSO SAW THAT EFFECT WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG AMONG YOUNG WOMEN.

>> Reporter: THE CO-DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER WHICH DOES SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AT U.C.

SAN DIEGO.

THEY JUST RELEASED A SURVEY THAT SHOWS HAVING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ABOUT ABORTION ON THE BALLOT COULD IMPACT OTHER RACES.

>> IF THOSE SUBURBAN BAN VOTERS TURN OUT STRONGLY BECAUSE OF PROTECTING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE WITH THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, THAT COULD CHALLENGE THOSE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR THAT REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER TO UNSEAT OUR DEMOCRAT.

>> WE REACHED OH IT TO ABORTION RIGHT OPPONENTS FOR COMMENT, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A REPLY.

THE GROUP OPPOSED TO ABORTION RIGHTS, HAS CALLED 10 EXTREME AND DEADLY.

THEY'RE PLANNING A MARCH FOR LIFE RALLY AT THE STATE CAPITOL ON WEDNESDAY.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> IF YOU CAN BOIL DOWN THE LATEST JANUARY 6th HEARING TO ONE WORD, IT MIGHT BE PRESSURE.

ELECTION OFFICIALS FROM SEVERAL STATES SAY PEOPLE CROSSE TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTED THE RESULTS CHANGED REGARDLESS OF LEGALITY.

WE HAVE THE WRAP UP OF TODAY'S TESTIMONY.

>> YOU'RE A TREAT TO DEMOCRACY!

>> THREATS OF DEATH AND VIOLENCE, THE STATE OFFICIALS SAYING IT IS WHAT THEY FACE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SUPPORTER WHOSE SHOWED UP OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES AND OFFICES FOLLOWING THE 2020 ELECTION.

>> THE PUNISHMENT FOR 2RESON TREASON.

>> THE OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE ALSO HIT WITH A SLEW OF HARASSING PHONE CALLS FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

>> YOU DO HAVE THE POW TORE RECLAIM YOUR AUTHORITY.

>> ALL WHILE EXPERIENCING WHAT SOME OFFICIALS DESCRIBED AS IMMENSE INTIMIDATION TACTICS, R FROM THE TOP OFFICE IN THE LAND, THE MOST POWERFUL IN THE MAN, TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS.

THE OFFICIALS SAY THEY REFUSE TO CAVE TO THE PRESSURE.

>> THAT WAS MR. GIULIANI.

>> AND WHAT EXACTLY DID HE SAY AND HOW DID THAT COME UP?

>> MY RECOLLECTION, HE SAID WE'VE GOT LOTS OF THEORIES, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE.

>> THE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE SHRINING A LIGHT ON FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF A SECRET SUITCASE FULL OF FRAUDULENT BALLOTS AND DEAD VOTERS IN GEORGIA.

>> AND PUTTING BALLOTS THAT ARE PREPARED TO BE SCANNED INTO BALLOT CARRIERS THAT ARE THEN SEALED, R. WITH TAMPER PROOF SALES SO THEY'RE NOT MESSED WITH.

>> THEY ALLEGED 10,315 DEAD PEOPLE.

WE FOUND TWO DEAD PEOPLE.

WHEN I WROTE MY LET TORE CONGRESS THAT IS DATED JANUARY 6 AND SUBSEQUENT TO THAT WE FOUND TWO MORE.

>> IN NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN TESTIMONY, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR SAYS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLAIMS THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

>> BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF IT, INCLUDING THE INTERVIEWS OF THE KEY WITNESSES, THE FULTON COUNTY DELL DWAITIONS DELL DELEGATIONS, THEY HAVE NO MERIT.

>> COVERAGE WILL BEGIN AT NOON PACIFIC.

WE'LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE ON KPBS 2 ON TELEVISION AND STREAMING AT KPBS.

ORG.

>>> THE CITY OF PALWAY WILL CONSIDER ACTIVATING A NEW ALERT TIP LINE AT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A 24-HOUR LINE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS WITH CONCERNS SOMEONE MAY BE PLANNING AN ACT OF VIOLENCE.

IN ALL MASS CASUALTIES, THE PERP BELTWAY FOR DISPLAYED WARNING SIGNS THAT WERE NOTED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND OTHERS, BUT WENT UNREPORTED.

THE LINE WOULD NOT REPLACE 911 AND CALLERS COULD REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

>>> AND WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN PUBLIC, WHO HAS A RIGHT TO WATCH YOU AND WHAT ARE THEY ALLOWED TO DO WITH THAT INFORMATION?

KPBS REPORTER WITH SOME LATE CHANGES TO A CONTROVERSIAL NEW SURVEILLANCE PROPOSAL BEFORE 2 SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL.

>> THE SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE WAS CRAFTED FOLLOWING REVELATIONS TWO YEARS AGO THAT SAN DIEGO'S ENERGY EFFICIENT STREET LIGHTS CARRIED CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES.

IN A LENGTHY AND SPIRITED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, MANY OF THE ROUGHLY 90 PEOPLE SPOKE FAVORED THE ORDINANCE TO HAVE THE TOOLS.

BUT THE SAN DIEGO POLICE CHIEF HAD RESERVATIONS.

>> ANYTHING THAT REDUCES RELATIONSHIPS WITH STATE, LOCAL AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, IS NOT WATCHED.

>> HE TOLD WITHOUT AN ORDINANCE TO WORK ON JOINT TASK FORCES, IT WOULD MINIMIZE THE DEPARTMENT'S IMPACT.

AND JONES SAYS THE AMENDMENT BLIND SIDED MANY IN THE TRUST COALITION WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE FOR TWO YEARS.

>> THIS IS AN AMBUSH.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHY TRUST IN OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT A THING.

>> SUPPORTERS SAID THE ORDINANCE ALREADY MADE ALLOWANCES FOR SECURITY INTEREST AND FEDERAL TASK FORCE CONCERNS.

AND A POLICY ASSOCIATE AT PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS, URGED THE COUNCIL TO QUICKLY PASS THE ORDINANCE WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS.

>> SAN DIEGIANS HAVE A RIGHT TO OUR PRIVACY AND ANY AMENDMENTS CAN AND WILL OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF SURVEILLANCE LIKE SO MANY HAVE POINTED OUT TODAY, AND,ING PARTICULAR, OUR BLACK, BROWN COMMUNITIES AND IN THE LIGHT OF ROE V. WADE, WOMEN ALL ACROSS SAN DIEGO.

>> IN A CLOSE 5-4 VOTE, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE AMENDMENT AFTER THE POLICE CHIEF DESCRIBED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE WAS NOT MADE.

>> BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU EVEN HEARD IT HERE, THAT THE NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WOULD BE NULL AND VOID.

I BELIEVE I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO REMOVE MY OFFICERS FROM THE TASK FORCE.

>> BECAUSE OF THE AMENDMENT, A PROPOSED ORDINANCE WILL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL ON JULY 19th.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> A SURGE IN VIOLENCE IN THE GAY COMMUNITY.

SEVERAL HAVE FACED DISRUPTIONS OR ATTACKS FROM EXTREMIST GROUPS.

THE RISE IN HATE SPEECH TARGETING THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE ARREST OF MEMBERS OF THE WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUP CAME AS NO SURPRISE TO THOSE TRACKING HATE GROUPS WHO CLAIM THEY HAVE SEEN A STEADY RISE IN HATE SPEECH AND ATTACKS DIRECTED AT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

>> THEY ARE NOT ISOLATED.

WE CAN SEE A PATTERN AND THE PATTERN HAS BEEN BUILDING AND I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR VERY CLOSELY TO THE END OF PRIDE MONTH.

>> Reporter: SAM JONES IS REQUEST THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION AND THE DATA PROJECT, THE PROJECT FOUND LGBTQ MOBILATION IN THE U.S.

INCREASED MORE THAN FOUR TIMES FROM 2020 TO 2021.

THIS YEAR'S INS DINS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE TARGETING THAT COMMUNITY ALREADY EXCEEDS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ATTACKS REPORTED LAST YEAR.

[BEEP] >> THE PROUD BOYS AND OATH KEEPERS, SOME OF WHOSE MEMBERS STORMED THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6th, ARE SOME OF THE SAME GROUPS TARGETING LGBTQ EVENTS.

>> WHO BROUGHT THE PEDOPHILE?

>> Reporter: EARLIER THIS MONTH, AUTHORITIES SAY PROUD BOY MEMBERS SHOWED UP AT A DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR SHOUTING TRANSPHOBIC SLURS.

>> THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH.

>> Reporter: THAT SENTIMENT ECHOED IN TEXAS, BUT THIS TIME IN A SERMON AT A CHURCH OUTSIDE OF DALLAS.

>> THEY SHOULD BE LINED UP AGAINST THE WALL AND SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD!

>> Reporter: EXTREMISM, RESEARCHERS SAY, DISINFORMATION, AND A WAVE OF LEGISLATION TARGETING THE LGBTQ- PLUS COMMUNITY IS FUELING THE RISE IN ATTACKS.

>> THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR AND GOING INTO THE MIDTERMS WHERE I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE AMONG MULTIPLE ISSUES WHERE GROUPS LIKE THE PROUD BOYS AND OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO RAMP UP TENSIONS AND ULTIMATELY POSSIBLY ESCALATE THE VIOLENCE.

>> Reporter: HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, THE SITE OF ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIDE CELEBRATIONS IN THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND, ORGANIZERS ARE KEENLY AWARE OF THE RISE IN HATE CRIMES.

>> IT IS DISHEARTENING.

I THINK WE'RE LIVING IN A PRETTY UNPRECEDENTED TIME.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

>> I JUST THINK THAT THE DIVISION AND THE RHETORIC IS AT A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

MENT.

>> Reporter: ORGANIZERS SAY THEY HAVE SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE FOR PRIDE.

THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYING IT PROVIDES A SIGNIFICANT AND PROTECTION COUNTER PROTERRORISM AND THE POSTURE IN H THESE MATTERS HAS REMAINED EVER VIGILANT.

>> THAT WAS JASON CARROLL REPORTING.

HE ADDS THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AND SAYS IN 2021, 25 ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS WITHER ENACTED ACROSS THE U.S., INCLUDING 1 ANTI-TRANSGENDER LAWS ACROSS EIGHT STATES.

>>> AS PARENTS DO THEIR BEST TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN SAFE FROM COVID, THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IS NOW ALSO OFFERING RESOURCES FOR BETTER HEALTH THROUGH LITERACY.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ EXPLAINS.

>> THIS IS THE MANIFESTATION OF EXTRAORDINARY CYCLE POWER.

>> Reporter: THE 10-YEAR-OLD LUKE SIMON IS PRACTICING HIS READING WITH A POKEYMON BOOK.

HE'LL BE IN FIFTH GRADE THIS FALL AND LOVES LEARNING WHERE EVER HE CAN.

>> AND THE POKEYMON BOOK.

AND IT IS A LITTLE SCIENTIFIC.

>> EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO IS FUNDING ITS HORRAY FOR READING SUMMER PROGRAM, WITH HELP FROM ITS 3 'LIBRARIES.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND FIRST FIVE SAN DIEGO, AN ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF YOUNG CHILDREN.

THIS SUMMER THERE'S A WEBSITE AND RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP PARENTS IMPROVE THEIR CHILDREN'S HEALTH WITH BOOKS.

>> REALLY NURTURE THE PASSION FOR EARLY LITERACY AND READING BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND EVEN JUST LIFE SUCCESS.

>> DO YOU WANT TO PICK A BOOK?

WHAT IS THAT RUN?

>> Reporter: ROCHELLE IS THE MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG SONS.

SHE IS A BELIEVEER IN THE COUNTY'S EFFORT TO IMPROVE HER CHILDREN'S HEALTH, IN ADDITION TO VACCINATIONS AND VISITS TO A DOCTOR.

MEDICAL DATA SHOWS A CHILD'S BRAIN IS 90% DEVELOPED BY THE AGE OF 5.

>> BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED THAT IF I HADN'T EXPERIENCED IT REAL TIME OR EVEN HEARD FROM OTHER PARENTS, BUT IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HAVE A LIBRARY, TO HAVE THE READING.

>> Reporter: LITERACY IS NOT LIMITED TO A LIBRARY BUILDING.

A YEAR AGO AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, THE COUNTY MADE AN INVESTMENT IN LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES, LIKE YOU FIND IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THERE ARE 40 OF THEM SCATTERED FROM NORTH COUNTY TO THE SOUTH BAY.

BY NEXT SUMMER, THAT NUMBER WILL JUMP TO 100 LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES.

>> BOOKS COST MONEY, FRANKLY, AND THESE ARE FREE TO TAKE, AND THE IDEA IS YOU TAKE ONE AND YOU LEAVE ONE WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING IT, BUT IF SOME OF THEM END UP IN PEOPLE'S HOME LIBRARIES, THAT IS GOOD FOR KIDS, SO THAT IS FINE, TOO.

>> Reporter: IT WORKED FOR LUKE, WHO, BY THE WAY, PREFERS THE NICKNAME LIEU ACHEW.

>> THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.

THIS IS NO ORDINARY.

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> STARTING NOW YOU MIGHT START SEEING BUSES WHERE YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE THEM ON LOCAL FREEWAYS.

AND THEY ARE ALLOWING MTS RAPID BUSES TO USE THE SHOULDER ALONG PARTS OF THE 805 AND 94 BETWEEN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO AND NATIONAL CITY.

THE THREE-YEAR PILOT PROJECT STARTED THIS MORNING.

FOR NOW THE RAPID 225 IS THE ONLY ROUTE TAKING THIS STEP.

BUS DRIVERS CAN NOW USE THE SHOULDER DURING PEAK TRAVEL TIMES WHEN TRAFFIC VOWS TO LESS THAN 35 MILES PER HOUR.

>>> AND STARTING TOMORROW, SAN DIEGO SIDEWALK VENDORS WILL FACE NEW RULES THAT COME WITH A BIT OF CONTROVERSY.

KPBS CITY HEIGHTSES REPORTER TALKED WITH THOSE WHO WILL HAVE TO CHANGE HOW THEY EARN A LIVING .

[ T NO AUDIO ] >> AND I DO APOLOGIZE.

WE SEEM TO BE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH THAT LAST STORY.

WE'LL TRY TO BRING THAT TO YOU IN A BIT.

>>> TODAY MARKS THE FIRST OFFICIAL DAY OF SUMMER AND FOR MANY THAT MEANS BEACH TIME, BUT WITH A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF LIFE EDWARD INS SOME AREAS, WARNINGS ARE GOING OUT TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL IN THE OCEAN.

AND WE LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING DONE TO KEEP FAMILIES SAFE COAST TO COAST.

>> Reporter: TO OUR SOUTH FROM WHERE WE ARE STANDING, THE NEXT LIFEGUARD TOWER IS APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES FROM U HERE.

>> Reporter: IT IS A DESPERATE SHORTAGE THAT COULD PUT LIVES AT RISK.

HE SERVED AS A LIFEGUARD IN COCO BEACH, FLORIDA FOR DECADES, AND HE TELLS US FAMILIES AT LAKES, POOLS AND BEACHES MAY NOW BE ON THEIR OWN.

>> WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND SOULS THAT COME TO THE BEACHES OR THE WEAR PARKS OR THE LAKES, OPEN WATERS.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THERE IS A CRITICAL LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE ACROSS AMERICA.

NEW YORK CITY JUST CANCELED ALL OF ITS SWIM PROGRAMS.

MILWAUKEE COUNTY HAS FEWER THAN HALF OF ITS POOLS OPEN RIGHT NOW.

>> ALL HANDS ON DECK.

NO DAYS OFF, WORKING, WORKING, WORKINGS: >> Reporter: JESSE HERNANDEZ IS ON DUTY HERE IN COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA, WHERE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH LIFEGUARDS EVEN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE IS AFFECTING ALL OF YOUR PROGRAMS HERE?

>> IT IS DEFINITELY AFFECTING OUR PROGRAMS.

IN GENERAL, IT IS JUST AFFECTING OUR SWIM LESSONS, OUR ADULT SWIM LESSONS.

>> Reporter: AS FOR WHY UP TO A THIRD OF U.S. PUBLIC POOLS COULD REDUCE THEIR HOURS OR CLOSE ALTOGETHER THIS SUMMER.

SOME EXPERTS SAY INTEREST IN LIFEGUARDING WAS ALREADY DROPPING IN THE COVID PANDEMIC, WHEN IT HIT.

IT MADE THE SITUATION EVEN MORE DIRE WITH CANCELED TRAININGS AND CLOSED POOLS.

RESTAURANT AND RETAIL JOBS ALSO OFTEN PAY HIGHER FOR LESS RISK.

TO GET LIFEGUARDS BACK, CITIES ARE HANDING OUT BONUSES.

IN PHOENIX, IT IS AN EXTRA $2,500.

AND HERE IN COMMERCE, THE CITY TRAINS ITS SMALLEST SWIMMERS, AS YOUNG AS 8, ON THE WATER POLO TEAM, TO JOIN THE LIFEGUARD PIPELINE.

>> SO WHAT WE DO IS DEVELOP THEM FOR 10 YEARS, AND WHEN THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, WE GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK IN THE PROGRAM TO BE LIFEGUARDS.

>> IT IS AWESOME TO DO A JOB LIKE THAT, TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE YOU IN CASE SOMEBODY NEEDS THEIR LIFE SAVED OR RESCUE SOMEBODY.

>> IT FEELS GOOD TO DO THAT.

>>> WELL, WE'RE WATCHING AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, WHICH WE'RE CALLING A COASTAL EDDIE.

WE DO HAVE SOME BRIEF WARMING THAT IS IN COMING AND ON GOING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN, MORE INTERIOR AREAS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST.

WE DO HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEEK.

THIS IS HOW IT HAS BEEN SHAKING OUT FOR OUR TUESDAY.

A LITTLE DIP IN THE JET STREAM.

WILDFIRE CONCERNS.

LOS ANGELES, WE HAD SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND MORE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST.

I'D SAY ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS, AROUND ALBUQUERQUE AND JUST SHY OF THE PHOENIX AREA.

THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE MONSOON THUNDERSTORMS.

THE METRO AREA FOR SAN DIEGO TONIGHT, THOUGH, NOTICE HOW THAT THICK MARINE LAYER KEEPS OUR TEMPERATURES AROUND 67.

THOSE CLOUDS HOLDING ON, AND ESPECIALLY INTO THE INTERIOR.

EVERYONE KIND OF STAYING INTO THOSE MID-60S, LOW 60S.

AND MOUNT LAGUNA FALLING BACK TO AROUND 63.

MORE MOISTURE THAT IS DEVELOPING FROM THE SOUTH TO T. NORTH AND SPREADING A LITTLE MORE, I'D SAY EASTERN ARIZONA, THROUGHOUT YOUR WEDNESDAY.

IT IS QUITE HOT ACROSS THE SIERRA, NEVADA AND THEN ACROSS THE GREAT SPACE AND THAT WARMth WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND DRIFT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE EAST.

HERE ARE THE CLOUDS THAT I MENTIONED, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY AREA, AND THEN AREAS TO THE EAST AND ALSO THE SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STORMS, MAYBE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM AND A DOWNPOUR WE CAN EXPECT FOR OUR WEDNESDAY.

A PLACE LIKE BERAYINGO SPRINGS, 103.

A CHANCE FOR A SHOWER AND STORM.

RAMONA, TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 90S.

AND SAN DIEGO, YOU WILL EVEN FEEL THAT BUMP UP IN TEMPERATURES FOR TOMORROW.

SO YOU WILL BE FEELING THAT THROUGH YOUR WEDNESDAY WITH SOME SUNSHINE RETURNING AROUND THE COAST.

COOLER AS WE TAKE IT INTO THE WEEKEND.

YOU CAN SEE TEMPERATURES REMAINING STEADY INTO THIS INLAND AREA.

VERY HOT AND WARM.

TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.

70S IN THE FORECAST.

KEEPING IT A LITTLE ON THE COOLER SIDE.

TRIPLE M DIDN'T HEAT IS ON ACROSS THE DESERT.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M YOUR METEOROLOGIST.

>>> AND WE WANT TO BRING BACK THAT STORY THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BRING YOU EARLIER.

STARTING TOMORROW, SAN DIEGO SIDEWALK VENDORS ARE EXPERIENCING COME CONTROVERSY.

HERE IS OUR BIG CITY HEIGHTS REPORTER.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO SIDEWALK VENDING ORDINANCE WILL CHANGE HOW, WHEN AND WHERE STREET VENDORS CAN OPERATE.

DISTRICT 2 COUNCILMEMBER JEN CAMPBELL LED THE PUSH FOR THE NEW RULES.

SHE SAID THEY STRIKE A BALANCE OF IMPROVING HEALTH AND SAFETY AND PROVIDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE VENDORS 1234506R789 AND THERE ARE SO MANY VENDORS, AND IT BECAME A PROBLEM OF FINDING ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE OPEN SPACES, THE PARKS AND THE BEACHES.

>> WHILE THE NEW RULE ALSO BE FULLY ENFORCED AT THE PARK AND THEN THE GAS LAMP DISTRICT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE LIMITS IN SAN DIEGO'S BEACH COMMUNITIES THAT IS BECAUSE THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION MUST REVIEW THE ORDINANCE BEFORE IT CAN FULLY TAKE EFFECT IN THOSE AREAS.

SO FAR THE ITEM HASN'T MADE IT ON THEIR AGENDA THAT WORRIES OCEAN BEACH MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION.

>> BECAUSE REALLY IT HAS ROBBED OUR COMMUNITY OF OUR BEACH FRONT.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THEY HAVE SEEN VENDORS TAKE OVER THE MIDDLE OF SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS, AND IN A FEW CASES, THE POLICE HAVE HAD TO GET INVOLVED.

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE -- WHO SAY WELL, I'LL NEVER GO DOWN THERE ANYMORE.

I DON'T TAKE MY KIDS DOWN THERE.

THAT IS NOT RIGHT.

>> Reporter: JENNY SANTOS IS A STREET VENDOR WHO DOES TATTOO ART.

SHE IS NOT TOTALLY SURE WHAT THE CHANGES WILL MEAN FOR BUSINESS, BUT UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR SOME RULES.

SHE SAID SOME SITUATIONS WERE GETTING OUT OF HAND IN PLACES LIKE MISSION BEACH AND BALBOA PARK.

>> PEOPLE ARE PAYING OTHER PEOPLE TO SAVE THEIR SPOTS.

THEY'RE LEAVING UP THEIR TENTS OVERNIGHT.

THEY'RE PAYING HOMELESS PEOPLE TO SLEEP IN CERTAIN AREAS.

YEAH.

THEY'RE CHAINING THEIR STUFF DOWN.

IT IS GETTING A LITTLE WILD.

>> Reporter: AND THE AND HE ASKED FOR HIS LAST NAME NOT TO BE USE AND HE SAID THE RULES ARE A PUNISHMENT FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVEABLE WAGE.

>> WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY TAKING PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE AND YOU TRY TO IMPOSE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS ON THEM, IT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.

ON THE ONE HAND WE'RE SAYING WE'RE ALLOWING STREET VEEP DOURS TO GO OUT DO FREE ENTERPRISE AND THEN YOU CREATE A WHOLE BUNCH OF RULES THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT.

>> AND BRICK AND MORTAR STORES AND VENDORS HAVE TAKEN A TOLL FROM LACK OF STREET VENDOR REGULATION.

>> AND WE ARE AFFECTED PROBABLY THE WORST IN AL A OF SAN DIEGO, IT IS RIGHT IN IMPORTANT OF MY DOOR.

I ROLL UP MY DOOR EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I SEE THAT HUNDREDS OF CANAPES AND PEOPLE SELLING STUFF RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR BUSINESS, SOME OF THE SAFE STUFF WE SELL.

>> AND THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BRING SOME RELIEF IF IT IS ENFORCED PROPERLY.

>> ON ANY GIVEN' WEEKEND IN THE LAST I WOULD SAY SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, WE COULD HAVE BETWEEN 40 AND 60 HOT DOG VENDORS ON 5th, 6th AND 4th AVENUE.

SO THE ENTIRE GAS LAMP QUARTER HAS GOT JUST AN OVER PROLIFERATION OF THESE UNREGULATED HOT DOG VENDORS.

>> Reporter: CAMPBELL SAYS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE ORDINANCE WILL BE LIKE A TRIAL RUN.

>> THERE WILL BE A REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND EVERY YEAR IT CAN BE FIXED AND CHANGED JUST AS WHEN WE PASSED THE LAW, WE CHANGED THE PERMIT FEE FROM $236 DOWN TO $38 BECAUSE IT SEEMED THAT THAT WOULD BE MORE FAIR FOR THE VENDORS.

>> THE STREET VENDING ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT JUNE 22.

SANTOS, THE VENDOR, SAYS PEOPLE MAY TEST THE ENFORCEMENT.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF VENDORS WILL VEND ANY WAY INSTEAD OF SETTING UP AND GETTING THE WARNING AND SEE IF THEY GET A FINE OR SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY PLANNING TO STOP.

AGAIN, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT IS LIKE THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND THAT IS ALL THEY ARE GETTING MONEY FROM, AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE PEOPLE ARE READY TO STOP.

>> Reporter: BUT NOT STOPPING COULD COST A VENDOR HUNDREDS EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES AND IMPOUNDED EQUIPMENT IF THEY KEEP BREAKING THE RULES.

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