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COMING UP, COVID-19 AND ITS IMPACT ON FILIPINO AMERICANS.

WE LOOK AT THE UNIQUE EFFECTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT MAKES UP A LARGE PORTION OF OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

>>> UC SAN DIEGO IS BACK ON CAMPUS AND THE STUDENT BODY IS BIGGER THAN EVER.

WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THE GROWING PAINS FOR STUDENTS AS ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO SOAR.>>> SHOULDN'T JAYWALKING BE A CRIME?

THE GOVERNOR VETOED A BILL THAT WOULD END TO GETTING.

>>> SOME PROGRESS FOR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

ERIC ANDERSON TELLS US ABOUT SOME NEW STEPS BEING TAKEN TO DEAL WITH HOW OUR REGION GROWS.

>> WE HAVE A BREWERY OVER HERE AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF RETAIL DOWN THAT WAY.

WE HAVE A SUPERMARKET AND FAST FOOD.

WE HAVE RESTAURANTS.

>> THE FOCAL POINT IS THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER.

IT IS THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT URBAN PLANNERS TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT SMART GROWTH CLUSTERING HOUSING AND SERVICES BEING THE WAY TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.>> THIS IS NOT THAT BIG OF A LOT.

YOU COULD HAVE 250 UNITS.

PEOPLE WHO DO LIVE HERE, THEY ARE NOT PAYING ROCK-BOTTOM PRICES.

THESE ARE NICE UNITS.

>> IT'S THE EXACT OPPOSITE MAJOR BUILDERS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY PUSHING FOR IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

SPRAWLING BACK COUNTY HOUSING TRACKS WOULD ADD HUGE NUMBERS OF VEHICLE TRIPS TO LOCAL ROADWAYS.

CARS AND TRUCKS OF THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GASES.

URBAN DEVELOPMENTS ARE EXACTLY WHAT ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS PLANNERS SEE AS THE FUTURE.

>> LESS DRIVING AND LESS POLLUTION LOCALLY AND CONTRIBUTION TO GREENHOUSE GASES WHICH THE STATE IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET EVERY JURISDICTION TO DO.>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS HOPING TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL BEFORE THE STATE REQUIRES IT.

THAT'S WHERE THE ACTION PLAN CAN PLAY A KEY ROLE.

THAT DOCUMENT WILL DRAW THE ROADMAP THAT WILL HELP THE COUNTY GROW AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GREENHOUSE GASES THAT ARE ADMITTED.

NATHAN FLETCHER SAYS THE COUNTY HAS FAMOUSLY TRIED TO DO THE BARE MINIMUM WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

THE CURRENT BOARD IS CHANGING THAT.

>> GIVEN THE NUMBER OF TIMES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.

>> THE ACTION PLAN IS JUST ONE PART OF A REGIONAL STRATEGY AIMED AT CHARGING THE COUNTY'S FUTURE.

THEY WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE GENERAL PLAN CHANGES, HOUSING FORECAST SET BY THE ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT AND INCLUDE SAN DIEGO COUNTY PLANS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED ON ROADS.

CARVING OUT A LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE PLAN TAKES EFFORT.

>> WE ARE DOING THE HARD WORK OF PUTTING THESE PIECES TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN MEET OUR REGION'S HOUSING NEED AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

WE MET WEDNESDAY'S MEETING IS THE SECOND TIME STAFF HAS UPDATED SUPERVISORS ON THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

IT'S A CHANGE FROM THE PAST THAT FLETCHER CAN SEE THE PROCESS STILL TAKES TIME.

>> WE DON'T EXPECT TO COMPLETE THE PLAN UNTIL 2024.

WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET IT IN PLACE AND LOWER OMISSIONS TO DO OUR PART TO TACKLE CHECK CLIMATE CHANGE.

SEE MAC AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, WE ARE TAKING ACTION AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

>> HARRIS WORKS FOR THE SAN DIEGO CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN.

HE IS NOT ENCOURAGED BY THE LONG TIMELINE BUT HE IS PLEASED THE COUNTY IS TALKING ABOUT A COMMITMENT TO DE-CARBONIZED THE REGION.

THAT IS GOOD FOR SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS WHO USUALLY FEEL THE IMPACT OF BAD PLANNING.>> WE KNOW THEY HAVE AND WILL IMPACT COMMUNITIES.

THE COUNTY SHOULD PRIORITIZE ON THOSE CLIMATE ACTIONS AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO KEEP PUSHING THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE USING.

>> COUNTY STAFF, HARRIS SAYS IT'S BETTER TO HAVE DISAGREEMENTS WORKED OUT IN THE PLANNING ROOM, THEN IN A COURTROOM.>> AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF FIGHTING, I AM OPTIMISTIC BUT WE STILL NEED TO KEEP PUSHING.

>> THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN HOPES TO HAVE A FINISH PLAN PUT IN PLACE BY 2024.

>>> TRANSPORTATION IS A BIG PIECE OF THE CLIMATE PUZZLE FOR THE NUMBER OF CARS ON OUR ROADS TO MAKING SURE THOSE ROADS ARE SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER FORMS OF TRANSIT.

ANDREW BOWEN HAS TWO STORIES FOR US IN A MOMENT.

THE IN EQUITIES WHEN IT COMES TO JAYWALKING TICKETS.

WE START WITH A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO WIDEN WAS ALREADY A DANGEROUS STRETCH OF ROAD IN SAN DIEGO.

SEE MAC THE WIDENING WAS APPROVED IN 2018.

THE PROJECT WAS UNDER REVIEW TO DETERMINE IF IT'S IN LINE WITH HIS GOALS.

LATE TUESDAY NIGHT, HIS OFFICE TOLD US THE PROJECT WAS OUTSIDE THE CITY'S CONTROL AND TRYING TO HALT THE WIDENING WOULD END IN A LAWSUIT.

THE SIDEWALK IS NOW CLOSED AND HE FEARS FOR PEDESTRIANS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN AND SENIORS.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN WAS FOR WATCHING OUT FOR PEDESTRIANS BUT THE STREET IS VERY BUSY AND IS USED A LOT BY THE STUDENTS.

WE JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENED.>> THE WIDENING IS NEEDED TO RELIEVE CONGESTION.

WILLIAM SAYS HE THINGS IT WILL EXPOSE PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS TO MORE DANGER.>> I HAD TO CALL 911 MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN.

>> HE GENERALLY DOES NOT SUPPORT WIDENING ROADS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS.

THEY WILL SEE IF THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH HIS GOALS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.

>> WE'VE ALL DONE IT.

YOU TRY TO CROSS THE STREET BUT THE LIGHT IS TAKING FOREVER OR THE CROSSWALK IS A LONG DETOUR.

NO CARS ARE AROUND SO YOU LOOK BOTH WAYS.

>> I WALKED ACROSS THE STREET.?

HE WASN'T JAYWALKING.

HE WAS ON THE CROSSWALK AND MADE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE.

SEE MAC I SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE BLATANTLY RUNNING RED LIGHTS.

>> BOGUS OR NOT, THE JAYWALKING TICKET WAS MORE THAN 5000.

GIVEN TO PEDESTRIANS SINCE 2015.

SIMILAR RACIAL DISPARITIES EXIST ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

THE DISPARITIES ARE PROOF OF RACIAL BIAS.

>> WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH A PLACE THAT DOESN'T HAVE SAFE AREAS READ ACROSS THE STREET, JAYWALKING WILL BECOME THE NORM AND DOESN'T HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL.

THEY ARE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE OUTPUT PROTECTING PEDESTRIANS.

IT WAS OPPOSED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUPS THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE UNSAFE PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR.

HERE IS THAT GROUPS PROGRAM DIRECTOR SPEAKING AT A SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING IN JUNE.>> WE NEED CHILDREN GROWING UP UNDERSTANDING HOW TO APPROPRIATELY GET THROUGH ARE REALLY BUSY STREETS.

THAT IS CROSSING AT THE CROSSWALKS AND NOT JAYWALKING.>> ROBERT HE HAS PRIVILEGES THAT OTHER JAYWALKING TICKETS PROBABLY DON'T HAVE.

HE KNEW TO LOOK UP THE EXACT VIOLATION TO SEE IF IT MATCHES WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

IT WAS PARTICULARLY WHEN I SAW THE AMOUNT OF THE TICKET.

>> THE AMOUNT HE HAS TO PAY IS $197.

>>> HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR STORIES THIS WEEK FOR OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE.

THEY TALK ABOUT THE STEPS SAN DIEGO IS MAKING TO MAKE ITS ROADS SAFER FOR CYCLISTS AFTER A STRING OF DEADLY CRASHES.

THE INTERVIEW ONE OF THE LEADERS OF A CONTROVERSIAL RIGHT-WING POLITICAL GROUP IN EAST COUNTY.

THEY EXPLORE HOW PUBLIC THINKING MIGHT PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SECURITY AND IF IT CAN WORK IN SAN DIEGO.>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA IS TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TO CREATE A BANKING OPTION THAT WILL HELP IT'S HOUSEHOLDS WHO DON'T HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS.

SEE MAC I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE THE MONEY AT HOME.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY KNOW AND IT MAKES SENSE WE SHOULD TACKLE THE FIGHT AGAINST INCOME EQUALITY.

SEE MACKEY OFFERED THE NEW LAW ALONG WITH LORENA GONZALEZ.

HE HOPES THAT WILL LEAD TO THE CREATION OF ACCOUNTS.

>> THIS WILL ALLOW THE CONSUMERS TO GET A SERO-FEE, ZERO COST AND ZERO PENALTY SAVINGS ACCOUNT, CHECKING ACCOUNT AND BANKING ACCOUNT THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE.

IT INCLUDES BANKS INDIVIDUALS CAN USE FOR NORMAL BANKING BUSINESS.

TARA LAWSON SAID PUBLIC THINKING OPTIONS COULD ADDRESS INCOME INEQUALITY.

SEE MAC THERE WAS ONE IN NORTH DAKOTA AND ANOTHER IN AMERICAN SAMOA.

THE CALIFORNIA LAW PAVED THE WAY FOR UP TO 10 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR PUBLIC BANKS.

THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A MOTION TO START DRAFTING A BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC THINK.

SAN DIEGO COULD BE ONE OF THE STATES 10 PILOT PROGRAMS.

JEFF OLSON IS WORRIED SAN DIEGO WILL MISS OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY.>> SAN DIEGO HAS FAMOUSLY PROCRASTINATED SO LONG THAT THEY LOST OUT BIG TIME.

I DON'T HAVE TO REMIND ANYBODY WE WAITED SO LONG TO BUILD THE STADIUM THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM.>> SIX SAN DIEGO COUNCILMEMBERS SAY THEY ARE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING A PUBLIC BANK OPTION.

HE INCLUDED PUBLIC BANKING AS A PART OF HIS PUBLIC HOUSING PLATFORM.

>> WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK TO DEAL WITH INFRASTRUCTURE CRISIS AND HOUSING.

WE CAN DO THAT BY PUTTING PUBLIC MONEY IN A PUBLIC BANK TO ADDRESS THE BIG CRISIS OF OUR TIME LIKE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

A PUBLIC BANK ALLOWS US TO DO THAT MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY.

>> ECONOMISTS SAY THEY WERE AGAINST THE IDEA.

>> A REASON A LOT OF ADVOCATES LIKE THE IDEA OF A BANK LIKE THIS, THEY WILL LIVE TO ACTIVITIES IN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR ISN'T LENDING TO NOW.

>> MELISSA MAE WENT TO THE CAMPUS AND FOUND SOME GROWING PAINS AND SERVING 42,000 STUDENTS.

>> THEY HAVE INCREASED THEIR STUDENT BODY BY OVER 2300 STUDENTS FROM LAST FALL.

AND IT JUST BECOMES MORE CROWDED.

A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO ROOT MANEUVER.

>> IF IF YOUR STUDENT AT THE MARSHALL COLLEGE AND COMMUTES TO CAMPUS FROM SOUTH BAY.>> PARKING HERE SUCKS SO I JUST USUALLY GET DROPPED OFF.

>> FOR THOSE WHO DRIVE, PARKING IS DIFFICULT.

ALL THE DINING HALLS CLOSE AT EIGHT.

IF YOU DON'T ORDER FOOD BY SIX, YOU ARE NOT GETTING DINNER.>> THE SCHOOL OFFERS FREE MEMBERSHIP AND THERE ARE SOME MARKETS ON CAMPUS.

THEN THERE IS TRYING TO ENROLL IN CLASSES.>> I WAS A HUMANITIES MAJOR BUT IT STILL HAS BEEN DIFFICULT.

I HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON WAITING?

WE HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE TO WAIT FOR THE RETURNS.

EACH THAT EVERY STUDENT CAN GET, IT IS ABOUT 15 MINUTES IN THAT CLASS.

>> AS OF OCTOBER 13, ONLY 72 ARE ON THE WAITLIST FOR HOUSING.

SEE MAC GETTING KIDS SAFELY TO SCHOOL IS A CHALLENGE IN NORTH COUNTY.

IT'S PART OF THE WORKER SHORTAGE AFFECTING SERVICE JOBS AND MANY LINES OF WORK.

ANGIE PEREZ REPORTS ON HOW ONE DISTRICT IS TRYING TO RECRUIT SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS.

>> GETTING TO KNOW EVERY INCH OF THE SCHOOL BUS.

LEE IS ONE OF A DOZEN NEW TRAINEES AT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

MOST OF THEM ARE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

IT IS THE FIRST PART OTHER DAY AND LAST PART OF THEIR DAY.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT BE THE FACE OF THE SCHOOL AS WELL.>> IS PUTTING HIS REAL ESTATE BUSINESS ON THE BACK BURNER FOR THE SCHOOL TRAINING.

THE JOB OFFERS FULL BENEFITS AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A COMMERCIAL LICENSE TO START THE PROGRAM.

THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 30 HOURS OF DRIVERS TRAINING TUBE.

THE HELP WANTED SIGN IS UP AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR THE JOB.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPENINGS.>> IT REPRESENTED 15 BUS ROUTE OFF THE ROAD.

HE CAN SURPRISE HIS DAUGHTER WITH A SPECIAL PICKUP IN HIS NEW SCHOOL BUS.

>>> CHECK INTO YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR PHARMACY AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE YOU WILL COME ACROSS FILIPINO AMERICANS.

THEY MAKE A LARGE NUMBER OF FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

>> Reporter: A PROUD FILIPINO AMERICAN WHO COMES FROM A LONG LINE OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

>> HELPING AND HEALING THE SICK WAS SOMETHING I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.

IT'S INGRAINED IN MY GENES.>> WE WERE SCARED AND I WAS SCARED.

I TOLD MY FAMILY I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK HEALTHY.

I SLEPT IN THE GARAGE FOR A MONTH NOT KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

>> A STUDY DONE FOUND THOSE FEELINGS ARE NOT UNCOMMON.

ONE IN THREE ARE FRONT-LINE WORKERS.

DR. ROBIN RODRIGUEZ SAYS THE STUDY WENT BEYOND THE DISTRICTS.

I FINALLY COMPLEMENTED THE SURVEY WITH THESE FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS.

>> RODRIGUEZ SAYS THE STORY OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN LIVING IN A MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD WAS SOMETHING NOT UNCOMMON AND HAS STAYED WITH HER.

>> THAT WAS REALLY STRIKING THAT WOULD CREATE ALL SORTS OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.

SYNDICATE TOOK ITS TOLL AND THAT'S WHY A LOT OF NURSES SUFFERED SOME ANXIETY AND PTSD.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?>>> THOSE WE HAVE LOST OUR MEMBER DURING THE DAY OF THE DEAD.

IN OVER A WEEK FROM NOW, VISIT OLD TOWN WHERE REMEMBRANCES ARE ALREADY TAKING SHAPE.

>> CHEERFUL, HAPPY, LIFE OF THE PARTY.

EVERYONE THAT SHE HAD SPOKE TO LOVED HER.>> THAT'S HOW NATALIE BISHOP HOPES HER GRANDMOTHER IS REMEMBERED.

SEE MAC IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR ALL OF US TO COME AROUND HERE AND VISIT THE SHOP AFTER KNOWING SHE WAS GOING TO BE HERE.

>> HAVING HER UP THERE IS JUST WEIRD EVERY DAY AND REMEMBER SHE'S NOT HERE.

>> IS EXACTLY WHAT VICTOR SANTANA HOPE PEOPLE WILL EMBRACE WHEN THEY VISIT THE ALTAR AT OLD TOWN MARKET.

>> WE COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO WORKED WITH US AT SOME POINT OR FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO WORKED WITH US TODAY.

>> PICTURES OF HIS FATHER AND GRANDPARENTS CUP PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE ALTAR MAY RECOGNIZE SOME THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US.

SIN, EXPLAINS THE MEANING OF LEAVING AN OFFERING ON THE ALTAR.

SEE MAC YOU WOULD PROBABLY ADD SOME ITEMS THAT YOU REMEMBER THEM BY.

WHAT THEY LIKE TO DRINK, EAT OR MAYBE A PIECE OF CLOTHING.

>> OLD TOWN MARKET WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CELEBRATION ON NOVEMBER SECOND TO HONOR THE DEAD.

FOR MORE ON HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

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