CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M CARLO
TOGETHER AND I'M SHANNON HARDY
AND FOR BARBARA EDWARDS, PEOPLE
AGED 16 AND UP CAN NOW RECEIVE
A COVID-19 VACCINE SOMETHING
THAT COULD MOVE US CLOSER TO
NORMAL BUT ALSO PUTS MORE
PRESSURE ON AN ALREADY THIN
SUPPLY CHAIN. NEWS8 TEATHER
HOPE SHOWS US THE LOCAL LEADERS
WHO GOT THE VACCINE TODAY AND
HAS HELP ON HOW TO BOOK AN
APPOINTMENT RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN
A STEADY FLOW OF PEOPLE COMING
TO THIS SHARP CHULA VISTA
VACCINATION SUPERSTATION AND
WHAT'S GOING TO CHANGE
DIFFERENTLY FOR THE CROWD? I'M
SEEING A LOT MORE YOUNGER
PEOPLE WITH THAT ELIGIBLITY
OPENING UP THE FIRST DAY I WAS
ELIGIBILE VACCINATED. I'M HERE
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TO
GET MY VACCINE ROLLING UP HIS
SLEEVES TO FINALLY GET THE
SHOT. SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD
GLORIA WAS EXCITED. I AM SO
RELIEVED. I THINK ALL OF US
HAVE JUST LIVED IN A STATE
OF ANXIETY FOR THE LAST YEAR AT
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.
MANY YOUNG PEOPLE LINED UP TO
GET THE VACCINE AS ELIGIBLITY
OPENED UP TO ALL CALIFORNIANS
AGES 16 YEARS OLD AND UP THE
CALIFORNIA INSURANCE
COMMISSIONER RICARDO LARA SAYS
LATINOS MAKE UP ONLY 20 PERCENT
OF THOSE RECEIVING VACCINATIONS
BUT 56 PERCENT OF THE COVID
CASES WITH CRITICAL THAT WE
LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND I'M PROUD
TO BE HERE TODAY TO AGAIN BE
VACCINATED LOCAL LEADER AFTER
LEADER GOT THE SHOT INCLUDING
SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS CHAIR NATHAN
FLETCHER. I FEEL GREAT. YOU
KNOW THAT SENSE OF RELIEF WHEN
YOU WHEN YOU GET YOUR FIRST
SHOT AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND
THE VA STAFF. FLETCHER SAYS IT
WAS EASY FOR HIM TO BOOK HIS
PFIZER VACCINE APPOINTMENT BUT
THAT'S NOT THE CASE FOR
EVERYONE. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S
BEEN CHALLENGES THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE INTERNET NOT WORKING
TRANSPORTER'S TO AND FROM THE
VACCINE SIDE AS WELL AS PEOPLE
WORKING TWO AND JOBS YOU CAN
NAVIGATE MORE THAN 30 COUNTY
SPONSORED LOCATIONS IN ADDITION
TO PHARMACIES BY GOING TO
MYTURN GUTSIER DOT GOV BY
INCLUDING A SAN DIEGO ZIP
CODE . YOU MAY NOT HAVE MUCH
SUCCESS AT FIRST AND NO VACCINE
APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE. TRY
PUTTING IN A LOCATION BY CITY
SUCH AS NATIONAL CITY. THIS
SEARCH YIELDED MANY
APPOINTMENTS IN CORONADO THEN
BY SEARCHING IN CHULA VISTA
THERE WAS AN APPOINTMENT LISTED
FOR NEARLY EVERY HOUR AND BUT
THE SECOND DOSE APPOINTMENT A
MONTH LATER 48000 PEOPLE THAT'S
HOW MANY WE NEED. NATIONAL CITY
IS ON DAY 16 OF A 100 DAY
VACCINATION CAMPAIGN. PEOPLE
LINED UP AS EARLY AS SIX A.M.
THOSE AGED 16 AND 17 NEEDED
PARENTAL CONSENT TO GET THE
SHOT. IT'S FOR EVERYONE AROUND
YOU AND IT'S HOW WE COME
TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO
TRULY BE COVERED . ROUGHLY 50
PERCENT OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA WHO IS ELIGIBLE
TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE HAS DONE
SO ALREADY. LEADERS HOPE THE
HIGH VACCINATION NUMBERS
CONTINUE. WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING
TO BE A HEAVY DEMAND FOR DOSES
THEY MIGHT TAKE A DAY OR TWO
BUT COME UP WITH A PLAN.
HEATHER HOPE NEWS8 AND AS MORE
PEOPLE ACROSS SAN DIEGO GET
VACCINATED, COUNTY HEALTH
OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING TWO
HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE NEW COVID
CASES TODAY. THAT'S ABOUT TWO
PERCENT OF NEARLY 18000 TESTS.
HOSPITALIZATIONS SLIGHTLY
INCREASED FOR THE THIRD
STRAIGHT DAY TO ONE HUNDRED
EIGHTY TWO WITH SIXTY TWO
PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE.
FIVE MORE DEATHS WERE REPORTED
BRINGING THAT TOTAL TO THREE
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY
THREE. A MAN CHARGED WITH
MURDER IN A TWENTY FIVE YEAR
OLD DISAPPEARANCE AND HIS
FATHER APPEARED IN COURT IN SAN
LUIS OBISPO COUNTY TODAY.
PROSECUTORS SAY PAUL FLORES
KILLED CAL POLY FRESHMAN
KRISTEN SMART BACK IN NINETEEN
NINETY SIX AND THAT HIS FATHER
HELPED HIM HIDE THE BODY. BUT
AS DAVE ALI REPORTS, NEITHER
OF THE MEN ENTERED PLEAS TODAY
THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING
KRISTEN SMART APPEARS IN COURT
FOR THE FIRST TIME. PAUL FLORES
AND HIS FATHER REUBEN HAD A
VIRTUAL ARRAIGNMENT THURSDAY
MORNING AFTER LESS THAN TEN
MINUTES IT WAS OVER CONTINUED
TO MONDAY, APRIL 19TH. THE
FATHER HE'S LOOKING AT ANYWHERE
FROM UP TO THREE YEARS FOR
ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT AND
MR. FLORES, HE'S HE'S LOOKING
AT LIFE IN PRISON SO THEY'RE
GOING TO TAKE THEIR TIME WHEN
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THIS CASE
TO MAKE SURE THEY'VE DONE
EVERYTHING RIGHT. THE
DEFENDANTS DID NOT ENTER A PLEA
BUT APPEAR DIFFERENTLY. PAUL IN
A SUIT AND TIE RUBIN IN AN
ORANGE COUNTY JAIL JUMPSUIT
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KEEP
THAT PERSONA THAT HERE I AM AND
I SHOULDN'T BE HERE AND I'M
WEARING MY CLOTHES FROM THE
OUTSIDE, NOT INSIDE THESE JAIL
CLOTHES. COURT OFFICIALS SAY
ROBERT SINGER PAUL FLORES
ATTORNEY MADE THE WARDROBE
REQUEST. RUBEN FLORES ATTORNEY
DID NOT. SINGER ALSO FILED A
MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER
ALSO KNOWN AS A GAG ORDER
PREVENTING THOSE INVOLVED WITH
THE CASE FROM SPEAKING ABOUT IT
PUBLICLY. THE GAG ORDER IS NOT
UNCOMMON. THAT'S THAT'S TYPICAL
IN A CASE OF THIS MAGNITUDE TO
KEEP EVERYTHING UNDER WRAPS AND
NOT TRY THIS TO THE MEDIA WHICH
HAS GIVEN THIS CASE EXTENSIVE
COVERAGE FOR NEARLY TWENTY FIVE
YEARS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST
14 MONTHS AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS
UNFOLDED CREATED SIGNIFICANT
ATTENTION REACHING FAR BEYOND
SAN LUIS PASCO COUNTY, ITS
WORLDWIDE PUBLICITY BECAUSE
I'VE HAD PEOPLE LIVING IN
EUROPE CONTACT ME REGARDING THE
CASE AND YOU KNOW, I NOTICED
THERE WAS A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE
CASE OR SOMETHING OF THAT
NATURE. SO IT'S GARNERED A LOT
OF PUBLICITY POTENTIALLY
AFFECTING THE LOCAL JURY POOL.
THE PROTECTIVE ORDER WAS
GRANTED BY JUDGE CRAIG DARRIAN.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HEARING
MUCH ABOUT THIS CASE BECAUSE
THE GAG ORDER THAT'S IN PLACE
PAULA. RUBEN FLORES WILL RETURN
BACK TO COURT THIS COMING
MONDAY. BOTH MEN ARE SCHEDULED
TO HAVE THEIR ARRAIGNMENT HERE
AT THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE AT ONE
THIRTY P.M. IN SAN LUIS OBISPO,
I'M DAVE VALLEY NEWS8
KARLENECHAVIS FORMER MINNESOTA
POLICE OFFICER WHO IS CHARGING
A SHOOTING DEATH OF A 20 YEAR
OLD MAN DURING A TRAFFIC STOP
FACED A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST
TIME OVER ZOOME TODAY KIM
POTTER WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN
COURT NEXT SHE IS CHARGED WITH
SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER IN
THE DEATH OF DUANTE WRIGHT. THE
TWENTY SIX YEAR POLICE VETERAN
WAS TRAINING ANOTHER OFFICER
SUNDAY WHEN THEY PULL RIGHT
OVER FOR AN EXPIRED TAG POLICE
SAY IS RESISTED ARREST. POTTER
MISTAKENLY GRABBED HER GUN
INSTEAD OF TASER AND SHOT THE
20 YEAR OLD AN ATTORNEY FOR THE
WRIGHT FAMILY BELIEVES POLICE
USE EXCESSIVE FORCE. WE HAVE
REPORTED IN AMERICA TO OVER
POLICE MARTIN LIVES MINORITIES,
ESPECIALLY BLACK MEN. PORTER
FACES UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON
IF CONVICTED. THE SAN DIEGO
CITY COUNCIL HAS REVIEWED A
REPORT THAT FOUND OFFICERS HERE
ARE MORE LIKELY TO STOP SEARCH
AND USE FORCE AGAINST BLACK
RESIDENTS. THE STUDY
RECOMMENDED SEVERAL CHANGES,
SOME OF WHICH ARE NOW IN PLACE.
NEWS8 CERINA LEWIS EXPLAINS THE
RESULTS AND WHERE SOME COUNCIL
MEMBERS WANT TO GO FROM HERE
AND CARLO UNSHATTERED. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT A LOT
OF THE DATA IN THIS REPORT IS
BEFORE WE HEARD THE CALLS FOR
POLICING REFORM BUT IT IS STILL
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE DATA AND
THEN TAKE ACTION ON IT.
CAMPAIGN ZERO PRESENTED ITS
FINDINGS FROM A POLICING STUDY
TO THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S BASED ON DATA THROUGH THE
END OF TWENTY NINETEEN AND
SERVED AS A CHANCE FOR THE
COUNCIL TO FORMALLY HEAR AND
REVIEW THE FINDINGS. WE ARE
USING THIS DATA TO CREATE THOSE
TYPES OF POLICIES BECAUSE THE
DATA IS ALARMING AND THERE
THERE DO NEED TO BE CHANGES IN
ORDER TO ADDRESS THE
DISPARITIES THAT WE'RE SEEING.
RESEARCHERS FOUND BLACKS ARE
STOPPED THREE TIMES MORE THAN
WHITE OR LATINO RESIDENTS AND
FORWRD SDPD USED FORCE MORE
THAN NINETY FIVE PERCENT MORE
THAN OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN
CALIFORNIA SECOND ONLY TO CHULA
VISTA, SIGNUP AREAS OF THE CITY
WHERE THE DISPARITIES ARE
SIMPLY SO EGREGIOUS PLACES LIKE
THIS VILLAGE LIKE 14 TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO BE THAN WHITE PEOPLE
TO BE STOPPED BY THE POLICE AND
ALSO FOUND WHEN GIVEN CONSENT
TO SEARCH OFFICERS WHO ARE LESS
LIKELY TO FIND CONTRABAND ON
BLACKS AND LATINOS COMPARED TO
WHITES. WE HAVE TO BRING
FORWARD LAW THAT WILL CURTAIL
SOME OF THOSE INTERACTIONS AND
IT BEGS THE QUESTION WHAT
REALLY IS THE BENEFIT TO PUBLIC
SAFETY IF THAT'S THE CASE,
POLICE DEPARTMENTS SAY THEY ARE
MAKING CHANGES AND SITIVE SAY
MORE IS IN THE WORKS POINTING
TO BANS ON THE CONTROVERSIAL
CAROTID RESTRAINT AND MEASURE B
WHICH GIVES MORE CITIZEN
OVERSIGHT ALTHOUGH THERE COULD
BE MORE IN THE WORKS TO HELP
REBUILD TRUST, WE HAVE TO FLUSH
THOSE OUT. AND SO THE IDEA
AROUND WHATEVER WE PUT FORWARD
WILL BE THAT WE HAVE TO LESSEN
THOSE INTERACTIONS THAT WHEN AN
OFFICER HAS AN INTERACTION WITH
A RESIDENT THEN THERE IS GOOD
REASON FOR THAT. CITY COUNCIL
COMMITTEES WILL CONSIDER
DIFFERENT ACTION AND THEN COULD
ACT ON IT AS EARLY AS LATER ON
THIS YEAR. KARLENECHAVIS. THANK
YOU BRATTON. TODAY CITY LEADERS
RELEASED A FOUR POINT SIX
BILLION DOLLAR PROPOSED BUDGET
THEY SAY IS NEEDED TO PROPEL
SAN DIEGO OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAYS HIS
BUDGET FOCUSES ON SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT REBUILDING
ROADS PLUS POLICE OVERTIME AND
ENDING HOMELESSNESS. CITY
OFFICIALS SAY THEY EXPECT A
BUDGET DEFICIT OF ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS
FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR
STARTING JULY 1ST. THE PROPOSED
BUDGET WILL BE UNDER REVIEW
UNTIL ADOPTION BY THE CITY
COUNCIL IN JUNE. TODAY FAST
FOOD WORKERS IN SAN DIEGO AND
ACROSS THE STATE KICKED OFF A
WEEK LONG PUSH FOR THE PASSAGE
OF A NEW BILL BY LOCAL LAWMAKER
ASSEMBLYMEMBER LORENA GONZALEZ
IS A SPONSOR OF AB TWO FIFTY
SEVEN WHICH WOULD INCREASE
PROTECTIONS FOR FAST FOOD
WORKERS AND SET INDUSTRY WIDE
HEALTH, SAFETY AND EMPLOYMENT
STANDARDS. SUPPORTERS SAY THE
FAST FOOD FRANCHISE BUSINESS
MODEL ALLOWS OWNERS TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF EMPLOYEES AB TWO
FIFTY SEVEN IS GOING TO BE
SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP LEVEL
THE PLAYING FIELD AND MAKE IT
SAFER FOR WORKERS AND FOR THEM
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VOICE IN
THEIR