>> Peggy: DELEGATES CAME FROM
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS
TALKING WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS
AND POLITICIANS TO DISCUSS
BUDGET CUTS SET TO TAKE PLACE BY
THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
MY GUESTS WERE PART OF THAT.
TODD GLORIA AND REUBEN
BARRALES.
WELCOME, YOU BOTH, TO EVENING
EDITION.
TODD, MY FIRST QUESTION TO YOU,
A HUNDRED DELEGATES.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.
HOW COME SO MANY?
>> WE WANTED TO LEAVE A
IMPRESSION.
WE HAD A GREAT CROSS SECTION OF
SAN DIEGOANS.
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS.
FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER
ADVOCATING --
>> Peggy: FROM BOTH SIDES.
PEOPLE CAME FROM BAJA.
>> WE HAD THE MAYOR THERE, MAYOR
OF TEE YAWN JUAN PGH MAYORS FROM
ENCINITAS AND IMPERIAL BEACH,
HALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
ALL WEIGHING IN TO LET THE
FEDERAL LEGISLATURES KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT THE ISSUES ARE TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> Peggy: REUBEN, ONE OF THE
MAJOR TOPIC WAS THE 10% CUTS TO
MILITARY.
WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THAT?
>> WE WALKED THE HALLS OF THE
PENTAGON ON OUR TRIP.
WE MET WITH PENTAGON OFFICIALS
FROM THE NAVY, MARINES,
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OFFICE AS
WELL.
WE WERE STATING THE CASE THAT
SAN DIEGO IS A GREAT HOME FOR
THE MILITARY.
IF THERE ARE REDUCTIONS WE THINK
SAN DIEGO CAN ACCOMMODATE THE
REDUCTIONS FROM OTHER AREAS AND
A SIMULATE THEM VERY WELL.
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATION OF MILITARY
PERSONNEL IN THE UNITED STATES
HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
ONE IN FOUR JOBS IN SAN DIEGO IS
RELATED TO THE MILITARY OR
BENEFITS ECONOMICALLY FROM
MILITARY INVESTMENT HERE.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US.
WE STATED THE CASE WITH MAYOR
SANDERS, TODD AND OTHERS IN THE
PENTAGON AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVES
STATING THE CASE THE MILITARY IS
IMPORTANT HERE AND WE WILL DO
WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP THE
PRESENCE HERE.
>> Peggy: SOME OF THE ONE ON
FOUR JOBS IS MONEY SPENT AT
RESTAURANTS AND PLACES IN TOWN.
>> YES, DEFINITELY.
>> Peggy: TODD, IF THE BUSH ERA
CUTS GO THROUGH WHAT WOULD BE
THE IMPACT HERE ON SAN DIEGO?
THE MILITARY AND WHAT ELSE?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE PROFOUND.
OTHER SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY.
I PAID A VISIT TO THE HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THEY ARE FACING LARGE CUTS LIKE
TO SECTION 8 WHERE WE HAVE
15,000 FAMILIES RECEIVING
ASSISTANCE.
IF THEY'RE CUT HOW ARE THEY
GOING TO BE IMPACTED?
IT'S ALL ON THE TABLE AND AT
RISK IF WASHINGTON DOESN'T COME
TOGETHER FOR A BIPARTISAN
CONCLUSION.
>> Peggy: THE MENTIONS
TRANSPORTATION, TROLLEY SERVICE
AND REUBEN, WHAT ABOUT THE
BORDER ISSUES.
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR
ISSUES TO MAKE SURE THE SAN
YSIDRO CROSSING IS ADEQUATELY
FUNDING.
WE HAVE FUNDED ONE OF THREE
PHASES.
THE MEXICANS HAVE JUT ABOUT
COMPLETED THE ENTIRE RENOVATION
OF THE SAN YSIDRO PORT OF ENTRY.
WE WERE THERE FOR FUNDING OF
PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, TRULY
DECREASING THE BORDER WAIT
TIMES, CREATE EFFICIENT SEE.
WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH STUDIES
THAT WILL LEAD TO MORE
INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION ON
OUR SIDE OF THE BORDER.
>> Peggy: HOW DID THEY RESPOND
TO THAT.
>> VERY WELL.
WE ARE BRINGING FEDERAL
OFFICIALS TO SAN DIEGO, SHOW
THEM THE BORDER, AND MAKE THE
CASE FOR THIS FUNDING THAT WE
HOPE FISCAL YEAR 2014 AND WE
WILL GET IT GOING.
>> Peggy: YOU WENT TO THE
SMITHSONIAN AND TALKED ABOUT
BALBOA PARK, TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> YES BALBOA PARK IS THE
SMITHSONIAN OF THE WEST.
WE WANTED TO GET THEIR
INVESTMENT IN 2016.
WE MET AND HAD GREAT
COLLABORATIONS.
I THINK AS A RESULTS OF THE
MEETING WITH MAYOR SANDERS AND I
WITH THEM WE WILL SEE EXHIBITS
IN 2015 IT'S EXCITING TIMES.
WE ARE LACKING FOR FORWARD
THINKING AND VISIONARY FOR
WONDERFUL ATTRACTIONS TO COME TO
OUR CITIZENS.
>> Peggy: THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.
WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
IN A WORD HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
THE TRIP.
>> PRODUCTIVE.
>> Peggy: YOU.
>> GREAT SUCCESS, MORE WORK TO
DO.
>> Peggy: THANK YOU,ED TO GLORIA
AND REUBEN BARRALES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.