SHOW
SHOW CALIFORNIANS ARE POISED TO VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION TWENTY TWO THAT WOULD ALLOW DRIVERS
FOR APPS LIKE UBER AND LYFT TO
BE CLASSIFIED AS INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS INSTEAD OF
EMPLOYEES.
>> IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY
CONTENTIOUS STATEWIDE
PROPOSITIONS WE'VE BEEN
MONITORING.
NEWSAT STEVE PRICE JOINS US NOW
WITH A LOOK AT THE RESULTS SO
FAR STEVE AND BARBARA LEE, A
RECORD BREAKING AMOUNT OF MONEY
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY
MILLION DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT
ON PROPOSITIONS IN CALIFORNIA
JUST FOR THE MOST.
>> IT'S WHY NO ONE IS TALKING
ABOUT PROP 22 WHICH WOULD
CLASSIFY APP BASED DRIVERS.
>> SO THAT'S UBER.
THAT'S LYFT DRIVERS.
THEY WOULD BE INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS OVER TWO HUNDRED
AND TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
SPENT ON THIS ONE.
MOST OF THAT MONEY BY THE YES
PEOPLE WASN'T MONEY WELL SPENT.
WELL, TAKE A LOOK THE NUMBERS
YOU CAN SEE IT WAS BECAUSE YES.
IS UP BY ALMOST ONE POINT FIVE
MILLION VOTES AND THIS IS WITH
MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE
VOTES ACROSS THE STATE HAVING
BEEN COUNTED.
NOW ANOTHER EXPENSIVE
CONTENTIOUS BATTLE IS PROP
FIFTEEN.
THAT ONE LOOKS TO ROLL BACK THE
PROP 13 PROPERTY TAX
PROTECTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL REAL
ESTATE, NOT FOR HOMES BUT FOR
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.
AND SUPPORTERS SAY IT'S GOING
TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES, PROVIDE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SCHOOLS
AND FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
OPPONENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE SAY
THAT IT WILL HURT SMALL
BUSINESSES AND I'LL TELL YOU
THAT THIS ONE HAS BEEN CLOSE
ALL NIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN GOING BACK AND
FORTH.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING AND YOU CAN
SEE NO IS JUST BARELY AHEAD NOW
NOT EVEN BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND
VOTES.
SO THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY GOING
GO DOWN TO THE WIRE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT PROP 23.
THIS ONE LOOKS TO INCREASE
REGULATIONS ON DIALYSIS CLINICS
IN CALIFORNIA.
A COMMERCIALS RUN FOR THIS ONE.
AND THOSE COMMERCIALS SEEM TO
BE WORKING AS IT IS HEADING FOR
DEFEAT BY ALMOST A TWO TO ONE
MARKETING SEE 63 PERCENT TO 37
PERCENT.
OK.
PERCENT. OK. ALSO HEADING FOR DEFEAT AT
LEAST AT THIS POINT
PROPOSITIONS THAT ARE DEALING
WITH AFFIRMATIVE ACTION,
ELIMINATING THE MONEY BAIL
SYSTEM AND ALSO RENT CONTROL.
THOSE ARE THE STATEWIDE
PROPOSITIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT
SOME OF THE LOCAL MEASURES A
LITTLE LATER IN THE SHOW.
CARLO, THANKS.
TAPE FOR NEARLY A YEAR NOW THE
CONSTITUENTS OF SAN DIEGO'S
FIFTIETH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A
REPRESENTATIVE BUT THAT IS
ABOUT TO CHANGE.
FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
DARRELL ISSA IS IN A TIGHT
BATTLE WITH DEMOCRATIC
CHALLENGER AMAR CAMP IN A JAR
FOR THE SEAT WHICH WAS LEFT
VACANT BY DISGRACED FORMER
CONGRESSMAN DUNCAN HUNTER.
HUNTER RESIGNED IN JANUARY
AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO
MISUSING CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
TONIGHT WE'RE COVERING BOTH
SIDES OF THIS RACE.
LET'S START WITH NEWS EIGHT.
STEVE FIORINA WHO IS LIVE
DOWNTOWN WHERE DARRELL ISSA IS
EXPECTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT STEVE
,DARRELL ISSA HAS COME UP AND
SPOKEN ALREADY.
>> HE IS KIND OF CAUTIOUS.
HE IS VERY OPTIMISTIC.
THIS HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN
DISTRICT.
THE HUNTERS DUNCAN HUNTER
JUNIOR AND HIS FATHER BASICALLY
HELD THAT SEAT FOR DECADES AND
NOW AS YOU SAID, EMPTY FOR A
YEAR.
DARRELL LYSA HAS BEEN OFF
CONGRESS FOR TWO YEARS.
HE TOOK A TERM OFF AFTER NINE
IN OFFICE.
WE'RE SHOWING YOU NOW SOME OF
THE CELEBRATION HERE, THE
REPUBLICAN WATCH PARTY IN
MISSION VALLEY TONIGHT.
THEY ARE THERE HAVE BEEN VERY
SEVERAL OUTBURSTS AS TRUMP
WOULD WIN SEVERAL STATES AND
QUIET WHEN BIDEN STATES WERE
VICTOR VICTORIES WERE NAMED
DARRELL ISSA.
AS I SAID, CAUTIOUS.
HE SAYS HE'S OPTIMISTIC AND
WANTS TO HOLD OFF BEFORE HE
DECLARES ANYTHING UNTIL A
LITTLE BIT LATER.
BUT HE DID TALK TO THE CROWD
VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M GOING TO PROVE TONIGHT
THAT YOU CAN RECYCLE ANYTHING
IN CALIFORNIA.
YOU LIKE THAT?
FINALLY SOMETHING FOR THE
PRESS.
BUT WE'RE IN A STATISTICAL TIE
.
WE KNOW THAT THE LATE VOTES ARE
OUR VOTES SO WE'RE FEELING
FEELING GOOD BUT WE'RE GOING TO
WAIT FOR THAT NEXT ROUND TO
COME IN.
HE HAS NOT SPOKEN SINCE.
>> WE UNDERSTAND HE'S STILL
AROUND.
HE HAS PROMISED THAT HE WILL
SPEAK TO US A LITTLE LATER
AFTER A MORE DEFINITIVE TALLY
HAS BEEN TAKEN AGAIN.
DARRELL ISSA LOOKING TO GO BACK
TO CONGRESS AFTER A TWO YEAR
RETIREMENT VACATION.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT ALL TURNS
OUT FOR HIM.
WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM.
I EXPECT WITHIN THE HOUR BACK
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AT THIS
POINT.
>> THANKS, STEVE.
WELL, YOU JUST HEARD FROM ISIS
CAMP.
LET'S SEND IT OVER NOW, SAYS
DAVID GOTTFREDSON WHO'S LIVE IN
OKLAHOMA.
DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER MARK CAMP
ANJAR IS WATCHING THE RESULTS
ROLL IN AS WELL.
DAVID HEY, IF YOU THINK YOUR
VOTE DOESN'T COUNT IN THIS
ELECTION HERE IN ALCOHOL AT THE
OFFICES OF A MARS CAMP IN THE
JAR, THE RACE FOR THE FIFTIETH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT COULD
NOT GET ANY CLOSER 50 PERCENT
TO 50 PERCENT RIGHT NOW.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME VIDEO OF
THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE OFFICE WE
SHOT EARLIER.
THESE VOLUNTEERS JUST PACKED UP
AND LEFT ABOUT AN HOUR AGO BUT
THEY WERE ON THE PHONES RIGHT
UP UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK.
I MEAN I SAW ONE VOLUNTEER CALL
A GUY AT SIX MINUTES TO 8:00.
THE CONSTITUENT HAD NOT CAST
HIS VOTE AND THE VOLUNTEER
TALKED HIM INTO GOING DOWN TO
THE POLLS AND GETTING IN LINE
AND VOTING.
THAT'S HOW DEDICATED THESE
VOLUNTEERS WERE.
NOW INITIALLY CAMP AND AJA WAS
UP BY 20 200 VOTES.
THAT HAS SLIPPED TO ABOUT
SIXTEEN HUNDRED VOTES.
NOW WE SPOKE TO CAMP IN THE JAR
VEHA ZOOM AFTER THE NUMBERS
CAME IN AND HERE'S WHAT HE HAD
TO SAY.
>> OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HAPPY WITH
THE EARLY SHOWING.
LAST TIME WE WERE DOWN BY EIGHT
POINTS AND THEN CAME UP WITH
THREE POINTS IN THE END.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS LEAD HOLD
EXPANDS AND WE HAVE A
CONGRESSMAN WHO IS OF THE
PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE
PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS
YOU HAVE CHANGED THE CULTURE OF
THIS DISTRICT FOREVER.
AFTER ALL THE TV ADS AND ALL
THE TV MONEY AND ALL THE PAID
COMMUNICATION, THE PEOPLE THAT
WILL REMEMBER YOU ARE WHAT
MATTER.
YOU'VE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK
ON THIS DISTRICT ON THIS
COUNTRY.
YOU'VE MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE
NEARLY POSSIBLE AND NEVER
FORGET THE POWER THAT YOU
POSSESS AS A CITIZEN.
AND PLEASE TAKE THAT TO HEART.
KEEP FIGHTING NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS TONIGHT.
>> WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE VIDEO
OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN HIS OFFICE
HERE PACKING UP HUGGING IN
PRETTY GOOD MOOD.
IT'S A VERY CLOSE RACE.
IT'S ANYONE'S RACE AT THIS
POINT BUT THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC
AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS SUCH
A REPUBLICAN LEANING
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR A
DEMOCRAT TO BE THIS CLOSE IN
THE RACE IS REALLY A TESTAMENT
TO THE GOOD JOB THAT THE
VOLUNTEERS HERE HAVE DONE.
DAVID GOTTFREDSON REPORTING
LIVE FOR US TONIGHT A VERY
CLOSE RACE INDEED.
AND AS HE MENTIONED, IT'S KIND
OF STUNNING THAT IT COULD EVEN
BE THAT CLOSE IN THAT
TRADITIONALLY VERY RED
DISTRICT.
IT WAS THE HUNTER FAMILIES SEAT
FOR DECADES.
SO MANY TIGHT RACES IN A YEAR
WITH RECORD VOTER TURNOUT.
WE'LL HAVE MORE RIGHT AFTER
THIS.