THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST STORIES FROM KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

COMING UP, LAWSUITS AND NATIONAL CITY.

KPBS LOOKS AT RECENT CASES THAT LED TO MAJOR SETTLEMENTS TO AVOID TRIAL.

>> SAN DIEGO WANTS TO RAISE PARKING FEES FOR HIGH DEMAND AREAS.

WE WILL EXPLAIN THE DYNAMIC PRICING PLAN.

>> AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF DISPUTES, AND AGREEMENT IS REACHED OVER HOW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MANAGES ITS WATER.

WE START WITH A RESPONSE TO LAST WEEK'S I.C.E.

RAID AT SOUTH PARK THAT DREW NATIONAL ATTENTION.

LOCAL ELECTED LEADERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

WE HAVE TWO STORIES STARTING ON THE PUSHBACK BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

>> MORE THAN 20 I.C.E.

AGENTS CONDUCTED A WORKPLACE IMMIGRATION RATE IN SOUTH PARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THEY WERE BODY ARMOR, CARRY LARGE RIFLES AND USED FLASH BANG GRENADES TO CLEAR PROTESTERS.

DOZENS OF PEOPLE CHANTED AS FOUR RESTAURANT WORKERS WERE ARRESTED.

ON MONDAY, THE SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES CALLED THE RAID AGGRESSIVE, RECKLESS AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.

ONE CONGRESSMAN SAID THE MILITARIZED RESPONSE HAS TRAUMATIZED TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> WHY DID THE I.C.E.

AGENTS ENTER LIKE THEY WERE ENTERING A WAR ZONE WAS WHY WERE THEY SHOVING PEOPLE AGAINST THE WALLS AND HANDCUFFING EVERY WORKER INSIGHT?

>> CONGRESSWOMAN SARA JACOBS POINTED OUT NONE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE ARRESTED HAVE VIOLENT CRIMINAL RECORDS.

>> IT IS NOT ABOUT GOING AFTER CRIMINALS.

THEY ARE GOING AFTER PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTE INTO THE ECONOMY ECONOMY.

>> BOTH VARGAS AND JACOBS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AS MEMBERS OF THE MINORITY PARTY IN WASHINGTON D.C., THE LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.

THEY STILL WANT TO PUSHBACK ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MASK DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN.

VARGAS WANTS TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON FEDERAL JUDGES THAT SIGNED OFF ON WARRANTS LIKE THE ONE USED TO JUSTIFY THE RAID FRIDAY.

>> I HATE GOING AFTER FEDERAL JUDGES BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFICULT WORK.

I KNOW THAT AND I RESPECT THEM BUT THIS WAS A MISTAKE ON THEIR PART.

THEY ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.

>> THE FEDERAL REPORT DID NOT RESPOND TO COMMENT.

THE IMMIGRATION RAID THEY SAID WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

THEY CRITICIZED A SIMILAR WORKPLACE RAID AND AN ISIS TACTIC OF ARRESTING PEOPLE.

THEY SAY COMMUNITIES CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IF PEOPLE SPEAK OUT.

>> ALL THE PUBLIC PRESSURE ACTUALLY REALLY WORKS.

WE SAW THEM CHANGE THEIR POLICIES ON THE STUDENT VISA RELOCATIONS IN THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON SEPARATIONS AT THE BORDER BECAUSE OF PUBLIC PRESSURE.

>> CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS WARNED THESE TYPES OF RAIDS COULD BE JUST THE BEGINNING.

THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL CONGRESS RECENTLY APPROVED AND IT HAS MORE THAN $100 BILLION FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

>> THIS TERRIBLE WASTE OF RESOURCES, THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL THEY PASSED HAS $100 BILLION ADDED TO DO STUFF LIKE THIS.

>> HE ALSO CRITICIZED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR SAYING THEY ARE PRIORITIZING VIOLENT CRIMINALS BUT ARRESTING INNOCENT PEOPLE.

>> IT IS COMING FROM INSIDE OUR OWN GOVERNMENT.

IT IS OUR GOVERNMENT TERRORIZING OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UPSIDE DOWN AND WRONG.

>> ONE I.C.E.

SPOKESPERSON DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> LAST WEEK'S I.C.E.

RAID TARGETING RESTAURANT WORKERS HAD THE ATTENTION OF UNION LEADERS.

THEY CALLED IT A CRUEL ATTACK THAT TERRORIZES THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE THAT PART OF THE STORY AND DETAILS ON THE WARRANT THAT LED TO THE RAID.

>> LABOR LEADERS HOLD A RALLY IN FRONT OF THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN TO CONDEMN THE RAID LAST WEEK.

>> A WAVE OF TERROR HAS BEEN UNLEASHED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

>> THEY SAID WHAT HAPPENED IN SOUTH PARK IS REMINISCENT OF A DICTATORSHIP.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF LABOR UNIONS SAID THE RAID WAS A SCARE TACTIC MEANT TO INTIMIDATE WORKERS.

>> THEY TOLD US IT WAS ABOUT CRIMINALS AND MAKING AMERICA SAFER.

NOW THOSE OF US THAT HAVE WORKED IN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY FOR YEARS KNEW THAT IT WAS ALL WEAK.

>> A POST ON THE DOOR SAID ALL LOCATIONS IN SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES ARE CLOSED MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

>> WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING WORKERS.

>> IN THE WARRANT RELEASED YESTERDAY, THEY SAID 50% OF THE WORKERS OBTAINED FAKE DOCUMENTS TO OBTAIN WORK.

LEGAL LEADERS STATE IS NO REASON FOR THE SHOW OF FORCE FRIDAY.

>> THEY HANDCUFFED WORKERS.

THEY FIRED EXPLOSIVES THEIR FAMILIES AND THEY LEFT WORKERS AND FAMILIES TREMBLING.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POLITICIANS TREAT HUMAN BEINGS AS IF THEY ARE TARGETS.

>> ACCORDING TO THE WARRANT, HOMELAND SECURITY RECEIVED THE INITIAL TO NOVEMBER OF 2020 ABOUT WORKERS USING FRAUDULENT GREEN CARDS.

A FOLLOW-UP TO CAME AT THE END OF JANUARY THIS YEAR.

A DHS INVESTIGATION IN FEBRUARY SHOWED 19 WORKERS SUBMITTED FRAUDULENT GREEN CARDS THAT LED TO THIS ON FRIDAY RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF FOUR WORKERS.

>> THEY SENT MASKED ARMED TROOPS INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HIGH-GRADE MILITARY WEAPONS FOR FAKE PAPERS LIKE THAT IS UTTER [BLEEP].

>> SOME CALLED I.C.E.

AGENTS TERRORIST IN THESTATE- SPONSORED TERRORISM OF AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.

THAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF STEPHEN MILLER, THE WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF.

HE WAS UNAPOLOGETIC.

>> STEPHEN MILLER AND DONALD TRUMP, JUST LIKE ANY BULLY, DON'T LIKE TO BE CALLED OUT.

SO THEY TRY TO INTIMIDATE AGAIN.

I CALLED HIM A FASCIST BECAUSE HE IS A FASCIST.

>> THEY SAY THEY ARE STILL REVIEWING THE ALLEGATIONS AIDED IN THE WARRANT.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> A WARNING FOR THE NEXT STORY BECAUSE IT INCLUDES VIOLENT IMAGES.

IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, NATIONAL CITY HAS PAID TO SETTLES THREE SEPARATE CIVIL LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY THE PEOPLE WHO DIED AFTER POLICE OFFICERS CONFRONTED THEM.

CORY SUZUKI SAID THOSE SETTLEMENTS HAVE REIGNITED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW POLICE RESPOND TO PEOPLE IN THEM UNTIL HEALTH CRISIS AND HOW THE CITY'S APPROACH IS CHANGING.

>> THE CEMETERY IS QUIET.

THE TINY PLOT OF LAND TUCKED AWAY BEHIND THE MORTUARY AND SOUTHWEST SAN DIEGO.

ON SPRING EVENINGS, THE SUN SPILLS ACROSS THE GRASS.

ROBERTO COMES EVERY WEEK TO CHANGE THE FLOWERS.

HE PLACES THEM HERE.

HE WANTED HIS OLDER BROTHER'S GRAVESTONE TO HAVE COLOR.

>> HE LIKED BRIGHT COLORS.

WHEN IT CAME TO HIS STYLE AND PASSION AND ESPECIALLY SHOES.

I THINK IT STANDS OUT.

>> AS ROBERTO TELLS IT, HIS BROTHER BRIAN WAS A QUIET PERSON.

HE LIKED COLLECTING SNEAKERS.

LIKE ANY OTHER SIBLING, ROBERTO LOOKED UP TO HIM.

>> I REMEMBER THAT HE HAD HIS EARS PIERCED.

I WANTED TO.

IT WAS STUFF LIKE THAT.

HE WAS MY BIG BROTHER AND I WANTED TO FOLLOW WHATEVER HE WAS DOING.

>> BRIAN WAS CONFRONTED BY NATIONAL CITY POLICE OFFICERS AND EARLY MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER OF 2021.

ROBERTO SAID BRIAN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TRIGGERED BY THEIR FATHER'S DEATH EIGHT YEARS EARLIER.

BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE AND COURT RECORDS SHOW THE ENCOUNTER STARTED WHEN DISPATCHERS GOT A CALL ABOUT A PERSON BREAKING INTO A STORAGE FACILITY.

COUNTY INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PERSON SAID THEY WERE HOLDING A BLADE AND LEFT ON FOOT.

RE- OFFICERS RESPONDED.

BODY CAMERAS WERE GOING.

THEY FOUND BRIAN PACING THE SIDEWALK HOLDING A MACHETE IN HIS RIGHT HAND.

IN THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE IS BAREFOOT.

BECAUSE OF HIS BROWN PANTS LOOKING LIKE THEY WERE SOAKED WITH WATER, THEY ALLOWED HIM TO DROP THE MACHETE AND THREATENED TO RELEASE A POLICE DOG.

BRIAN STARTS WALKING AWAY.

ONE OF THE OFFICERS FIRES A TASER AND BRAIN PUNCHES.

TWO OFFICERS MOVE IN CLOSE.

BRIAN TURNS TOWARD THEM AND RAISES THE MACHETE.

TWO OFFICERS OPENED FIRE.

DAVIS WITH A HANDGUN AND THE OTHER WITH A HIGH-POWERED AR-15 RIFLE.

THEY HIT BRIAN EIGHT TIMES ACCORDING TO THE DA'S OFFICE.

IN THE VIDEO, BRIAN FREEZES AND TOPPLES FROM THE SIDEWALK INTO THE STREET.

IT WAS THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR YEARS THAT NATIONAL CITY POLICE CONFRONTED SOMEONE IN CRISIS AND THAT ENCOUNTER TURNED FATAL.

IN 2018, A BLACK MAN NAMED EARL MCNEIL STOPPED BREATHING IN CUSTODY AFTER OFFICERS USED A FULL-BODY RESTRAINT DEVICE AND FACE COVERING TO BIND HIS ARMS AND LEGS.

>> IN 2019, A WHITE MAN NAMED TONY WILSON DIED AFTER OFFICERS PRESSED HIM AGAINST THE GROUND AND TASED HIM REPEATEDLY.

COUNTY INVESTIGATORS EVENTUALLY DECLINED TO BRING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICERS THAT SHOT BRIAN BUT ROBERTO HAD QUESTIONS.

HE FELT THERE HAD BEEN CLEAR SIGNS THAT BRIAN WAS MENTALLY UNWELL.

HIS BARE FEET, THE TIME THAT 4:00 A.M. AND THE FACT HE WAS PACING BACK AND FORTH.

>> HE WAS GOING THROUGH MENTAL CRISIS.

AND THE OFFICERS DID NOT DE- ESCALATE.

>> A YEAR AFTER THE SHOOTING, ROBERTO FILED A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL COURT ARGUING OFFICERS FAILED TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION AND USED EXCESSIVE FORCE.

THE FAMILIES OF TONY WILSON AND EARL MCNEIL FILED THEIR OWN LAWSUITS.

THE CASE IS STRETCHED ON FOR YEARS BUT EVENTUALLY IN ALL THREE, NATIONAL CITY OFFICIALS DECIDED TO PAY TO RESOLVE THEM INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THEM TO GO BEFORE A JURY.

THIS PAST FEBRUARY, CITY OFFICIALS PAID ROBERTO AND HIS FAMILY $1 MILLION TO RESOLVE THEIR CASE.

>> EVERY OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IS TRAUMATIC FOR ALL INVOLVED.

>> CITY OFFICIALS SAID THE SETTLEMENT DID NOT MEAN THE CITY DID ANYTHING WRONG.

HERE IS THE CITY ATTORNEY SPEAKING AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

>> THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AGREE THAT THE OFFICER'S ACTIONS WERE JUSTIFIED DURING THE CRITICAL INCIDENT.

>> BUT FOR SOME EXPERTS, THESE SETTLEMENTS DO RAISE NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT NATIONAL CITY HAS LEARNED FROM THESE CASES.

JOANNA SCHWARTZ IS A PROFESSOR OF LAW AT UCLA AND A NATIONAL EXPERT ON POLICE MISCONDUCT LITIGATION.

SHE SAID THE CITY SHOULD BE CLOSELY EXAMINING THE INFORMATION THAT EMERGED IN COURT, COMBING THROUGH DEPOSITIONS AND DOCUMENTS.

>> IF THERE WAS AN AIRPLANE CRASH AND THREE PEOPLE DIED, YOU WOULD BE OPENING UP THAT BLACK BOX TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WENT WRONG.

AND WHETHER THERE WAS ANY SHIFT OR CHANGE TO BE MADE TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

>> THE SETTLEMENT HAS CHANGED SOME THINGS FORWARD GIRDLE.

THE CEMETERY WHERE BRIAN IS VERY USED TO BE A PLACE OF ANGER AND WORRY BUT WHEN HE VISITED THIS PAST APRIL, ROBERTO SAID THAT HE FELT CALM.

>> I'M VERY RELAXED WHEN I COME HERE NOW.

HERE HE AT PEACE.

>> STILL, HE DOES WORRY THAT THE CITY MAY PLAN TO MOVE ON FROM THIS CASE.

IN THE CASES OF THE OTHER FAMILIES.

TOMORROW, WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT NATIONAL CITY IS DOING WHEN IT COMES TO POLICIES AND RESPONDING TO PEOPLE IN CRISIS.

IN NATIONAL CITY, CORY SUZUKI, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IN 2018, NATIONAL CITY POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED A BLACK MAN NAMED ROLE MCNEIL.

THEY USED TO FULL-BODY RESTRAINT DEVICE AND A FACE COVERING TO BIND HIS ARMS AND LEGS.

MCNEIL HAD A HEART ATTACK IN CUSTODY.

A YEAR LATER, OFFICERS HELD A WHITE MAN NAMED TONY WILSON AGAINST THE GROUND AND TASED HIM REPEATEDLY.

HE STOPPED BREATHING.

IN 2021, OFFICERS CONFRONTED A LATINO MAN NAMED BRIAN MONAHAN WHO WAS WALKING BAREFOOT IN THE RAIN HOLDING A MACHETE.

THE OFFICERS TASED HIM AND SHOT HIM.

IN ALL THREE CASES, THE FAMILIES OF THESE MEN SAID THEY WERE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

INDEPENDENTLY, EACH OF THE FAMILIES SUED THE CITY ACCUSING OFFICERS OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE.

IN ALL THREE CASES, NATIONAL CITY LEADERS DECIDED TO PAY TO SETTLE THE LAWSUITS INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THEM TO GO TO TRIAL.

THIS PAST FEBRUARY, THEY APPROVED THE FINAL SETTLEMENT.

$1 MILLION FOR BRIAN'S FAMILY.

>> I WANT THERE TO BE SOME TRANSPARENCY.

>> THIS IS THE DAUGHTER OF WILSON, THE MAN THAT WAS HELD DOWN AND TASED.

SHE SAID IT FELT LIKE THE POLICE USED HER FATHER'S MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND THE FACT THAT HE HAD USED DRUGS AND WAS IN AND OUT OF JAIL, TO PAINT HIS LIFE AS LESS IMPORTANT.

>> THEY LITERALLY TALKED ABOUT MY DAD LIKE HE WAS A PIECE OF GARBAGE.

AND IT'S LIKE, HE WAS A HUMAN BEING.

>> JOANN SCHWARTZ IS A PROFESSOR OF LAW AT UCLA AND A NATIONAL EXPERT ON POLICE MISCONDUCT LITIGATION.

SHE SAID LAWSUITS LIKE THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIES TO EXAMINE WHAT MIGHT HAVE GONE WRONG AND WHAT CHANGES THEY CAN MAKE TO PREVENT FUTURE FATAL ENCOUNTERS.

>> THERE MAY HAVE BEEN WRONGDOING BY POLICE OR MAYBE NOT.

YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE INFORMATION IN THE LAWSUIT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT WRONG.

>> OFTEN, SCHWARTZ SAID THAT KIND OF REFLECTION DOESN'T HAPPEN.

>> WHAT I FOUND IS THAT OFTEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DON'T EVEN DO THAT FIRST ABOVE TRYING TO LEARN FROM THE LAWSUITS THAT HAVE BEEN RUN AGAINST THEM.

>> IN THE SEVEN YEARS SINCE THE FIRST IN CUSTODY DEATH, ELECTED OFFICIALS AT NATIONAL CITY HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES.

UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE PUBLIC, THE CITY COUNCIL PUSHED TO KEEP POLICE OFFICERS FROM BEING THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CRISIS.

MARCUS BUSH IS THE VICE MAYOR OF NATIONAL CITY.

>> IT WASN'T AS BIG OF A PRIORITY BEFORE.

THESE INCIDENTS UNFORTUNATELY PUSH IT TO BEING A PRIORITY.

PUSHING IT TO THE FOREFRONT.

>> THE CITY HAD A PROGRAM CALLED THE PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.

COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS THAT RESPONDED ALONGSIDE OFFICERS.

BUT THE COUNTY HAS STRUGGLED TO FULLY STAFF THE PROGRAM AND THEIR TEAMS ARE NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

IN JUNE OF 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO DEPLOY A NEW PROGRAM, THE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS.

THE POLICE CHIEF AT THE TIME SAID THAT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP.

>> POLICE RESPONDERS HAVING TO ANSWER THESE CALLS AND ARE BEING THE FIRST TO RESPOND.

IT IS A GOOD THING.

>> THE TEAMS ARE ALSO MADE UP OF LICENSED CLINICIANS BUT THEY DO NOT INCLUDE AN ARMED OFFICER.

THEY ARE ALSO DISPATCHED PRIMARILY THROUGH THE 988 CRISIS NUMBER INSTEAD OF 911 AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE 24/7.

NATIONAL CITY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE COUNTY TO SIGN UP.

>> WHEN I LOOK AT YEAR-OVER- YEAR, WE ARE DOUBLING THE CALL VOLUME.

>> THIS IS A PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE COMPANY THAT RUNS THE PROGRAM FOR MOST OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

SHE SAYS THAT FOUR YEARS IN AND THEY ARE SEEING POSITIVE SIGNS.

>> PEOPLE ARE FEELING MORE COMFORTABLE TO ACCESS MCRT.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ACCESSING US MORE FOR PEOPLE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THEM.

>> THE CITY ALSO LAUNCHED A SMALL TEAM OF CASEWORKERS TO RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS RELATED CALLS.

THEY DO COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH POLICE.

THE TEAM ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE ARMED OFFICERS.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUITS, IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT THE CITY HAS LEARNED FROM THEM.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DECLINED MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS AND REFUSED TO SAY WHAT LESSONS THEY ARE LEARNING FROM THESE CASES OR WHETHER THEY HAVE MADE ANY CHANGES TO THE POLICIES.

>> WHAT COULD WE KNEW AND WHAT WE COULD DO WAS BETTER.

>> THERE ARE STRIDES WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING TRUST BUT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO MORE OPENLY DISCUSS THESE CASES.

>> THIS INCIDENT WAS REALLY BAD.

LET'S MOVE ON.

BUT WE DON'T TAKE ENOUGH PREVENTATIVE STAFFS TO SAY, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN?

>> THEY SAY THEY HOPE TO CHANGE THE PATTERN BY HAVING MORE DISCUSSIONS ON THE COUNCIL AND EXPANDING THE ROLE OF THE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT BOARD.

THEY ARE HOPEFUL OF SOME OF THE CHANGES.

>> ADMITTING YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IS PART OF THE RESOLUTION.

AND I THINK THAT IS HUGE.

IT REALLY IS.

>> ABOVE ALL, THEY WANT TO REMIND CITY OFFICIALS THAT PEOPLE IN CRISIS ARE JUST AS HUMAN AND THEY DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH JUST AS MUCH DIGNITY.

IN NATIONAL CITY, CORY SUZUKI, KPBS NEWS.

>> CORY SUZUKI COVERS THE SOUTH BAY FOR KPBS AND ALSO COVERS ISSUES FROM IMPERIAL COUNTY.

YOU CAN FIND MORE OF HIS CONTENT ON KPBS.ORG AND ON THE KPBS YOUTUBE PAGE.

>>> THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARGED A SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER WITH EMBEZZLING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BUY PERSONAL ITEMS.

KPBS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS SAY THAT THE OFFICER ALLEGEDLY STOLE FROM THE CITY'S SCHOOL CROSSWALK PATROL PROGRAM.

>> INVESTIGATORS SERVED OFFICER CURTIS DOLE WITH SEARCH WARRANTS LAST YEAR.

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A RANGE OF ITEMS THAT THEY BELIEVE HE ILLEGALLY BOUGHT USING IT A PERMIT BANK ACCOUNT AND THEY FOUND PLENTY.

AIR PODS, NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS, HOLSTERS AND ELECTRONICS.

EVEN A PAIR OF COSTCO PANS THAT HE WAS WEARING THAT DAY.

DOLE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL.

THE PROGRAM TRAINS YOUNG STUDENTS TO PATROL CROSSWALKS.

THE ALLEGED ACTIONS CAME TO LIGHT DURING A COURT HEARING LAST MONTH.

>> I WAS BLOWN AWAY.

>> TOSHA WILLIAMSON IS A LOCAL ADVOCATE FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ATTENDED THE HEARING.

SOME FUNDING FOR THE CROSSWALK PATROL PROGRAM COMES FROM THE CITY AND SOME COMES FROM PARENTS .

>> I THINK THAT IT ERODES TRUST THE TO DETECTIVES.

THE PARENTS DID NOT PUT THE CHILDREN IN THESE PROGRAMS TO HAVE MONEY EMBEZZLED.

>> GOAL REMAINS A PAID EMPLOYEE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE NOT PUBLICLY ADDRESSED THE CRIMINAL CASE.

WILLIAMSON CRITICIZED THIS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITH PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN.

YOU HAVE TO BATTLE EVEN IN DIFFICULT TIMES SO THEY KNOW THAT YES, THIS HAPPENED.

AND THESE ARE THE STEPS WE WILL TAKE.

>> ONE SPOKESPERSON DECLINED TO ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CASE.

UNDER STATE LAW, DOLE WOULD PERMANENTLY LOSE HIS BADGE IF CONVICTED OF A FELONY.

HIS ARRAIGNMENT IS SET FOR LATER THIS MONTH.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> VOTING STARTED IN THE SOUTH BAY THIS WEEK IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT 1 SUPERVISOR.

KPBS HAS EXTENSIVE COVERAGE ON THE CANDIDATES, THE ISSUES AT THE KPBS VOTER HUB.

THE DISTRICT INCLUDES CHULA VISTA AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN DIEGO.

KPBS SOUTHBAY REPORTER CORY SUZUKI RECENTLY INTERVIEWED BOTH CANDIDATES ABOUT THE CAMPAIGNS.

YOU CAN FIND THE LINK ON THE KPBS VOTER HUB ON THE HOMEPAGE ON KPBS.ORG.

WE WILL HAVE MORE COVERAGE LEADING UP TO ELECTION DAY ON JULY 1st.

>>> YOU COULD SOON HAVE TO PAY MORE TO PARK IN SAN DIEGO.

OUR KPBS METRO REPORTER SAID THE PRICE YOU PAY AT METERS COULD FLUCTUATE BASED ON DEMAND .

>> STUDIES SHOW IF PARKING METERS ARE TOO CHEAP, THEY DON'T REALLY DO THEIR JOB OF MANAGING PARKING DEMAND AND INCREASING TURNOVER.

IF THEY ARE TOO EXPENSIVE, THEY MIGHT SIT EMPTY.

THAT IS WHY THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED SHIFTING TO DYNAMIC PRICING.

TAKE THE PARKING METERS ARE PETCO PARK.

THE PREMIUM PARKING SPOTS WILL GET MORE EXPENSIVE DURING THE PADRES GAMES WHEN PRIVATE LOTS AND GARAGES COULD EASILY CHARGE $50 OR MORE.

ONE COUNCILMEMBER SAID THAT IT IS COMMON SENSE OF EFFICIENCY.

>> I KNOW WE ARE USING DATA TO MAKE THE RIGHT DETERMINATION ON THIS.

IT HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN THE STUDY AND THEY WILL BE ANALYZED QUARTERLY.

TO MAKE SURE THE DATA IS DRIVING THE DECISION ABOUT THE PRICING.

>> THE COUNCIL ALSO ENDED A PROHIBITION ON CHARGING FOR PARKING ON SUNDAYS AND REVAMP THE RULES AROUND CREATING RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT ZONES.

ONE COUNCILMEMBER SAID THAT HE ASKED FOR THOSE CHANGES TO HELP RESIDENTS IN MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE OFFSTREET PARKING.

>> WHAT THIS MEANS IS RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN EXISTING PARKING METER ZONES WILL BE ABLE TO GET A PERMIT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO PARK AT THE METERS .

>> IN THE COMING WEEKS, THE COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO CHARGE FOR PARKING AT BALBOA PARK.

AT LEAST IN THE MOST HIGH DEMAND LOT THAT HAS BEEN MET WITH RESISTANCE FROM THE PARK'S MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS WHO FEAR IT WILL DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM VISITING THE PARK.

ONE COUNCILMEMBER DISAGREED.

>> I THINK THIS IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF SAN DIEGO NEEDING TO BE MORE CONFIDENT IN ITSELF.

PEOPLE WILL GO TO BALBOA PARK.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PARK WITH INCREDIBLE MUSEUMS AND RESOURCES.

WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.

>> THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AGREED TO STUDY A PROGRAM THAT WOULD OFFER DISCOUNTS TO CITY RESIDENTS WHO PARK AT THE BALBOA PARK LOTS.

THE CITY STILL HAS TO UPDATE SIGNAGE AND DO MORE STUDY AND OUTREACH FOR CHANGING PARKING METER RATES AND ENFORCEMENT HOURS.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO CAST ITS FINAL VOTE NEXT WEEK ON THE PROPOSED CITY BUDGET.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTERS SAY THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP LIBRARIES OPEN ON MONDAYS.

>> MAYOR TODD GLORIA'S BUDGET PROPOSAL WOULD CLOSE ALL 37 LIBRARY BRANCHES ON SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS, SAVING THE CITY MORE THAN $8 MILLION.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVOCATES HAVE ARGUED THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, CUTS ARE NOT FAIR TO COMMUNITIES THAT NEED LIBRARY RESOURCES THE MOST.

>> PEOPLE HAVE REALLY TURNED OUT AND SAID THAT IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT BUDGETING IS HARD BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SET OF PRIORITIES THAT WE WANT TO BUDGET FOR AND WE DO THAT AS INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES.

WE DO THAT IN THE COMMUNITIES AND WE EXPECT OUR CITY TO DO THE SAME THING.

THERE ARE PRIORITIES WE HAVE AND WE ARE NOT WILLING TO GIVE THOSE UP.

>> NEXT, SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THEIR BUDGET PRIORITIES.

EIGHT OUT OF NINE HAVE SAID THAT THEY WANT TO SEE LIBRARY HOURS RESTORED, ESPECIALLY ON MONDAYS .

A NEW REPORT FROM THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYST OUTLINES THE COST AND STAFFING NEEDS FOR MONDAY HOURS AT 14 OF THE 37 BRANCHES, INCLUDING THE TIME LIBRARIES THAT OFFER AFTER SCHOOL HOMEWORK HELP.

MONDAY HOURS WOULD COST ABOUT $3 MILLION FOR THE FULL DAY AND $2 MILLION FOR A HALF DAY.

EIGHT MEMBERS ALSO WANT TO AVOID CUTTING RECREATIONAL HOURS.

THAT COULD COST BETWEEN $300,003,000,000, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF CENTERS INCLUDED.

>> THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES OFTEN DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.

>> THIS COUNCILMEMBER SAID THAT ONE WAY TO PAY FOR RESTORED HOURS IS TO MOVE UP THE START DATE FOR PAID PARKING AT BALBOA PARK.

GLORIA'S BUDGET SUGGESTS STARTING JANUARY 1st, CHARGING FOR PARKING.

COUNCILMEMBERS SAY THAT STARTING BY LABOR DAY COULD BRING IN ANOTHER $5.5 MILLION.

THEY SAY THE CITY COULD ALSO CONSIDER CHARGING NONRESIDENTS TO PARK AT THE ZOO.

>> WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE MAKING THE FOLKS PAY WHY WOULD WE NOT DO THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF REOPENING LIBRARIES AND NEVER SHUTTING DOWN LIBRARIES OR PARKS.

>> THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE REPORT ON FRIDAY.

THEY WILL MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND ADOPT A FINAL BUDGET ON TUESDAY.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> A 15 YEAR WATER WAR IS OVER AT LAST.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S TWO LARGEST WATER AGENCIES HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT.

JOHN CARROLL SAID THE LANDMARK SETTLEMENT SIGNALS A NEW ERA OF WATER SUSTAINABILITY IN THE REGION.

>> THIS IS A MOMENT THAT SOME THOUGHT WOULD NEVER COME.

THE SIGNING OF AGREEMENTS SIGNALING THE END OF LITIGATION BETWEEN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AND THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

LITIGATION THAT BEGAN IN 2010.

>> AT TIMES, I KNOW IT WAS SEEMINGLY AN UNBRIDGEABLE TO DIVIDE.

>> NEXT TORONTO CHAIRS THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY BOARD AND DESCRIBED THE LEGAL BATTLES OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS IN STARK TERMS.

>> WE HAVE DEFINED A GENERATION OF WATER POLICY, STRAINED RELATIONSHIPS, COST AND OFTEN, DIVERTED COLLECTIVE FOCUS AND ENERGY AWAY FROM WHAT I BELIEVE MATTERS THE MOST, THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.

>> THE LITIGATION BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES, CENTERED AROUND THE PRICE THE WATER AUTHORITY PAYS TO LOS ANGELES-BASED METROPOLITAN, FOR THE EXCHANGE OF WATER.

BEGINNING IN 2010, THE AUTHORITY REPEATEDLY CHALLENGED THE METROPOLITAN PRICE.

BOTH SIDES WON LEGAL BATTLES ALONG THE WAY.

NOW, THE WATER AUTHORITY WILL PAY A FIXED PRICE FOR THE METROPOLITAN WATER ADJUSTED ANNUALLY FOR INFLATION.

THE PRICE WILL NO LONGER BE TIED TO THE METROPOLITAN RATES OF PRIMARY FACTOR IN THE DISPUTES.

NOW, THE AUTHORITY CAN OFFER WATER DELIVERIES TO OTHER WATER AGENCIES THAT GET THEIR WATER FROM METROPOLITAN.

>> ONE OF MY GOALS AS THE CHAIR IS TO PUT IT INTO THIS STRIFE.

VERY EXPENSIVE STRIFE.

IT ADDED UP TO $40 MILLION WHEN YOU COMBINE WHAT BOTH AGENCIES SPENT.

IT IS BETTER TO SEE THE SHARE OF CHALLENGES AND WORK TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME INTEREST IN MIND.

>> THEY SAY THE TWO AGENCIES STARTED TALKING IN EARNEST ABOUT ENDING THE LITIGATION ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

THEY SAY A NEW ERA OF COOPERATION IS BEGINNING AND THAT RATEPAYERS WILL BE THE EVENTUAL WINNERS.

>> THE WATER AUTHORITY HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER SUPPLIES THAT ARE NOT BEING USED BUT IT IS COMING AT A COST TO RATEPAYERS AND IT UNLOCKS THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO MOVE THAT WATER TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT MAY NEED IT.

THE IDEA OF EXCHANGING WATER WITHIN OUR SYSTEM BETWEEN THOSE AGENCIES THAT HAVE MORE THAN THEY NEED AND THOSE THAT MAY USE THAT SUPPLY IS A WAY OF SQUEEZING OUT EVERY DROP OF EFFICIENCY THAT THE INVESTMENTS ARE CREATING SO THAT THERE IS SOME RATE RELIEF IN SAN DIEGO BY BEING ABLE TO SELL THAT WATER TO A MORE BROAD PUBLIC.

>> MOVING FORWARD, THERE IS A BIGGER PICTURE TO CONSIDER.

LEADERSHIP FROM BOTH AGENCIES SAY THAT THIS LANDMARK SETTLEMENT SHOULD BE USED AS A TEMPLATE OF COOPERATION FOR OTHER AGENCIES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND INDEED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.

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