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

COMING UP, A PAINFUL BUDGET SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE.

DETAILS ON THE SPENDING PLAN APPROVED BY THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL AS IT TRIES TO MINIMIZE CUTS TO SERVICES.

BACK SEE HOW A SMALL RADIO STATION IN NORTH COUNTY SERVES THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND A NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR LOCAL HEALTHCARE.

WHAT PATIENTS NEED TO KNOW AS SHARP TEAMS UP WITH TRI-CITY.

>>> WE START WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW I.C.E.

IS CHANGING TACTICS FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WHICH INCLUDES TARGETING PEOPLE COMING OUT OF IMMIGRATION COURT .

WE HAVE MORE ON THE BROADER LEGAL STRATEGY TO INCREASE DEPORTATION.

>> Reporter: WHEN I SAY INTERESTING PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO IMMIGRATION COURT, LOCAL IMMIGRATION LAWYERS WANT SURPRISED.

>> WE HEARD ABOUT THIS HAPPENING IN OUR CITIES AND WE WERE WAITING FOR OUR TURN AND WE WILL BE COMING.

>> Reporter: TRACY WAS ONE OF THEM.

ON MAY 22, SHE RUSHED TO THE EDWARD J SCHWARTZ FEDERAL BUILDING IN SAN DIEGO AND REPRESENTED A COLOMBIAN MAN SEEKING POLITICAL ASYLUM.

>> HE CAN'T GO BACK HOME.

HE IS IN DANGER AT HOME.

THAT IS WHY HE IS HERE.

HE FILED HIS ASYLUM APPLICATION AND ATTENDED EVERY COURT HEARING.

HE WAS DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY BECAUSE HE IS AN ATTORNEY IN COLUMBIA.

HE KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO FULFILL YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS IF YOU WANT THE BENEFIT OF BEING IN A NEW COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH SHE SAID THE MAN OBEYED THE LAW AND SHOWED UP TO HIS HEARING, I.C.E.

AGENTS ARRESTED HIM WHEN HE WALKED OUT OF THE COURTROOM.

IMMIGRATION LAWYERS SAY IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A NEW TACTIC IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S MASS DEPORTATION STRATEGY.

IT INVOLVES THE FUNNELING PEOPLE IN THE FAST TRACK DEPORTATION HEARINGS KNOWN AS EXPEDITED REMOVAL.

GINGER JACOBS IS A LAWYER WITH MORE THAN 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

>> THIS IS UNUSUAL AND GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

THE STRATEGY IS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ATTORNEY IS CONSIDERED THE PROSECUTOR IN THE CASE.

MAKES A MOTION TO THE JUDGE.

I THINK MOST OF THE MOTIONS WERE ORAL FROM WHAT I COULD TELL SAYING WE WOULD LIKE TO TERMINATE PROCEEDINGS AND DISMISS ALL CHARGES AGAINST THIS PERSON.

NOW, NORMALLY, WE WOULD THINK AS AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY, WE THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING WITH YOUR CLIENT OUT OF IMMIGRATION COURT PROCEEDINGS AND MAYBE MOVE ON TO PURSUE ANOTHER FORM OF RELIEF.

>> Reporter: THAT ISN'T WHAT IS HAPPENING.

BY TERMINATING CASES, SHE SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN'T REDO THIS FOR THOSE LESS THAN TWO YEARS HERE AND TRY TO DEPORT THEM OUT WITH ONE MORE HEARING.

>> THE REASON THEY WERE TRYING TO TERMINATE MORE CASES WAS IF IT WAS TERMINATED OR THE WASN'T UNDER THE COURTS JURISDICTION, THEY WERE BEING SUBJECTED TO EXPEDITED REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, WHICH IS A FORM OF REMOVAL THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE THE JUDGE.

>> Reporter: UNDER EXPEDITED REMOVAL, IMMIGRANTS HAVE FAR FEWER RIGHTS.

THEY DON'T NEED A LAWYER.

INSTEAD OF A HEARING BY AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE, THEY ARE INTERVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY EMPLOYEES.

LAWYERS SAY THE STRATEGY IS A WAY TO AVOID GIVING IMMIGRANTS TO PROCESS AND EXACTLY WHAT THIS IMMIGRATION LAWYER SAID I.C.E.

TRIED TO DO TO ONE OF HER CLIENTS.

IT SEEMS THEY ARE TARGETING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN UNITED STATES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS BECAUSE THEY GET THOSE EXPEDITED REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS AND START OF -- INSTEAD OF THEM REACHING THE END.

>> Reporter: THEY DISMISSED THE MOTION TO DISMISS THE CASE OF THE CLIENT WASN'T PUT INTO EXPEDITED REMOVAL ARRESTED AND SENT TO THE DETENTION CENTER WHERE MORE THAN 80% OF ALL DETAINEES DON'T HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD.

IMMIGRATION LAWYERS SAVE THESE CASES UNDERCUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CLAIM THAT THEY ARE FOCUSING ON MURDERERS, VIOLENT CRIMINAL AND CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION.

>> THEY HAVE SAID THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING THAT THAT IS THEIR PRIORITY AND THEY WON'T FIND THOSE PEOPLE GOING TO COURT .

THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T THERE.

THEY BLEW OFF THEIR COURT DATES.

>> Reporter: I.C.E.

RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR THIS AND THEY SAY THESE CASES HAVE A SILVER LINING THAT THEY DO LEAD TO A CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT IMMIGRATION ISSUES.

>> I THINK PEOPLE PREFER THIS TO BE UNDER THE RUG AND OUTSIDE OF THEIR FIELD OF VISION BUT NOW THAT IT IS IN THEIR FIELD OF VISION AB PEOPLE WILL GET BEHIND COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT TREATS PEOPLE WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY.

>> Reporter: RECENT POLLING SHOWS JUST OVER 50% OF AMERICANS STILL APPROVE OF TRUMPS IMMIGRATION POLICY, BUT IT IS A SLIGHT DROP FROM FEBRUARY.

>> ANOTHER TACTIC IN THE CRACKDOWN IS A NEW TRAVEL BAN THIS WEEK.

THE LATEST RESTRICTIONS INCLUDE MORE COUNTRIES AND WE SAW DURING TRUMP'S FIRST TERM AND LIKE WE SAW IN 2017 GROWING PROTEST.

WE SHOW YOU ONE OF THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS.

>> Reporter: AS TRAVELERS ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO FROM JAPAN, THEY WERE MET WITH PROTESTERS AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S LATEST TRAVEL BAN.

THE BAN WENT INTO EFFECT IN MONDAY IN 12 COUNTRIES AND IMPOSES HIGH RESTRICTIONS ON SEVEN OTHERS.

AFGHANISTAN HAS THOUSANDS AWAITING RESETTLEMENT INCLUDED IN THE BAN.

HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO BRING HIS FAMILY AND FIANCI FROM AFGHANISTAN HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

>> IT IS ABUSE OF POWER.

THEY ARE SYSTEMATICALLY ATTACKING THE REFUGEES.

I AM ONE OF THEM.

EVEN THOUGH I HAVE CITIZENSHIP AND THIS CITIZENSHIP DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING FOR THIS GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: HE IS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE HE IS BEEN MET WITH ROADBLOCK AFTER ROADBLOCK.

>> IT TOOK LONGER SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE TRAVEL BAN AND THEN THERE WAS THE CANCELLATION.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THE VAN HE SAID IT WAS A WAY TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES.

>> THE STRENGTH OF THE RESTRICTIONS WE ARE APPLYING DEPENDS ON THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT POSED.

THE LIST IS SUBJECT TO REVISION BASED ON WHETHER MATERIAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE AND LIKEWISE NEW COUNTRIES COULD BE ADDED AS THREATS EMERGE AROUND THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE SAY THIS IS NOT ABOUT SAFETY BUT RATHER A RACIST POLICY MEANT TO ATTACK AND PUNISH IMMIGRANTS.

>> IT IS RACIST BECAUSE IT ONLY INCLUDES MUSLIMS AND BLACK AFRICANS AND BROWN PEOPLE FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

AND IT IS UN-AMERICAN BECAUSE IT GOES AGAINST THE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES AND FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

>> Reporter: HERE THEY ARE CALLING ON LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES TO PASS THIS ACT WHICH LIMITS THE PRESIDENTS POWER TO ENACT TRAVEL BANS.

>>> STUDENTS AND PEOPLE JUST STARTING THEIR CAREERS ARE ALSO GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION.

OUR REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE HAS MORE ON THE BRAIN DRAIN AFFECT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

>> Reporter: SKILLED FOREIGN WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE CONTROVERSIAL FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT THIS ECONOMICS PROFESSOR SAID OF THOSE WHO SEE ONLY THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS MISTAKENLY BELIEVE THAT MIGRATION IS A ZERO-SUM GAME.

>> AND IMMIGRANTS, THEY TAKE AWAY JOBS SO THERE HAS TO BE ZERO-SUM AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WHEN YOU THINK OF COUNTRIES THAT SEND IMMIGRANTS, RIGHT, THERE IS THIS CONCEPTION THAT IT IS A ZERO-SUM GAME AND THEY ARE LOSING THE BRIGHTEST MINDS WHEN THESE FOLKS LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: HE SAID WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, IT IS CLEAR THERE ARE NOT ONLY WINNERS AND LOSERS WHEN STUDENTS AND WORKERS MIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES BUT THE SITUATION IS MORE NUANCED.

IN FACT IT IS SUGGESTED IT IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION EVEN AS IT DEFIES MANY HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS.

CONSIDER THE EXAMPLE OF AN INDIAN NATIVE TRAINED IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WHO DREAMS OF GETTING A HIGH PAYING JOB IN SILICON VALLEY.

A WORK VISA RUNS OUT MORE THEY CAN'T GET ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> SO THEY STAY BACK IN INDIA BUT WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT IN THE LONG RUN, IN INDIA, THERE IS A SKILLED WORKFORCE AND THEY ARE TRAINED AND READY TO WORK.

SO THEY TAP INTO THIS SKILLED WORKFORCE AND THIS TAKES OFF.

>> Reporter: AMERICAN FIRMS SEE THIS SKILLED WORKFORCE OVERSEAS AND THEN THEY OFFSHORE JOBS.

THEY SAID A SIMILAR SITUATION HAS OCCURRED WITH FILIPINO NURSES TRAINED IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> THE UNITED STATES NEEDED A LOT OF NURSE SO THEY MADE IT EASIER FOR NURSES TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES WHAT IT LED TO WAS A LOT OF WOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINES STARTED GETTING NURSING DEGREES AND GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: THOSE NURSES WHO GOT JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES SENT A LOT OF MONEY BACK HOME CREATING MORE WEALTH FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND OR EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS FOR FILIPINO KIDS.

SO WHAT HAS THE UNITED STATES GAINED FROM THE MIGRATION AND TRAINING OF SKILLED FOREIGN WORKERS?

HE POINTS OUT WHAT HE CALLS THE DOWNSTREAM BENEFITS OF THE INNOVATIONS TIED TO FOREIGN WORKERS.

>>> IF YOU THINK OF THE CAR MANUFACTURING SECTOR, IT USES A LOT OF THE SOFTWARE AND NOT JUST IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS BUT THE CARS HAVE SOFTWARE AND IT AND THAT INNOVATION OCCURRED IN MULLICAN VALLEY BY A BUNCH OF INDIAN IMMIGRANT.

>> Reporter: AMERICANS AND MOST POLITICAL SEE THINGS IN THIS GLOBAL ECONOMY THEY DON'T LIKE HIM.

HE ARGUES THE END RESULT ISN'T A BRAIN DRAIN BUT A BRAIN GAIN FOR THOSE COUNTRIES INVOLVED.

THE PAPER HE CO-AUTHORED IS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.

>> TOUGH CHOICES HAVE TO BE MADE BY THE SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL IN RECENT WEEKS TO FILL A SUBSTANTIAL BUDGET DEFICIT.

A NEW SPENDING PLAN MAKES FOR THE -- WAITS FOR THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE.

WE HAVE DETAILS AND WE SEE WHY LIBRARY ADVOCATES SEE THIS AS A WIN.

>> Reporter: THE COUNCIL VOTED 7-2 TO RESTORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROPOSED CUTS FROM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET.

SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES INCLUDE THE RESTORATION OF ALL FUNDING TO PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS AND MONDAY HOURS TO 16 OF THE CITIES 37 LIBRARIES.

SUNDAYS REMAIN CLOSED.

>> TO SHUTTER 37 BRANCHES TWO DAYS IN A ROW WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY DEVASTATING.

>> Reporter: THE MODIFIED BUDGET APPROVAL FOLLOWS DOZENS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ARGUING FOR THE RESTORATION OF FUNDING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS AND LIBRARIES WHICH IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ACCORDING TO PATRICK STEWART.

HE IS CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO LIBRARY FOUNDATION.

>> THERE ARE FLAGSHIP BRANCHES IN EACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL BRANCHES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IN UNDER RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE KEEP THESE BRANCHES NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN.

>> Reporter: THEY RELY ON NEW FORMS OF REVENUE LIKE CHARGING NONRESIDENTS TO PARK IN BALBOA PARK IN AND THE SAN DIEGO ZOO AND ALLOW ADVERTISING AND BILLBOARDS.

THIS ANALYST CAUTIONED THE MEMBERS THAT THEIR BUDGET HAS RISKS.

>> IF WE DO AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN , EVEN IF ALL OF THESE GOOD THINGS, THESE NEW REVENUES COME TO FRUITION, WE WILL BE FACED WITH A NEED FOR IMMEDIATE CUTS.

>> THE MAYOR'S OFFICE RESPOND TO THE MODIFIED BUDGET IN A STATEMENT SAYING THE COUNCIL ADDED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF NEW SPENDING AND CHANGES, MANY OF WHICH RAISE CONCERNS FROM BOTH THE INDEPENDENT BUDGET ANALYSTS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THEY WILL CLOSELY REVIEW THE COUNCILS AMENDMENTS TO MAKE SURE THE FINAL BUDGET MEETS THE LEVEL OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THIS MOMENT DEMANDS ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND GLOBAL INSTABILITY.

REGARDLESS OF POTENTIAL CHANGES, STUART SAID THERE NEEDS TO BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO AVOID MORE BUDGET FALLS AND LIBRARY CLOSURES IN COMING YEARS.

>> THE GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND BEGIN GETTING THE REST OF THE BRANCHES OPEN.

>> Reporter: UNDER THE CITY CHARTER, THE MAYOR HAS UNTIL JUNE 15 TO SIGN THE BUDGET AND A LOT EXERCISE HIS VETO AUTHORITY.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION TO OVERRIDE IT WITH SIX VOTES.

>> SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET A LIST OF OUR MOST POPULAR STORIES.

HERE ARE SOME FROM THIS WEEK.

ADVOCATES URGE LEADERS TO AND THE LICENSE PLACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AMEND -- AMID THE CRACKDOWN.

THEY SAID THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS INVESTIGATING COUNCILMEMBER TONY BLAINE AND THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT QUIETLY WATERED DOWN ITS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.

TRAN ONE LISTENERS KNOW THE VALUE OF RADIO NOT ONLY FOR NEWS AND MUSIC BUT VITAL INFORMATION DURING A VITAL INFORMATION.

WE GO TO THIS RESERVATION AND WE SHOW YOU HOW THE RADIO KEEPS THE COMMUNITY INFORMED WHILE KEEPING ITS CULTURE ALIVE THROUGH THE AIRWAVES.

>> THE RADIO STATION STARTED OUT AS A TOOL.

BUT 15 YEARS AGO THERE WERE SOME BAD FIRES AND COMMUNICATION AROUND HERE WAS TERRIBLE AND SAN DIEGO HAD ITS OWN FIRE TO DEAL WITH SO THE LOCAL WILL MEDIA IGNORED NORTH COUNTY.

EVACUATED BECAUSE THERE WERE FIRES ON BOTH SIDES AND MOST PEOPLE GET OUT OF TOWN FOR FOUR DAYS NOT REALIZE THEY COULD'VE COME BACK AFTER FOUR HOURS BECAUSE THE COMMUNICATION WAS THAT POOR.

WHEN A WINDOW OPENED UP FOR A NEW RADIO STATION, THE TRIBAL COUNCIL DECIDED TO APPLY FOR ONE HOPING TO AVOID THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO REACH ALL THE NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY COULD IN THEIR 18 TRIBES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND BEING THIS ESSENTIALLY CREATED MORE THE BENEFIT OF TRIBAL MEMBERS AND NOT JUST EMERGENCY MEDICATIONS WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPREAD AND PRESERVE YOUR CULTURE.

TO SIGN A SECOND WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS WITH ELDERS AND SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY CAST NOW AND WE ARE GLAD WE TALKED TO THEM.

BACK WHEN I DID THIS PAST AND PRESENT I STARTED INCORPORATING SOME OF THE LANGUAGE INTO THAT AND IT BUILT FROM THERE AND WE STARTED INCORPORATING MORE LANGUAGE AND WE COME UP WITH THE IDEA ABOUT DOING TIME CHECKS IN THE LANGUAGE.

I FIGURED IT WAS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN THE NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU COULD HEAR WHAT WE SAY AND LOOK AT THIS AND THINK, OKAY, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AND DOING IT ON TOP OF THE HOUR.

AND THIS MEANS WE ARE THE PEOPLE AND IT SAYS K PRI.

AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU WILL HEAR SOMETHING THAT MEANS IT IS 5:00 HERE AND WE DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES IN OUR.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE, AFTER A WHILE, YOU START TO SAY I KNOW IT IS THIS TIME AND SUDDENLY YOU'RE LEARNING NUMBERS IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGE.

>> WE ARE PRESERVING OUR CULTURE AND ALSO SHARING OUR CULTURE.

I GOT A CALL ONE TIME FROM A LADY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WONDERS WHY WE DON'T PLAY MORE LOCAL MUSIC LIKE NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC.

>> BIRD SONGS ARE A TYPE OF NATIVE MUSIC PARTICULAR TO THIS AREA AND YOU WILL HEAR DRUMMING.

AND WHILE THEY HAPPEN HERE THEY ARE NOT SO MUCH A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THING AND BIRD SONGS ARE AND THEY TELL STORIES.

WHAT YOU HEAR VERY OFTEN ISN'T PUBLISHED MUSIC BUT THINGS THAT GROUPS HAVE PROVIDED US WITH OR WE RECORDED.

I LEARNED MORE ABOUT BIRD SONGS THEM I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW.

>> IT IS KIND OF THE SPICE TELLING YOU YOU ARE LISTENING.

WE ARE HERE FOR AN EMERGENCY AND IT MAY ONLY BE 1/10 OF 1% OF THE TIME, BUT WHEN YOU NEED IT, YOU NEED IT.

THAT IS WHERE CELL PHONES FALL.

NO MATTER HOW GOOD BROADBAND GETS CUT WHEN IT HITS THE FAN, EVERYBODY WILL BE ON THERE AND THE BANDWIDTH IS GONE AND YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH.

YOU HAVE A RADIO AND YOU HAVE A WAY TO GET EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND NOT WORRY ABOUT WHETHER YOU ARE FIGHTING WITH 10,000 OTHER CELL PHONE USERS.

BACK WHEN I CAME TO THE RADIO STATION, I THOUGHT OF IT AS A RADIO STATION.

AFTER I STARTED WORKING HERE, WE MADE IT MORE HOURS AND A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS ARE DONE HERE AND I BELIEVE WE MADE A QUICK PIECE OF ART IS LEAST -- AT LEAST AS FAR AS OUR COMMUNITY CONCERNED.

>> ONCE AGAIN THAT VERY GOOD STORY WAS DONE BY OUR VIDEO JOURNALIST CAROLYN CORLISS.

>>> IN OUR GALLERY THAT CELEBRATES EXCLUDE -- INCLUSION AND EXPRESSIONS IS MARKING A MILESTONE WITH A SPECIAL SHOW.

THEY SAY THE ARTWORK IS 25 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

>> Reporter: SO PLEASE GALLERY IS A SPACE FOR ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO EXPLORE THEIR CREATIVITY THROUGH ART.

SHE IS A STUDENT OF THE ART STUDIO AND GALLERY.

>> MY MOSAIC FISH.

>> Reporter: HER FAVORITE WORK IS AN ORANGE BLACK AND WHITE FISH IN THE OCEAN MADE OF TINY TILES.

BESIDES UNDERWATER CREATURES CASH OF THE PIECES TOGETHER MANY OTHER CREATIONS.

>> LIKE A MOSAIC CLOUD OR MAILBOX.

>> THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH THAT DON'T SPEAK USING WORDS.

TRUCK SHE IS THE ART PROGRAM MANAGER HERE.

>> MAYBE THEY HAVE AND INNER VOICE EXPLORED THROUGH THE ARTWORK THAT MAYBE ISN'T NOTICED AND THEY GET THAT THROUGH THE ARTWORK.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS LIKE THIS LEARN FROM PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS ON SITE AND THIS VISUAL ARTIST IS AN ART INSTRUCTOR HERE AT SOPHIE'S GALLERY.

>> WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING LIKE WEAVING, THEY ARE PRINTMAKING.

>> Reporter: THE FREE CLASSES ARE FIVE DAYS A WEEK WITH ROUGHLY 200 STUDENT ARTISTS OVER THAT SPAN.

>> USUALLY WE HAVE ABOUT THREE CLASSES GOING ON AT ONCE AND THE ARTISTS COME IN AND THEY GET A CHOICE OF WHAT THEY WANT TO WORK ON.

>> Reporter: WHAT STARTED AS AN -- ART PROGRAM IN THE 70s GREW INTO WHAT IS NOW SOPHIE'S GALLERY STOREFRONT CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THAT GALLERY WITH A SPECIAL BEST OF SHOW.

>> BEHIND ME IT IS ALL THROUGHOUT THE GALLERY AND WE HAVE PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE ARCHIVES FOR A WHILE AND MAYBE WE FINISH A PIECE AND IT WAS FOUND AND ABLE TO GET THOSE LAST MOSAIC TILES MAYBE.

>> Reporter: IT IS ALSO A BUSINESS.

40% OF THE SALES GOES BACK TO THE ARTIST AND THE REST IS USED TO KEEP THE GALLERY RUNNING.

FOR HER, MAKING AND SELLING HER ART IS HER JOB.

>> IT REALLY MAKES ME FEEL PROUD WHEN PEOPLE BUY MY ART.

>> Reporter: THE FREE BEST OF SHOW AT SOPHIE'S GALLERY IS OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO EXPLORE THROUGH JULY SEVEN.

KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE STATE BUDGET DEADLINE IS SUNDAY.

CALIFORNIA IS FACING A $12 MILLION DEFICIT.

THIS WEEK STATE LAWMAKERS VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CUTS THAT COULD AFFECT THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS LIVING IN CALIFORNIA.

OUR HEALTH REPORTER EXPLAINS WHY SOME CRITICS SAY THAT EVEN A LEGISLATIVE COMPROMISE CUTS TOO MUCH.

BACK IN JANUARY THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED SWEEPING CHANGES TO MEDI-CAL, CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.

AMONG THEM WAS FREEZING ENROLLMENT FOR IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS, CUTTING DENTAL AND LONG-TERM CARE AND CHARGING A $100 MONTHLY PREMIUM.

ON TUESDAY, DATE LAWMAKERS VOTED TO MODIFY PARTS OF THE PLAN.

>> OUR SOLUTIONS ARE IN NO WAY PERFECT.

>> Reporter: THE REVISED PLAN STILL FREEZES ENROLLMENT FOR IMMIGRANT ADULTS WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS STARTING IN 2026, BUT IT DOES ADD A SIX MONTH GRACE PERIOD.

THE PARTICIPANTS AREN'T AUTOMATICALLY KICKED OUT.

DOES REMOVE THE AGE COVERAGE 26 AND LOWERS THE PREMIUM MONTHLY TO $30 AND DELAYS DENTAL CUTS BY ONE YEAR.

LAWMAKERS ALSO REJECTED ELIMINATING LONG-TERM AND INTO HOME -- AND HOME CARE SERVICES.

>> IT IS AN ATTACK ON IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AT A TIME WHEN WE SEE EXTREMELY FREIGHT FEDERAL ATTACKS.

>> Reporter: ADVOCATES LIKE HER SAY THE MESSAGE BEHIND THIS CUT IS DAMAGING.

>> IT TELLS US THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ARE WILLING TO BALANCE CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF HARD-WORKING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: A POLL RELEASED THIS WEEK SUGGESTS THAT LAWMAKERS MAY BE OUT OF STEP WITH VOTERS AND FINDS 56% OF CALIFORNIANS SUPPORT KEEPING MEDI-CAL COVERAGE FOR THIS REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.

MORE THAN TWO DOZEN DOCTORS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS FIND A LETTER THIS MONTH URGING SENATOR PEARSON TO REJECT THE PLAN.

THIS PEDIATRICIAN IS ONE OF THEM.

>> I AM NOT A POLITICIAN.

I AM NOT A FINANCIAL EXPERT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE .

I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT SHOULD BE UNTOUCHABLE AND HEALTHCARE SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM.

>> Reporter: HEALTHCARE ADVOCATES ARE EXPECTING OVERWHELMED EMERGENCY ROOMS, RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR EVERYONE AND REVERSING PROGRESS TOWARD HEALTH EQUITY.

>>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATING DISCRIMINATION.

THE LEGISLATURE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO DIE AND THE PEOPLE WHO GET SICKER BECAUSE OF THIS PROPOSAL.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE BACKLASH THE SENATOR VOTED YES ON THE MODIFIED PLAN.

>> NONE OF IT WAS AN EASY DECISION.

NOTHING WE HAVE HAD TO DO.

PEOPLE DON'T INTO THIS TO TAKE THINGS AWAY.

I KNOW I DIDN'T.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS WHERE WE ARE FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.

>> Reporter: THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR HAVE UNTIL JUNE 13 TO FINALIZE AND PASS THE BUDGET.

KPBS NEWS >>> TRI-CITY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT HAS AGREED TO HAVE SHARP HEALTHCARE TAKE OVER THE HOSPITAL OPERATIONS AND FINANCES.

ARE REPORTER ALEXANDER HAS MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: TRI-CITY, LIKE MANY HEALTHCARE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH FINANCIAL ISSUES SINCE THE PANDEMIC BUT DEALING WITH THEM IS MORE THAN 100 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS TO STABILIZE THE SITUATION.

>> IT ALSO INCLUDES ASSUMPTION OF DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OF TRI- CITY.

>> Reporter: HE IS THE CEO AND SAID THE DEAL MEANS INCREASED ACCESS TO CARE FOR THESE RESIDENTS.

THEY SERVE OCEANSIDE, CARLSBAD, VISTA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

>> WORK PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE, AMBULATORY SERVICES AND DELIVERING CARE WERE PEOPLE WANT THAT CARE AND GROWTH WITHIN A REGION TO BUILD WHAT I BELIEVE WILL ONE DAY, IN SHORT ORDER CAN BE THE FLAGSHIP MEDICAL CENTER AND ALL OF NORTH COUNTY.

>> Reporter: TRI-CITY HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR A PARTNER FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.

SHARP AND UC HEALTH PERMITTED -- SUBMITTED PROPOSALS BUT A DEAL FELL THROUGH WITH THEIR CHOICE.

THIS TIME AROUND BOTH SUBMITTED PROPOSALS AGAIN BUT THE BOARD CHOSE SHARP.

SCOTT EVANS THE CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER FOR THIS.

>> THIS TIME WE WERE REALLY ABLE TO ANSWER ALL OF TRI- CITY'S REQUESTS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR.

>> Reporter: TRI-CITY CALLS THE LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT OR CLOSED IT AND THEY SAID THAT THE DEAL WAS SHARP WILL BRING THAT BACK.

>> SHARP DELIVERS MORE BABIES IN SAN DIEGO THAN ANY OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.

IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE CORE STRENGTHS.

>> TO PROVIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE CURRENTLY AND NORTH COUNTY TO ME IS TRULY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES THAT LIE WITHIN THIS PARTNERSHIP.

>> Reporter: SINCE SHARP THE PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, THE DEAL WOULD NEED VOTERS APPROVAL, BUT IT IS AT LEAST AWAY FOR A YEAR AND THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND TOOK OVER THE OPERATIONS OF THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO.

>> IT IS OUR EAST COUNTY FLAGSHIP CAMPUS.

I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE VERY FORTUNATE TO CREATE THE SAME THING IN TRI-CITY.

>> Reporter: THE TWO ENTITIES WILL STILL NEED TO SIGN A LETTER OF INTENT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK.

>>> BEFORE WE GO, A REMINDER OF WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON THE VOTER HUB.

VOTING IS UNDERWAY FOR THE SUPERVISORY AND INCLUDES CHULA VISTA, NATIONAL CITY, IMPERIAL BEACH, AND PARTS OF SAN DIEGO.

KPBS HAS INTERVIEWS WITH TWO RUNOFF CANDIDATES AND OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS.

YOU CAN GO TO KPBS.ORG AND LOOK FOR THE VOTER HUB LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS LOOK AT KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

I AM JOHN CARROLL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.