1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Dear listener, we have a warning for you. It's a 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: little bit different because we're warning you that you're probably 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: going to get really hungry as you listen to this episode. Okay, 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: you've been warned. So there's a TikTok video that went 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: viral earlier this year. 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 2: I just found a Taco Bell receipt from twenty twelve, 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: two beefy five lay burritos total two fifty nine, two 8 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: fifty nine. Can you even get anything from Taco Bell 9 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: for two fifty nine anymore? Like one item? Where we 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 2: go wrong? 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: So that got more than eight hundred thousand views, and 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: there were so many comments like, well, that's what Taco 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: bell is supposed to cost, like two bucks fifty nine, 14 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: but the same order today would set you back more 15 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: than seven dollars, about three times as much. Now, if 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: you know me, you know I am not a Taco 17 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: Bell fan. And also this is Latino USA, so we 18 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: know about real Mexican tacles. But this video did capture 19 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: something we've all been thinking about a lot. 20 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 3: Prices keep rising in America, and that is the biggest 21 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 3: jump in six months. 22 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 4: This new inflation data comes on the heels of two 23 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 4: worse and expected reports, So what is Over. 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: The past couple of years, a lot of us have 25 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: had a reaction like this. You know, you go to 26 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: buy something, you go to the grocery store and at 27 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: the end you see the price and you're like, wait, what. 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 5: This costs? What? 29 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: And the truth is, the way people use the word 30 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: inflation has shifted. So for economists, inflation is a measure 31 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: of how fast prices rise over a set time frame 32 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: a month or a year, for example. For the rest 33 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: of us, inflation became a way to talk about affordability 34 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: in life in the United States overall. And even if 35 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: you're not an economist, you do know how much you're 36 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: supposed to be spending for let's say, like a gallon 37 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: of milk, or a slice of pizza or a five 38 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: layer beefy burrito. Okay, so we're not going to talk 39 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: about taco bell anymore. But the truth is is that 40 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: it got us thinking. We all have prices that we 41 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: kind of track in our heads, and for me, a 42 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: good taco, a real good taco, is definitely on that list. 43 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: How much did it cost before? How much does it 44 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: cost now? From Futuru media and PRX, it's Latino USA. 45 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: I'm Marie no Hosa today the taco index, how the pandemic, 46 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: the war in Ukraine, and all kinds of things are 47 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: impacting the price of a taco and what that means 48 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: for the upcoming presidential election. We're going to take you 49 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: on a tour charting prices in one of America's most 50 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: expensive and yes, best taco cities, San Diego. Now, when 51 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: I first moved to San Diego back in nineteen eighty six, 52 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: the city was so sleepy and well boring that I 53 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: moved out of San Diego as fast as I could 54 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: because I could live a much better nightlife in Tijuana. 55 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: But I do remember that life in San Diego was 56 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: cheap enough that I was actually able to save money 57 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: on my public radio salary. Now fast forward to today, 58 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: and little sleepy San Diego has boomed with skyrise glass 59 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: condos in the old downtown, and the metro area here 60 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: has added more than a million people. So today it's 61 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: also one of the top US cities with the worst inflation. 62 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: And as it turns out, California is at the center 63 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: of federal elections, i e. Presidential elections for the first 64 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: time in decades. Now it's not competitive the last Republican 65 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: presidential candidate to win here was the first, George Bush 66 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty eight. But this year we've got Kamala Harris, 67 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: a presidential candidate who spent most of her life in California. 68 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 6: If Donald Trump wants to pick a fight over our 69 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 6: most fundamental freedoms, we say, bring it on. 70 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: And California is the epicenter of what's shaping up to 71 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 1: be a dominant issue for voters everywhere. Even though data 72 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: shows that inflation has fallen and the economy is strong, 73 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: voters are obsessed with inflation and in general, the cost 74 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: of living. California cities are known for being expensive, and 75 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: in San Diego, rent is the number one culprit. Even 76 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: the average one bedroom apartment here goes for over two 77 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: thousand dollars, but also gas utilities and yes, even the 78 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: price of tacos. Now you can't in that all on inflation. 79 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: Some of the causes of high prices go back decades, 80 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: but that's not necessarily how voters are thinking about it. So, 81 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: dear listener, we're going to get a little bit of lime, 82 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: some salt, and some saltsap and we're hitting the streets 83 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: to measure San Diego's taco cost index. It's a large 84 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: taco shop, it's not a small place. All right, Let's 85 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: walk in and see what happens. What is the right 86 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: price for We are here in Barrio Logan, near downtown 87 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: San Diego, and I count eighteen ducat yas with him 88 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: walking distance, and each one has a different answer to 89 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: that basic question. We're going to start our taco tour 90 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: at Tacos Elgordo, which is a franchise from Tijuana that 91 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: has been around for more than forty years. Today, the 92 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: line to get inside snakes around the corner, and we 93 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: see a couple sitting at one of the outdoor tables. 94 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: They're making their way through a plate of garnia. SAA tacos. 95 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: You take a br Are you also from San Diego? 96 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 7: Yes? 97 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 5: Okay, so we're gonna get the real San Diego. So 98 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 5: let's see what she says. She's nodding her head, her 99 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 5: mouth's pulled, she's still chewing, but she's looking. She's looking critically. 100 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 5: She goes a smile. 101 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 3: That's a good Okay, that's a good one. 102 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 7: What do you think it should have been? Stories? 103 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, in for all four I've paid like twelve, 104 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: so they're all like three bucks. 105 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 7: Okay, that's all bay. 106 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 8: Three is manageable. 107 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 5: Three is maragile manageable. 108 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: But three dollars a taco is about as cheap as 109 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: it gets, at least in this part of town. 110 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 3: What is your price of your regular time, So regular 111 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 3: street tacos are three fifty and then Mulita's are six dollars. 112 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: We're going to continue the daco tour now at Chicanitos, 113 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: which is a pop up under an umbrella, literally on 114 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: the corner of a street. And here we meet Godlos Sevayos. 115 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: He started his little pop up in twenty eighteen. Now 116 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: Godlos gives off my favorite kind of vibes, Mexico City 117 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: street taco vibes. He moves fast, he talks even faster, 118 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: and he's watching everything happening around him at the same time. 119 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: This corner, though, right here, under this tent, Yo, it 120 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: smells delicious, like mouth watering delicious. We start talking economics 121 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: under the little tent and God Loos tells us that 122 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: even without the overhead of a storefront, he's already had 123 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: to raise his prices. 124 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 3: It all happened with COVID, Everything started going up so 125 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 3: all the meat started going up, so I had to 126 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 3: raise the price. 127 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 7: I had no choice. 128 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 9: Everything lines, everything was more expensive, so I had. 129 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: His new goal is to hold prices steady at three 130 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: dollars and fifty cents per taco for two more years. 131 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: We are steps away from the historic Chicano Park murals 132 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: of Barrio Logan, and we're coming up on Salud, which 133 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: is good because I'm ready to eat another taco. We 134 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: continue on our taco tasting and pricing tour and make 135 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: our way to Salud, where the tacos al Pastor come 136 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: in homemade tortilles. Yeah, this is definitely a hipster place, 137 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: no doubt about it. And they have a pretty intense menu. 138 00:08:55,679 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: I have to say their menu is pretty huge, Burritos, nachos, turos, tequila. 139 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: I producer Marina and I head for the kitchen and 140 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: we approach the woman who is making tortillas. She tells 141 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: us her name is Judy, that she moved here from Tijuana, 142 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: and she says that's because back home, a day's pay 143 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: would barely buy four San Diego tacos. 144 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 5: Is it worth the five dollars that I just paid 145 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 5: for my quarter pastor. 146 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 9: Preparacion mouena la la la tortilla cha manoaa. 147 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: She tells us that these tacos conquer your taste buds 148 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: with their special cream, their grima, and of course because 149 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: of her handmade soft tortillas, which were pretty delicious. Next 150 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: up we go to sabor Abiria. This is a taco 151 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: truck that sits outside of a liquor store. 152 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 8: Damiria taco has five dollars and forty six cents, which 153 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 8: is as five dollars and eighty. 154 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: Nine cents add on sales tax, and thatcoes start at 155 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: six dollars. The key ingredient in that price, they say, 156 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: are salaries. Fabian Mendes cooks here, and he took a 157 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: break to speak with us. He's tall, with a big 158 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 1: smile and covered in sweat with Carna Sada's smoke, which 159 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: of course is the best smoke to be covered in. 160 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 5: Cannot they all need pointing beer. 161 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 10: Stijan and today bela. 162 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 1: Wow wow, twenty twenty five dollars an hour to work 163 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: in a taco truck. Now, I think that's a pretty 164 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: great salary for cooking in a taco truck. But fabianas 165 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: in San Diego twenty five dollars an hour doesn't go 166 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: that far. 167 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 5: How do you survive? How do you make it handle? 168 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 7: Yes, that is lok Henera. 169 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:06,440 Speaker 1: He says he's grateful for Saborabiria's popularity because customers keep 170 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: on coming back, and stable work for him makes for 171 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: a good quality of. 172 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 5: Life anyway, not the prop now. 173 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: By now, dear listener, maybe you're saying, Maria, you're going 174 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: to the wrong places in San Diego to get your tacos. 175 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: You're going to the expensive places. But even if you 176 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: don't live in a zip code with dozens of pricey, 177 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: delicious dakidias, you probably have a similar story about something 178 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: else in your life, something that used to be cheap 179 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: and now feels kind of expensive. This year, that feeling 180 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: has hung over the presidential campaign. Voters and especially Latino voters, 181 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: have ranked inflation in their top five concerns. The Trump 182 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: campaign has taken full advantage of this, attacking Democrats on 183 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: the economy, even though the overall data now shows that 184 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: inflation has really been a global problem. My most measures, 185 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: the US is doing in fact better than other advanced economies, 186 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: with full employment, rising wages, and inflation slowing down. Precipitously. Okay, 187 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: dear listener, Let's get back to basics. Because tortilla, neat salsam. 188 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: How complicated can a taco price really be? Wages, brand equipment, 189 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: All of these costs have to be covered somehow, and 190 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: that's true even for the ingredients within each taco. So 191 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 1: we're going to look now at the fundamental building block 192 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: for a taco, my favorite kind of food. Okay, but 193 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: we're getting closer. Still, don't smell trying out a wind 194 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: here ala mousdamos. Now I smell it. What's driving my 195 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: nose is the smell of fresh tortillas at the Tortilleria 196 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: El Granodoro in National City, just south of San Diego. 197 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: The masa starts going into the presses in the middle 198 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: of the night. By the time we show up at 199 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: the tortilleria at noon, there are dozens of warm stacks 200 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: of soft tortillas, chicharron chips, and fresh salsa waiting for customers. 201 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: For me, this is pretty close to heaven. I don't 202 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: know why I love tortillerria so much, Oh my god, 203 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: but I just do well. I stall ri Berto Ariano, Josa, 204 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: aria moss or lack the owner Riberto Gutierrez appears from 205 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: behind a row of massive machines. He's in his sixties, small, slight, 206 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: and also really happy to see us. 207 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 5: No longing national city all time. 208 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: Soon I realized he treats every single person who walks 209 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: in here with the same kind of welcoming on that 210 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: he's been making tortillas for fifty years. 211 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:32,239 Speaker 7: La la masa is parce. 212 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 8: Kaya qui. 213 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: He walks us through the path, tortilla follows through the 214 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: assembly line. 215 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 7: Yes, yes, la tortillo. 216 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: Oh so there's the baby. So this is the small tortilla, 217 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: the very very small one, like for the tacos sparados. 218 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: Tacos sparados or eating small tacos while standing is the 219 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: ultimate talk style from Mexico City, which is where I 220 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: was born and Lunico. You think, okay, tortillas that caliente. 221 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 7: It's really hot, Okay, not expersume my. 222 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: No, gissa, it's a It's a tortilla that reminds me 223 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: of being a little kid. 224 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 5: I'm not a very good flavor. 225 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: Lately, he says, business has dipped because his tortillas are 226 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: getting more expensive. 227 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 5: How much is it for three pounds of tortillas now? 228 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 2: Three dollars. 229 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 5: What mm hmm, that's nothing. Is that a lot or 230 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 5: does it seem like a lot? A little to you? 231 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: Alia? 232 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 7: No, I don't make too much because I don't use 233 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 7: per service. 234 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: Three pounds is about thirty six tortillas, which comes out 235 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: to less than a dime each. In order to keep 236 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: the prices down, Eddiberta works with his wife and his 237 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: two kids, and that way he doesn't have to hire 238 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: outside help. 239 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 3: Kirov in there una torfrilla, mala papiro canalo perou. 240 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: But Edriberto, you know, he's got this love for tortillas, 241 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: just like me. So he says he'd rather make a 242 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: little money on a good tortilla than a lot of 243 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: money on a bad one. 244 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 5: But it's true. 245 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: Before he went to three dollars, he was barely breaking even. 246 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: Take me to the moment when you realized you were 247 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: gonna have to raise. 248 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 3: Raise the price qua pola pandemia for el costo del 249 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 3: mais l coosto de la bolza costlsen losun. 250 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: At the start of the pandemic, Riberto says, prices started 251 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: to increase one by one. The cost of corn, plastic bags, 252 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: bills like water and electricity Luckily, his rent has remained steady, 253 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: but he says he had no choice. In twenty two 254 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: twenty he raised the price by a little more than 255 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: a penny at Tortilla. He still has a lot of 256 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: loyal customers, but he says the tortilla business isn't what 257 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: it once was. 258 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 7: For Yampressive of Mazwako. 259 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: Life was different. Things were cheap. Now to further understand 260 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: the roots of this price crunch on tacos, our taco 261 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: pricing and tasting tour is going to continue, and I'm 262 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: going to take you to a place that used to 263 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: be known precisely for its low prices. 264 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,479 Speaker 11: Can I grab three of the chicken and old tacos 265 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,719 Speaker 11: chicken taco for here to go out here perfect? 266 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 7: And then also a bean burrito perfect sixteen seventy places. 267 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: We are now here at Pokez, which is a Mexican restaurant. 268 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: And you heard that right, Three tacos and a bim 269 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: burrito almost seventeen dollars. Carlos Reyez owns this place with 270 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: his two brothers. Bookeuz is pretty funky. Wooden booths flyers 271 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: for upcoming rock concerts on the front door. They're paintings 272 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 1: of the Virgin Mary and Freda Gatto and walls painted 273 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: in the colors of the Mexican flag. Now, Godlos, he 274 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 1: reminds me of the old guard Chicados that I met 275 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: back in the nineteen eighties, you know, laid back, talking slowly. 276 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: The vibe is very Jerry Garcia, mixed. 277 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 5: With Carlos Santana with everything. 278 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: When they opened thirty years ago, Godlos says they had 279 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: tacos specials under three dollars and for a long time 280 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: prices went up, but pretty slowly. Let's say ten years ago, 281 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen. Okay, do you remember the cost of like 282 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: one of your godness tacos. 283 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 7: I've said, probably like three bucks. 284 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 5: Three bucks and that was loaded. 285 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 10: Yeah, that And this is not the street. We don't 286 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 10: do street tacos we do. So it's the large dog 287 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 10: king sized takway we do the big one. 288 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: Soo okay from Bokez agrees with his Tokayo. Carlos Sevajos 289 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: from the street taco place, Chicanitos. The story starts with 290 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: the COVID pandemic. One hundred thousand small businesses have shuddered 291 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: since this outbreak started. 292 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 8: The closures are already popping up across San Diego. 293 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: Bookeuz is right in San Diego's downtown on East Street 294 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: and Tenth Avenue. At that point in twenty twenty, his 295 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: garnet Asada tacos were five dollars. 296 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 10: We did five dollars tacos for a while, and then 297 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 10: recently last year we raised. 298 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 7: It to six, and just last like three weeks ago, 299 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 7: to seven. 300 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: So you know, what's what's stunning to me is that 301 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 1: in the span of a decade, the price of your 302 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: taco basic gardnessada has doubled and then some yeah, you 303 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: probably remember after the pandemic hit, the restaurant business changed overnight. 304 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: Today the San Diego City Council approve the Mayor's plan 305 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: to allow businesses to expand outdoors on sidewalks and in 306 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: parking lots. 307 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 5: Here's Gobriels again. 308 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 10: Certain days you're like only selling like let's say, like 309 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 10: hundred thousand dollars. You're like, oh, it costs me like 310 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:20,199 Speaker 10: at least over five hundred just to like do shopping 311 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,479 Speaker 10: for the day. And this was like right when it hit, 312 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 10: so things weren't even like crisis weren't even rising at 313 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 10: the moment. 314 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 7: And just notice how like the streets were just empty. 315 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: But the explanation is way more complex. So, dear listener, 316 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: stay with me, because when we come back the wild 317 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: ride of recovering from the pandemic and how a single 318 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: mom is keeping track of her paycheck and her ballot, 319 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: and we finish our doco tour. 320 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 3: I'm trying to get ahead and it just seems like 321 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 3: it's a never ending type of game. 322 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 5: That's after the break, not one. 323 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: Yes, we are back and before the break we toured 324 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: dakarias Yum in one of the most expensive cities in 325 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: the country. Now we're going to break down the household 326 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: budget of a mom trying to give her son what 327 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: she never had. But first, dear listener, the seven Dollars 328 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: Tackle brought to you by remote work and the war 329 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 1: in Ukraine. 330 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 5: Let me explain. 331 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 1: With restaurants, schools and offices shutting down, supply chains were 332 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: flipped on their heads during the pandemic. Farmers who sold 333 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: to wholesale distributors were left with nowhere to send their produce. 334 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 9: Farmers tell us they're having to dump truckloads of surplus milk. 335 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: There were stories about huge piles of vegetables being buried 336 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: in the fields because there was no one to buy them. 337 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 5: These potatoes aren't going to end up on your dinner table. 338 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 5: Their final destination is this hole. 339 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: Or they didn't have the right packaging to sell to 340 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: retail customers. At the same time, with so many people 341 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: stuck at home, there was a huge squeeze on basic 342 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: supplies that people were stocking up on. Remember this, grocery 343 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: stores couldn't keep items like pasta and flour and paper 344 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: towels on the shelves. With factories and ports opening and 345 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,679 Speaker 1: shutting all over the world, it got a lot harder 346 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 1: and more expensive to move of cargo around on container ships. 347 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: That's a trend that has taken years to address. Then, 348 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: just as some things were getting back to normal, in 349 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, Russia invades Ukraine. 350 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 4: Overnight in the capital of Ukraine, the sound of missile 351 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 4: strikes and air sirens explosions rocking several cities, including the 352 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 4: capital of Kiev. 353 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: The war spiked prices for commodities everywhere, oil and gas, 354 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: along with the wheat and corn that end up in tortillas. 355 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: But the pandemic also created lasting changes in our behavior. 356 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: In the US, there was a crunch on real estate 357 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: as people working from home wanted more space. This was 358 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: especially true in cities like San Diego, along with others 359 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: like Phoenix, Miami, or Austin, all places with high levels 360 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: of inflation. Now, one thing though places have in common 361 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: is the nice weather, so you can spend a lot 362 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: more time outside. So as people flocked to these cities, 363 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: locals started to get pushed out, and with less labor 364 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: supply available, hiring people became more expensive. Finally, remember those 365 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: stimulus checks that the US government sent out in twenty twenty, Well, 366 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: a lot of people were able to save that money 367 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: while COVID was spiking. Then once it was safer to 368 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: travel and go out again, all those dollars started rushing 369 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: back into the economy. Businesses went on a hiring spree, 370 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: wages started to go up, and you put that all 371 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: together and Poquez's overloaded tacos just got pricier as well. 372 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 10: We always just increased prices when we notice that things 373 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,679 Speaker 10: are getting too expensive for us, you know what I mean, 374 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 10: Like rent gas had gone up, basically everything that where 375 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 10: we were going to shop, everything was just really expensive. 376 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 10: And then then like minimum weights had just gone up, 377 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 10: and just a lot of things are starting to stack 378 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 10: up on us. 379 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: Until things cooled down over the last few months. Inflation 380 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: in San Diego was especially bad. At its worst, it 381 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 1: reached as much as eight percent. 382 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 5: In twenty twenty two. 383 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 10: You guys already your order or. 384 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,880 Speaker 1: Yes and god loos, says. The neighborhood around his docal shop, 385 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: Poquez has continued to change now with luxury lofts and 386 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: wine bars. The rent now for Pokez is nine thousand 387 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: dollars a month, and they're getting fewer customers. 388 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 10: Everyone around here just I feel like more conscious of 389 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 10: the way they spend their money by like eating at home. 390 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: So right in the middle of this economics conversation, our 391 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: dotc go that gartnasata arrives and it's heaped with angus steak. 392 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 1: So they've just delivered what would be one taco. This 393 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 1: is the equivalent meat of what would go into one taco. 394 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: But this you're lying the taco is huge. It comes 395 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 1: with two tots and you can probably get enough meat 396 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: on each one to feel satisfied. Of course, I probably 397 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: make four tacos out of this. 398 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 7: That's it. Like when I tell you we really take 399 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 7: care of the customers, we mean it. 400 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 5: So I'm gonna put on the tomato sansafrisca. Let's see 401 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 5: how it goes. Okay, here we go. What's a solid taco. 402 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 5: It's a solid gardner sallow taco. 403 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: But even with tacos priced at seven dollars, Carlos and 404 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: his brothers are finding it difficult to keep the restaurant 405 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: running as costs keep on rising. And all of this 406 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: gets us back to the presidential election. So we're gonna 407 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: follow one Latino family now to see how a single 408 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 1: mom is connecting her experience of rising prices from everything 409 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: to the cost of tacos, and connecting that to the 410 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: upcoming election. 411 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 5: Let's say, how much would you spend this week on chicken? 412 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 8: On chicken, maybe a good twenty five dollars, twenty five, 413 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 8: twenty six dollars, because normally something depending if I'm not 414 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 8: gonna need a lot of like if I'm gonna make pasta, 415 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 8: I'll only grab one of these and then I'll go 416 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 8: ahead and just chop it up and put a bunch 417 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 8: of vegetables. 418 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: According to surveys conducted this year, inflation tops the list 419 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: of priorities for Latino, Latina Latins, and Latine voters, even 420 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 1: as economic conditions improved after the pandemic. Trump continued, though, 421 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: to claim the opposite. 422 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 11: Under the disaster known as bidnomics, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, 423 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 11: and young people are hurting likee never before. 424 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 1: The Trump supporters are even slinging T shirts that say 425 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: make gas cheap again. 426 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 6: Now. 427 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris is trying to run on parts of Biden's 428 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 1: record while also carving out some space for a different 429 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: set of policies. And one key question for the upcoming 430 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 1: elections is how much do voters see her as Biden's 431 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: deputy and how much do they see her as a 432 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 1: new leader at the top of the ticket. 433 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,959 Speaker 8: So we're going to go through this entrance and then 434 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,959 Speaker 8: as soon as you grab your car here and then 435 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 8: you go in through here. 436 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: We're in Fraser Farms, which is a local grocery chain 437 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: where Yvette Cordina buys most of her groceries. She's a 438 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: single mom and a social worker, and even if she 439 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: is a deal hunter, she's not going to skimp when 440 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: it comes to keeping a healthy diet. 441 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 8: We'll start with the nuts the lentils, because I like 442 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 8: to snack on nuts a lot for work. 443 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 3: So eight twenty for this whole thing. 444 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 5: It's a lot of money. It is will you will 445 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 5: you spend that? 446 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 3: Will you make I will because if not, I'm gonna 447 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 3: snack on sugary stuff and then I can do that. 448 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 3: So this is for my health. 449 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 5: Is there something where you're like, oh, man, I wish 450 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 5: I could buy that. What would it be? 451 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 8: It would be the sugary stuff. But again I try 452 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 8: to lead that to the end and then I'm like, 453 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 8: santi pick one. 454 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 7: You're not getting anything anything fancy, not what Okay? 455 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 8: So another thing that I like to go to is 456 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 8: for Santiago loves fruit, so we typically will get the vegetables. 457 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 8: I'll normally get Italian squash. 458 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 5: Santiago is her nine year old. 459 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 8: Son Italian squash. Right now, it's ninety nine cents a pound. 460 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 8: I remember when I was seventy nine cents. 461 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 5: So in terms of fruit, what do you look at 462 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 5: in terms of the best deal, this. 463 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 3: Is what I'll splurge on because it's mainly what he 464 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 3: wants and he'll eat. 465 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 8: I need him to eat fruits and vegetables, so that 466 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 8: to me, it's like but they always normally have a 467 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 8: lot of prices, like reasonable prices for the fruit. So right, 468 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 8: now like if you take a look over there, they 469 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 8: have strawberries two for five dollars. 470 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: Groceries come up again and again in discussions about inflation, 471 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: because week after week, the supermarket is where we're reminded 472 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: of just how little things used to cost. And here 473 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: there goes another reality check. Even though inflation at the 474 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: grocery store is way down in twenty twenty four, right 475 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: around one percent year over year, prices are still almost 476 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 1: twenty percent higher than they were when Biden became president. 477 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: Now you can blame any number of things, labor shortages, 478 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: the supply chain, Avian flu, drought and extreme heat, or 479 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: food companies taking advantage of all the talk of inflation 480 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: to pad their profits. Marisa Abrajano is a political scientist 481 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: at You See San Diego. She says it's impossible to 482 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: ignore the high cost of living in this city. In fact, 483 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: she's had students commute for up to two hours a 484 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: day just to get to class. 485 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 9: For a while, we had many students who were living 486 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 9: in their cars because they just cannot afford to live 487 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 9: anywhere remotely near campus because it is just too expensive. 488 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 9: And many are these students are Latino students and first 489 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 9: gen who want to get that college degree. 490 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: Are there things that you think we can take away 491 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: from the voters in San Diego that might apply to 492 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: other places in the country. 493 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 9: Thinking about the twenty twenty four elections coming, economy is 494 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 9: first and foremost central on the minds of all of 495 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 9: our the electorate, but especially the Latino and Latina voters, 496 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 9: and so not thinking about sort of these macroeconomic indicators 497 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 9: like what is the inflation rate, but sort of what 498 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 9: is the cost of food groceries going out to eat? 499 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 9: That is something especially in communities where you're living paycheck 500 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 9: to paycheck. 501 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: It's called pocketbook voting, and it's one of the most 502 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: well worn cliches in politics. It comes up again and 503 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: again in campaign promises, but researchers have found that voters 504 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 1: don't always get cause and effect. 505 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 5: Correct. 506 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: Do you think though, ultimately this will be good for 507 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: Trump in terms of his presidential campaign? 508 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 9: I think so because if we look back at history 509 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 9: and the narrative, right, despite the real numbers, right, despite 510 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 9: the economic numbers and indicators that we have, the narrative 511 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:44,280 Speaker 9: has so strongly been one sided about how bad the 512 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 9: economy is and inflation. When we've seen this happen before 513 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 9: in history. It's the incumbent president that suffers from this. 514 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: As President Biden's poll numbers sank throughout the spring and summer, 515 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: both presidential campaigns were hammering their messages on the economy. 516 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: Now since Harris secured the nomination, she's been promoting her 517 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: work with President Biden to lower prescription drug prices, for example, 518 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: and she's been emphasizing that she sees a lot more 519 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: to do on the cost of living, like very specifically 520 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 1: a policy of banning price gouging in supermarkets. 521 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 6: And today I will focus on one element that's on 522 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 6: the minds of many Americans as they pay their bills 523 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 6: at the kitchen table or walk the aisles of a 524 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 6: grocery store, and that is lowering the cost of living. 525 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: All along, Yvette, a single mom we met, has been 526 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: thinking about her own household budget. Yvette lives in a 527 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 1: gated community in Vista. It's in northern San Diego County, 528 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 1: almost an hour from downtown. There are tree lined streets 529 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: and war one gated community after another, and well they 530 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: all look the same. So we kind of got lost 531 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,839 Speaker 1: for a while until finally we got to the right 532 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:17,320 Speaker 1: place inside her gated community. There are cute three story 533 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 1: buildings with balconies. There's a pool and a jacuzzi, a 534 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:27,320 Speaker 1: playground and a gym. It's well kind of the American dream. 535 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 3: My complex looks like a very safe environment, which is 536 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,839 Speaker 3: the main thing of why I wanted to live here. 537 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: The catch is that trying to provide that sense of 538 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: security means Evett is barely keeping up. The rent for 539 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:47,400 Speaker 1: her tiny, one bedroom apartment is twenty six hundred dollars, 540 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: and money has been especially tight since she moved here. 541 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 3: This is not anything like the neighborhoods that I grew 542 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 3: up in, or around or near. I grew up in 543 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 3: what I confess is describe as poverty, no icye, no heater. 544 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 3: I remember getting sick every single winter because there was 545 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:12,320 Speaker 3: not enough insulation. 546 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 5: She says. 547 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,800 Speaker 1: The place is comfortable, but it's still a one bedroom 548 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 1: apartment where she's sharing a bed with her son. What 549 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,680 Speaker 1: about going back to some of the neighborhoods that you know? 550 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,439 Speaker 3: That has crossed my mind? For sure, I consider moving 551 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 3: back to Fallbrook, But if I do the math, I 552 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 3: will be traveling a lot more so then my gas 553 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 3: expense will go up. 554 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,319 Speaker 1: As it stands, she expects the rent to go up 555 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: by another two hundred dollars when her lease ends in October. 556 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: She wants to move if she can find something more affordable. 557 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 1: What would it mean if you stayed and paid those 558 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: extra two hundred. 559 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:50,319 Speaker 5: Dollars a month. 560 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 3: It would put me in a very tight space. And 561 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,400 Speaker 3: then I haven't bought something over his desk. 562 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, and that's because you haven't been able to afford 563 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 5: to buy it desk. Yes, that that is in fact true. 564 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,640 Speaker 1: But as much as she tries to save up, it 565 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: feels like every dollar of her paycheck is spoken for. 566 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,879 Speaker 3: I'm thankful that my son doesn't have to be living 567 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 3: in the neighborhoods that I had to live in, but 568 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,320 Speaker 3: it definitely takes a toll because I'm trying to get ahead, 569 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 3: and it just seems like it's a never ending type 570 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 3: of gain and everyone's feeling the impact of inflation. 571 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 1: In fact, half of all renters in the US spend 572 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 1: more than thirty percent of their income on rent and utilities. 573 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:42,160 Speaker 1: That's twenty two million households in San Diego. In fact, 574 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,879 Speaker 1: the figure is even higher, And then there's a big 575 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,839 Speaker 1: group of people like Vett who pay more than half 576 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,800 Speaker 1: of their income in rent alone, Like how do you 577 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:52,680 Speaker 1: stick to your budget? 578 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:57,799 Speaker 3: So basically like just based off my pay a check 579 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,360 Speaker 3: and then a little bit more of the other is 580 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,279 Speaker 3: going to go just for my rent, and so I 581 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 3: really have to stretch out the remainder of it. 582 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: That leaves less than half of her salary to cover 583 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 1: her son's health, insurance, her utility bills, and food. 584 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 3: Me and my mom went half and half on the 585 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,000 Speaker 3: costco membership. That way we're able to go ahead and 586 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,960 Speaker 3: like buy things in books, so like toilet paper, shampoo conditioner. 587 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,240 Speaker 5: How else have you become more creative? 588 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 3: I literally take inventory of what I have, like the spices, 589 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,399 Speaker 3: and I really think about what I'm going to cook 590 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,480 Speaker 3: that like realistically, what am I going to. 591 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:38,239 Speaker 2: Cook this week? 592 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,840 Speaker 1: Throwing gas, car insurance and anything else that comes up, clothing, 593 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,840 Speaker 1: school supplies, emergencies, and there's nothing left to spend. So 594 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,080 Speaker 1: for childcare, she relies on a free county program. 595 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:51,399 Speaker 5: Was it always that way? 596 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,760 Speaker 3: In a way, it was, but it wasn't as strict. 597 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 3: There would be more time for us to just be. 598 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:57,880 Speaker 5: Like, oh you want that, that's fine, you. 599 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 1: Can get it, That says, trying to keep up with 600 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:06,920 Speaker 1: her bills this way has made her question the way 601 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 1: the country works. She tells me she's voted for Democrats 602 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:12,560 Speaker 1: in the past. 603 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 3: And then now as the effects of inflation have been 604 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 3: very impacting on me, I feel like I will definitely 605 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,200 Speaker 3: go Republican just because I feel like the country is 606 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:27,840 Speaker 3: getting out of control. Inflation is just decimating people in 607 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,239 Speaker 3: real time, and it's just not helping. It's whatever they're 608 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,200 Speaker 3: doing now, it's not working. It's not it's getting worse. 609 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: And did you vote for Biden last time? Yes, So 610 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,839 Speaker 1: why the switch from Biden to Trump this time? 611 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 3: It's not necessarily Trump. It's mainly like we need a 612 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 3: Republican in the House at this time just to can 613 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 3: you know, get some some things in order. 614 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,400 Speaker 5: Do you blame Joe Biden the last four years for 615 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:57,720 Speaker 5: increasing inflation? 616 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,840 Speaker 3: It's not necessarily him. Thinking back of when Trump was 617 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,480 Speaker 3: in office, my pockets were not hurting as much. I 618 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 3: wasn't paying the amount of money that I was paying 619 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,720 Speaker 3: for groceries when Trump was in office. 620 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,759 Speaker 1: Decades of political science research has shown us there's a 621 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:19,680 Speaker 1: long standing pattern of sitting presidents taking the blame for 622 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:24,040 Speaker 1: economic conditions that are not totally or sometimes even mostly 623 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 1: in their control. 624 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:30,319 Speaker 9: I don't think Yvett is an anomaly, if you. 625 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:34,920 Speaker 1: Will, write political scientist Marisa Abrajano once again. 626 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 9: Because this notion of the American dream, especially for immigrant communities, 627 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:45,799 Speaker 9: is so strong, so embedded, that I think it's hard 628 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:51,560 Speaker 9: to disentangle the reality versus what that actually means. 629 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:56,919 Speaker 1: Abrahano says Trump is still a powerful symbol. Voters see 630 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,359 Speaker 1: him as a savvy businessman looking out for them, something 631 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: like the celebrity boss on The Apprentice now after he 632 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,719 Speaker 1: was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania, for his supporters, 633 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:10,280 Speaker 1: Trump has become the ultimate fighter, and that does include 634 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 1: many Latinos and Latinas. Even though he talks about Mexicans 635 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,759 Speaker 1: as rapists and says immigrants are poisoning the blood of 636 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:22,280 Speaker 1: our country, Trump's support among Latinos and Latinas has actually 637 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 1: grown during his time in politics. Recent pollinge Now suggests 638 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:31,400 Speaker 1: that Kamala Harris is regaining the support of some Latinos 639 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: who had soured on Biden. And you can tell her 640 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 1: campaign has been trying to make inroads with Latino voters. 641 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,840 Speaker 1: And listen to the opening line of a Spanish language 642 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:46,879 Speaker 1: campaign ad telling the life story of Kamala Harris. 643 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:51,160 Speaker 7: Condos locus posively termina. 644 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,000 Speaker 1: The AD says, when you're the daughter of an immigrant mother, 645 00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:01,319 Speaker 1: you know what's possible with determination. From there, the AD 646 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,680 Speaker 1: moves on to talk about the summer job at McDonald's 647 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:09,200 Speaker 1: that Harris had then her work as California's Attorney General, 648 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:14,000 Speaker 1: which included suing big pharma to lower drug prices and 649 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:18,760 Speaker 1: going after banks over the foreclosure crisis. But the small 650 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:23,120 Speaker 1: business owners we spoke to aren't thinking much about the election. 651 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:27,080 Speaker 1: In fact, just a couple of months after our visit, 652 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:33,920 Speaker 1: one stop on our taco tour closed down after nine years. Yes, 653 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:38,160 Speaker 1: Salude Tacos had to close down because they couldn't afford 654 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:42,680 Speaker 1: a major rent increase. The owner says he's hoping to 655 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,360 Speaker 1: open a new sit down restaurant by the end of 656 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 1: the year. Carlos at Bouquez, he says he's tuning politics 657 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,879 Speaker 1: out and trying to keep Boquez going while he looks 658 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:59,360 Speaker 1: for a more affordable location himself, and Yvett is still 659 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:05,120 Speaker 1: mind her budget and saving meals out for Santi's favorite Takedia. 660 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,800 Speaker 3: Typically, what my son loves about here is their music 661 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 3: because they always have like Roquen Espanol or like Fuan 662 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,920 Speaker 3: Gabrielle here just like typical Mexican music. 663 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:17,880 Speaker 5: So he loves that. 664 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,320 Speaker 1: So of course we are now at Tacos don Paco 665 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:28,080 Speaker 1: in Vista, not far from Yvette's apartment, O La Medados, 666 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:33,680 Speaker 1: al Pastoor snze Parados, who know al Pastore out al Pastor, 667 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: you know the poyo. So let's say we had three 668 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,719 Speaker 1: tacos and it came out to nine sixty five as 669 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,919 Speaker 1: recently as twenty eighteen or twenty nineteen, if that says 670 00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:49,320 Speaker 1: you could still get one dollar tacos at some places 671 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:50,120 Speaker 1: in San Diego. 672 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:52,000 Speaker 3: I know that some of them are charging close to 673 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:56,120 Speaker 3: five dollars in some places. You know, I'm like, that's tacos. 674 00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:57,160 Speaker 3: How ridiculous. 675 00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:02,320 Speaker 1: Now she's alternating between the special an pacos and another 676 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:06,319 Speaker 1: one of Santi's favorites. It's called Primos, where dacos are 677 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,759 Speaker 1: just sixty nine cents on Tuesdays and Fridays. 678 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:11,640 Speaker 2: So that's like a huge thing. 679 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:15,040 Speaker 3: That's like pretty popular here in Vista at Primos because 680 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,480 Speaker 3: they just open the market and we'll just typically get 681 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:20,080 Speaker 3: like what six tacos. They're tiny, but ill feed both 682 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:20,400 Speaker 3: of us. 683 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:31,240 Speaker 1: We did call Yvette back to see if her thinking 684 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,480 Speaker 1: on the election has changed now that Kamala Harris is 685 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,719 Speaker 1: at the top of the ticket. She told us she 686 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:42,200 Speaker 1: is still planning to vote for Trump. By then, she'll 687 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:45,520 Speaker 1: have to be out of her current apartment, but Yvette 688 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:48,440 Speaker 1: tells us she still hasn't found a place she can 689 00:43:48,560 --> 00:44:18,000 Speaker 1: afford to live in in San Diego. This episode was 690 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:21,920 Speaker 1: produced by Marina Pena. It was edited by Rowan Moore Gerrity. 691 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:26,440 Speaker 1: It was mixed by Julia Caruso with engineering support from 692 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:31,600 Speaker 1: jj Carubin. Fact checking for this episode by Elizabeth Lowenthal Dorris. 693 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:37,280 Speaker 1: The Latino USA team includes Jessica Ellis Viktoria Strada, Renaldo 694 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:42,080 Speaker 1: Leanos Junior, Andrea Lopez Cruzado, Luis Luna, Joni bard Marquez, 695 00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:47,239 Speaker 1: Marta Martinez, Nor Saudi, and Nancy Trujillo. Penile Ramirez is 696 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:50,800 Speaker 1: our co executive producer. I'm your co executive producer and 697 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,480 Speaker 1: host Marino Rossa. Join us again on our next episode. 698 00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,600 Speaker 1: In the meantime, look for us on social media and 699 00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:01,520 Speaker 1: I'll be off in dacos de lapproxima. 700 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:02,640 Speaker 5: Joe. 701 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:09,880 Speaker 11: Latino USA is made possible in part by California Endowment, 702 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:13,520 Speaker 11: building a strong state by improving the health of all Californians. 703 00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:18,000 Speaker 11: Skyline Foundation and Michelle Mercer and Bruce Golden. 704 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:23,960 Speaker 5: These are good tortillas. 705 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:25,400 Speaker 1: I'm not going to be able to take these back 706 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,160 Speaker 1: to New York, so you're gonna have these are good 707 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:29,399 Speaker 1: looking tortillas 708 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:31,640 Speaker 4: And