Is a migrant crime wave really sweeping across American cities? The data says no. Plus, a local foster care charity is taking some heat for its questionable financial practices.
S1: Welcome to KPBS roundtable. I'm Scott Rod. Election season is ramping up , and some politicians are warning of a migrant crime wave hitting communities across the country. But the facts show that narrative just isn't true.
S1: Well , it's really important reporting , and I'm glad you've been doing it. Let's talk about this claim coming from Republicans of a so-called migrant crime wave. Your story referenced comments made by El Cajon mayor and Republican congressional candidate Bill Wells as an example. Here's what he said on Fox News earlier this year. There are a lot of.
S1: And talk about Texas specifically. You know , they're the state that tracks immigration status of people charged and convicted with crimes. S1: The general election happening in just over two months. The presidential nominees are set. We've been talking a lot about rhetoric from Republicans , but it's also coming from Dems.
S1: That's just ahead on Round Table. Welcome back to KPBS roundtable. I'm Scott Rod. Foster care is an essential safety net for children in San Diego and beyond , but a recent story in The Voice of San Diego found some questionable practices at one foster care charity in the region. It's called New Alternatives. The organization has pumped millions of dollars into a Montana based nonprofit that hasn't done much in recent years. Aside from pay new alternatives.
S4: You know , our freelancer in Montana managed to track down the woman who had incorporated Mac Foundation. She's a lawyer in Missoula. Her husband had previously done work for new alternatives. So , uh , she suggested that it had something to do with new alternatives. Relationship to the husband that it's incorporated in Montana , but , you know , new alternatives. Um , you know , has said in some of their conversations with me , you know , we don't do anything in Montana.
S4: Sure , sure. Well , for any listeners who are familiar with big nonprofits , they're always are run by a board of directors. And usually those board of directors are kind of a diverse group of people from the community who , um , either have a connection to the community , like San Diego in this case , or maybe they have a connection to foster care in some way. Um , but new alternatives board and Mack's board as well.
S4: The person I spoke to , because she had lived in a new alternative facility as a youth and felt like it was a safe haven for her. But then she went on to work for new alternatives , and she felt like , um , the organization was taking the cheap route on everything. Um , and , you know , I have been talking to former new Alternatives employees. A couple other people have said that to me as well.
S6: When they closed it last October. Ahead of the winter storms that they expected , you know , most people were like , oh , it'll open up again in the spring. That wasn't the case because the damage from the storms was just too great. And now it's closed indefinitely until we get this new project. S1: Wow. That's that's incredible. You know , it occurred to me that Obpa will be closed for a long duration. Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach has been closed for a while , also because of storm damage. And then you had , uh , you had the Oceanside pier that that had damage. Fortunately , they were able to open it up pretty quickly.
S1: Yeah , absolutely. There's also an insider baseball perspective here in terms of politics. This bill is , uh , was introduced by Senator Scott Wiener from San Francisco. He and Musk have had a number of public spats. There's a lot of animosity and tension between these two. A lot of it is related to social and cultural issues , things like parental rights , things like transgender rights.
S1: And Carter was on the primary ballot in March , even though she had resigned her position , she was not one of the top two finishers. So she she's not going on to the general election. But it did pose this potential quagmire where in Chula Vista has seen similar situations like this in recent years , where you have a candidate , almost sort of a dormant candidate on the general election ballot.
S1: The organization is called para cliffhangers. It's actually a national organization. But there is a San Diego chapter that started up at the Mesa Rim Climbing Center in Mission Valley. They started up in the last year , and this was part of our ongoing series about volunteering. And I got a suggestion from someone in the newsroom that I take a look at this organization. I went in , first off , just wanting to learn more about the organization and meet the people who are participating.
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