me now to discuss this are fire scientist brandon erllins and publi of "the mendocino voice," kate maxwell, via skype. thank you for being here. >> sure. >> kate, can you give us ann update how things are going in mendocino and what progress firefighters have mad in recent days? >> sure. so the fires have slowed in recent days which is a big relief for people here inm docino and lake counties. a lot of the mandatory evacuations have beenlifted. a lot of the advisory evacuation vs. been down grade -- evacuatis have beenowngraded so people have been able to return to their homes. the river fire, the fire primarily to theth, has slowed in growth. and the's been a slowing of growth of the ranch fire which has been active uptil this week. things are looking good on that front. >> some good news. redwood valley in mendocino was devastated last year by another deadly fire. kqed's investigation foundpr blems with evacuation orders and communications in that case. how havehings compare this year? has it been a better situation? >> the fires in the fall were terrifying because they started in the mi

and kate maxwell from the "mendocino voice," we appreciate you both joining us. >>> thisnovember, california voters will decide the fate of 11 ballot measures.e f them, proposition 10, could vastly expand rent control by letting cities cap the rent on any residential property, even new ones. proponents argue that the measure's needed to address the state's housing shortage and high cost of living. opponents claim prop 10 would discourage new development, lead to more evictions, and take rental its off the rket. joining me now with analysis are kqed politics and government reporter guy marsarotti. tenant right attorney, overseass tobner whopports proposition 10. and debra carlton, senior vice president of the california apartment associati opposes the measure. thanks for joining me. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> let's start, i want you to sof lay out what would proposition 10 do, and as importantly not do? >> let's start that. i think if proposition 10 passes it wouldn't put rent control in every city in california felt what it would do is let cities give the power besck to cit