$2.77 PLUS TAX sandiegouniontribune.com SATURDAY • OCTOBER 12, 2019 LOBBYING PROBE SAID TO TARGET GIULIANI Tr ump attorney reportedly under scrutiny for efforts to undermine ambassador U-T NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON Federal prosecutors in New York City are investigating whether Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal law- yer, broke lobbying laws in his dealings in Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the inquiry. The investigators are examining Giu- liani’s efforts to undermine the U.S. am- bassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, NOAH BERGER AP one of the people said. She was recalled in Flames from the Saddleridge fire make a run up a hillside toward homes in Porter Ranch Friday. The blaze broke out the spring, reportedly as part of Trump’s Thursday night on the north side of Interstate 210 and quickly spread, aided by Santa Ana winds. broader campaign to pressure Ukraine into helping his political prospects. The investigation into Giuliani is tied to the case against two of his associates who were arrested this week on campaign ‘A WHOLE CURTAIN OF FIRE’: finance-related charges, the people famil- iar with the inquiry said. The associates were charged with funneling illegal con- tributions to a congressman whose help 100K EVACUATED IN L.A. AREA they sought in removing Yovanovitch. Giuliani has denied wrongdoing, but he acknowledged that he and the associ- ates worked with Ukrainian prosecutors Fast-moving blaze chars more than 7, 500 acres; state of emergency declared to collect potentially damaging informa- tion about Yovanovitch and other targets U-T NEWS SERVICES acres an hour. issued to roughly 23,000 homes to leave.” SEE UKRAINE • A13 More than 1,000 firefighters north of state Route 118 — an It was familiar territory, not Awind-driven brush fire from multiple agencies fought area covering 100,000 residents just because of the Sayre fire in carved a devastating path in the the sprawling blaze night and —and officials warned that Sylmar that burned 489 homes northern foothills of the San Fer- day, deploying eight helicopters other communities near the fire in 2008 but also the Aliso Canyon nando Valley on Friday, burning and amphibious fixed-wing “su- need to be ready to leave at a mo- gas leak four years ago that at least 31 structures, closing per scoopers.” Ground crews ment’s notice. forced the evacuation of 11,000 REPORT: S.D. freeways and forcing the evacu- manned bulldozers to cut con- Deputy Chief Jorge Rodri- people in and around Porter ations of thousands. tainment lines into nearby hill- guez of the Los Angeles Police Ranch, and the fire that de- Peak winds above 50 mph sides. At least one air tanker Department said the city sent stroyed 13 homes in Porter STADIUM SITE drove embers hundreds of yards blanketed fire retardant across alerts, used police public ad- Ranch in 1988. in front of the flames. The fire the ridges between Granada dress systems and sent dozens With the unrelenting wind, hopscotched west from Sylmar Hills and Porter Ranch. of officers knocking on doors as warm temperatures and low hu- VALUE IN ’20 —leaping over Interstate 5 into By Friday afternoon, 7,500 the fire swept west. “A lot of peo- midity, officials said they expect Granada Hills and Porter acres had burned. ple left but some didn’t,” he said. it will take days to get the blaze Ranch, at times consuming 800 Mandatory evacuations were “We aren’t going to force people SEE FIRE • A12 AT $104.5M With offer imminent, price NEW LAW WIDENS GUN higher than SDSU aims to pay BY JENNIFER VAN GROVE RESTRAINING ORDERS With San Diego State University set to soon make a formal offer to buy 132 acres Measure among temporarily take away peo- of city-owned land in Mission Valley, a ples’ guns when they are new report suggests that the property’s 15 gun-related bills deemed a danger to them- present-day price tag might be substan- selves or others. tially higher than its recently appraised signed by governor Newsom signed a com- value. panion bill extending the Friday, the city’s Office of the Inde- U-T NEWS SERVICES length of gun-violence re- pendent Budget Analyst, which advises straining orders from one City Council on financial matters, con- SACRAMENTO to five years, although the cluded that the land’s “actual fair market California Gov. Gavin gun owners could petition value could reasonably be determined to Newsom on Friday signed a to end those restrictions be as high as $104.5 million, assuming a law that will make the state earlier. 2020 closing date.” the first to allow employers, The new laws were The determination is a potential blow co-workers and teachers to among 15 gun-related laws to the university, which has said since the seek gun violence restrain- that Newsom approved as release of a draft appraisal earlier this ing orders against other the state strengthens what week that it is prepared to pay the as- people. the Brady Campaign to signed fair market value, in 2017 dollars, of The bill was vetoed Prevent Gun Violence calls $68.2 million. On Monday, SDSU leaders twice by former Gov. Jerry the nation’s toughest re- plan to present a formal offer to City Brown, a fellow Democrat, strictions, including a ban Council that is expected to include the and goes beyond a measure on the purchase of more SEE APPRAISAL • A6 that he signed allowing than one semiautomatic ri- only law enforcement offi- fle per month. cers and immediate family “California has outper- members to ask judges to SEE LAWS • A10 JUDGES BLOCK COURTESY PHOTO BORDER FUNDING, Chula Vista’s Ana De Almeida Amaral is one of 10 to GUN SALES BAN AT DEL MAR earn the Girls Scouts’ top honor, the Gold Award. GREEN CARD RULE FAIRGROUNDS NOW THE LAW SETTING THE BY NICK MIROFF Newsom signs bill man Todd Gloria, D-San Di- Federal judges in New York, Texas and ego, in a news release. “This California sided against two of the Trump written by Gloria; it victory is policy and action, GOLD STANDARD administration’s key immigration initia- not thoughts and prayers — tives Friday, the latest in a series of lower takes effect in 2021 and it demonstrates that court rulings against the president’s push California, with leaders like BY DEBORAH SULLIVAN Girl Scouts recognized as for new physical and administrative barri- BY PHIL DIEHL Gov. Newsom, will step up BRENNAN & DIANE BELL “National Gold Award Girl ers to migrants. when the federal govern- Scouts” at a ceremony in In El Paso, Texas, the court ruled the Gov. Gavin Newsom on ment fails to act.” Ana De Almeida Amaral, New York City. Trump administration’s attempt to repro- Friday signed into law a bill Fairground officials said ateenager from Chula Vista, “It’s such an honor, not gram military funds for the construction of that will ban the sale of guns Friday the signing was ex- has earned the Girl Scouts’ only to be the first person border fencing wasaviolation of appropria- and ammunition at the Del pected and that they will ad- top national honor for an from San Diego to have tion laws, a decision that could freeze work Mar Fairgrounds beginning here to the new law when it ethnic studies course that gotten this award, but be- on the barrier in that area. in 2021, the first time the takes effect. she developed and taught at cause the Girl Scouts are And in separate rulings in New York, Legislature has stepped in The law, Assembly Bill her high school, High Tech making a stand by support- California and Washington state, judges to prohibit the purchase of 893, is the latest devel- High Chula Vista. ing my project,” she said. partly blocked the implementation of the firearms and ammo on opment in an ongoing battle On Friday — Interna- “They’re saying they believe “public charge” rule that aimed to dis- state-owned property. that’s already entered a fed- tional Day of the Girl — in my work.” qualify immigrants from receiving green “The community spoke eral court over firearms Amaral became one of 10 SEE GOLD • A8 cards if they use public benefits or the gov- and the state listened,” said sales at Del Mar. ernment considers them likely to do so. the bill’s author, Assembly- SEE GUNS • A11 SEE BORDER • A13 NEWSU-T INDEX MCALEENAN RESIGNS Comics C5 Editorial B6 Movies E4 Scores D6 Crossword F7 Horoscope F7 Obituaries B5 Te levision E3 Kevin McAleenan, acting secretary of Homeland Security, is leaving his post. A13 Dear Abby F7 Letters B6 Stocks C3 Weather A14 A8 THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE these girls stand out. They previously earned a local GOLD have made an incredible Gold Award, joined her in impact in the worlds of New York for the ceremony. FROM A1 STEM, education, agricul- Her sister, Cristina De The Gold Award is Girl ture, the environment, civil Almeida Amaral, also a Scouts’ highest honor, rights, and beyond.” longtime Girl Scout, com- comparable to Boy Scouts’ Amaral’s project evolved pleted a social media detox Eagle rank. The 10 national from her realization that her project for her own Gold award recipients were se- high school, with its primar- Award, after studying the lected from all of this year’s ily Hispanic and Filipino neurological and psycholo- Gold Award Scouts “for student population, had no gical effects of social media their extraordinary leader- curriculum or activities that use on teen mental health. ship and ability to develop reflected that.