reporter: the california institute for regenerative medicine or cirm is about to enter a crucial stage in stem cell research. going to clinical trials. the most promising experiments could cure diabetes, hiv, sickle cell an neem ya, and blindness in the elderly. you don t really get to find out whether the potential of the treatment is really going to be effective until you start to treat the patients. reporter: cirm s board is discussing how much to allocate for that trial phase. through the 2004 voter-approved bonds under proposition 71, it has already given out or spent half of the $3 billion. despite the medical promise, though, there s little to show for it beyond basic research and several high-tech labs. but the agency says the breakthroughs will come over the next few years, way ahead of the rest of the world. this would all be happening in california. all driven by this proposition 71 money. reporter: the bond money is expected to last only several more years.
one option is to ask voters to approve more bonds. something taxpayer groups oppose. when people think about bond financing, they think about a bridge, a school, a canal. stem cell research is just kind of out there. actual stem cells were injected here. reporter: rancher diana sousa says it would be a shame to stop public funding of stem cell research. through clinical trials at ucla davis medical center not financed by prop 71 money, she says stem cells helped restore full use of her severely fractured arm. i hope they can continue doing it because it is a miracle. it does work. and i have a good arm to prove it. reporter: cirm s transition plan already submitted to governor brown and lawmakers assumes no more taxpayer support after the bond money runs out. the agency is also thinking about becoming a non-profit. nanette miranda reporting for abc news. interesting debate as always. interesting. does the end justify the means? that s the big question.
impetus, the emotion of buyers right now at the margins. first of all, oil hold up. brenda: mike, hold on for a minute. oil you consume, you burn it up. brenda: mike, mike, just a minute. we know you think you re right. okay? i think i m right. i am he right. brenda: that s fine. please have jonas talk. jonas, please. bail us out. first of all, let s say the excess bond money would send interest rights down. talking about the futures. brenda: okay. getting back to the look, alternative energy, if the government wants to waste money on alternative energy not economically a good idea. could lower the price. a lot of what the government does in theory lowers demand. when he they raise cars need to drive 50 miles per gallon and it s not a good way to run an economy, but it will do that. if they sink a lot of money into ethanol it might be wasteful of taxpayer money, but becomes in the mix of the
was going to blow him over and calling him some inaudible names. i made a joke about another inmate, that s all. what were you saying? i don t remember what i said. it was just a joke. caponi almost got off with a warning. but when the deputy directed him to a holding cell, caponi decided to push things a step further. they use that holding cell for kids. oh, go hang out in the holding cell for two hours or an hour. that s your time-out. man, you do that for the kisd. i ain t no kid. initially he was not complying. he told me just send me to the hole, send me to lockdown. i gave him another order and he stood up in my face and told me get the f out of my way. he gave me an order to go into the holding zone. i told him no. i told him pull the pin, you re going to need backup. confinement means his chances of hustling his bond money are
warning. but when the deputy directed him to a holding cell caponi decided to push things a step further. they use that holding cells for kids. go hang out in the holding cell for two hours or an hour. that s your time-out. man do you that for kids. i ain t no kid. initially he was not complying. he refused. he told me send notice the hole. i gave him another order. he abruptly stood up in my face and told me get the f out of my way. he gave me an order and i told him no. i said pull the pin you ll need back up. that seems kind of hostile. it s not hostile. confinement means caponi s chances of hustling his bond money are over. derailed. i ve been derailed. just like that fast train that they were putting up here in tampa. derailed. so, no. there s no hustle. just doing time. without bond, caponi will