FSC Launches AB 332 Opposition Fax Campaign

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Rather than sitting around bitching about things, here is something you can do to help in the fight against censorship.

Received from Diane Duke this morning.

Hi Folks,

We are launching an opposition Fax/Call campaign. AHF and Hall are getting the UCLA students and other non-industry people to write in support. We need EVERYONE in the industry to turnout for this. Could you ask all of your staff--and anyone else you know to contact Assembly Labor Committee Members and voice opposition. Below and attached are the talking points and contacts for the Committee members.

THANK YOU!!!!



AB 332 Opposition Fax Campaign

The assembly members listed below are on the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee. They are scheduled to hear AB 332 on April 24th. Please Fax each of these members and get as many people as you know to do the same. Believe it or not, faxes get the most attention in the assembly member?s offices.

If you don?t have access to a fax, call the office and ask for the staff person in charge of Labor and Employment. If that person isn't available, speak to the person who answered the phone. Be polite, don?t argue and keep the call brief. Thank the person you spoke with for their time.

Name
Fax
Phone
Assembly Member Roger Hernandez (D) Chair
(916) 319-2148
(916) 319-2048
Assembly Member Jeff Gorell (R)
(916) 319-2144
(916) 319-2044
Assembly Member Mike Morrell (R) Vice Chair
(916) 319-2140
(916) 319-2040
Assembly Member Luis Alejo (D)
(916) 319-2130
(916) 319-2030
Assembly Member Ed Chau (D)
(916) 319-2149
(916) 319-2049
Assembly Member Jimmy Gomez
(916) 319-2151
(916) 319-2051
Assembly Member Chris Holden (D)
(916) 319-2141
(916) 319-2041


Sample Fax:
Start your letter with
?Dear Assembly Member (last name),?
I am writing?. or I reach out to you today?. or This fax is ?
to:
· voice my opposition to AB 332.

· encourage you to vote ?no? on AB 332.

· tell you why AB 332 is a bad idea.


Speak from your perspective
As a performer in the adult entertainment industry,
As a director for adult films,
As an industry professional who has worked on adult sets for x years,


Points to emphasize (choose two or three)

The adult film industry has effective protocols in place to protect performers. The adult film industry?s standards and self regulation are very successful as represented by the industry?s low rate of STI transmission and no transmission of HIV on an adult set nationwide in more than 9 years. Between April of 2006 and December of 2012 there have been 46,283 new cases of HIV reported in the state of California. During that same time period only two performers contracted HIV?off set?in their personal lives. No transmission of HIV has occurred on an adult set since 2004 nationwide.

It will hurt performers-If condoms were mandatory existing testing protocols would likely disappear. The protocols that are in place are there to protect the performers and successfully do so. This is a bad idea and will only hurt performers.

AB 332 was created without any input from producers, directors, or the performers it purports to protect. Industry leaders offered towork with Assembly Member Hall to start from the beginning and create industry appropriate regulations that would help performers and not dismantle the adult film industry?Assembly Member Hall refused.

AB 332 will drive the adult film industry out of California and take tens of thousands of jobs and 5-6 billion in revenues with it. As predicted, adult filming has left LA County with the passage of Measure B. Some producers have already moved out of California, while others await the result of the legal challenge and word on AB 332.
It will waste valuable resources-HIV funding in CA has already been significantly reduced. Diverting valuable dollars from existing programs to this program will only hurt those already infected with HIV and will reduce the resources to prevent others from contracting the disease.


AB 332 Interferes with a Pending Lawsuit - AB 332 is also problematic because it interferes with a lawsuit currently pending in the Federal District Court. The lawsuit filed by Vivid Entertainment, as well as adult movie performers Kayden Kross and Logan Pierce, challenges the constitutionality of the recently adopted Los Angeles County ordinance, Measure B. The provisions in Measure B are very similar to the provisions in AB 332 and may likewise violate the Free Speech Guarantees of the First Amendment.. It is unwise for the Legislature to approve a proposal whose constitutionality is in the midst of litigation. The judicial system should be given an opportunity to conclude its review.


The State can?t afford this law-fees charged will in no way cover the extensive bureaucracy that will have to be created to implement this regulation. With massive cutbacks in state resources, tax dollars going for condom-police when there have been no transmissions of HIV onset nationwide in 8 years is a serious waste of valuable resources. Moreover, if AB 332 passes it is likely that the adult production industry?a five to six billion dollar industry?will move out of California taking its jobs and tax revenues with it. Already adult production has left LA County?some companies leaving the state?in the wake of Measure B.

AB 332 interferes with the ongoing Cal-OSHA process.

The sponsors of AB 332 petitioned Cal-OSHA to begin a rulemaking process to address the health and safety needs of the adult film industry. The adult film industry representatives DID NOT OPPOSE this request. Industry experts participated in several meetings and provided extensive documentation to further this process. AB 332 attempts to circumvent the current Cal-OSHA procedure. The sponsors of the bill are the ones who requested the Cal-OSHA rulemaking and now they are attempting to impose obstacles to undermine the work of the Board. AB 332 should be abandoned and research from Cal-OSHA should be finalized.



Once finished, please email Diane Duke at [email protected] and let her know that you faxed or called the above assembly members.

Thank you so much for your time and effort. A strong message of opposition from the adult entertainment industry will help a great deal.
Diane Duke
Chief Executive Officer
Free Speech Coalition
818-348-9373

[DWB]

That may backfire if performers actually tell the truth about the STI infection rate, or that many of them pre-medicate so they can pass monthly tests.

[mikesouth]

Methinks this is going to backfire in a BIG way


typical FSC

[Redrob]

I don't think Mike is going to help at all other than to prognosticate that all is doomed to fail.

Typical Mike.

But, hell....

if you don't try to make your world a better place, you got nobody to blame but yourself when nothing changes for the better.

At least, the Diane and the FSC are doing something.

I say KUDOS and GOOD LUCK!

I'm sending my faxes today.

[Wizzo]

People still have fax machines?

[Redrob]

Now days, I think they are called Multi-Functional Printers (MFPs): copy, scan, fax and print.