Straight from Capitol Weekly, the newspaper of California Government and Politics. After reading this, you can see why Porn Valley is in the shape it is. You might ask yourselves why republicians would allow this type of abuse to go on in their state. You might ask yourselves why Hollywood would let this go on all around them when they, too, use cross over stars on their sets more and more. You might find the answer in the fact that these two groups use the illegal escorting system in the porn industry every day. You know I've been very vocal about how these men use their power and money to keep these girls under their control through the illegal activities in Porn Valley. I'D LIKE A LIST OF THE 19 LEGISLATORS WHO TURNED DOWN THE BILL THAT'S BEEN THERE AND COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS WHOLE OUTBREAK!! IT'S ON THEIR HEADS NOW THAT THIS WOMAN AND ALL THE OTHERS WERE EXPOSED TO HIV!!

There is white slavery, abuse and exploitation going on right here in America. Right here in Porn Valley. These billion dollar a year businesses do not have to follow the laws that all other American businesses have to follow. You might ask yourselves why that is. Who makes the laws and who enforces the laws?? The same people helping to cover the news of the abuses in porn and through the AIM Testing Centers. Who do you think uses the illegal escorting system in porn?? The politicians, entertainers and directors/producers in good ole California. Why else would this go on in America today??

I can guarantee you no girls are told about all this stuff when they are brought into this industry. If the government cared, wouldn't they have public websites with all of these fact available to the public. Why is all this information kept secret, not only by the porn industry who feeds upon the secrecy, but by the politicians that have the ability to do something here. Why is it that these politicians who brag about their religions and preach about abstinence have absolutely no problem letting this kind of gross abuse go on just a couple hundred miles from their homes. Hmmmmmmmmmm . . . . you might have to ask yourselves what these men have to gain by supporting this industry's lack of responsibility??

Just because it's a sex industry doesn't mean we're supposed to be put in unnecessary and unsafe work conditions. It's now been proven there's many things being held from not only the public who purchases these products but from the actual workers inside that same industry. It's proven that we cannot trust them to be responsible on their own. When that is proven in any other industry in America, the regulators step in and take over policing the industry standards. Why is it the politicians of California think it's okay to continue business as usual under these circumstances??

OKAY, CALIFORNIA DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT. WHERE IS WASHINGTON IN ALL OF THIS?? BUSINESS LAW IS FEDERAL LAW IN MANY CASES AND OSHA IS DEFINITELY FEDEREAL LAW. WHERE ARE YOU WASHINGTON?? ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING IF CALIFORNIA WON'T??

Here's the article. He says nothing major has happened to make them take this more seriously. I say "LET'S STICK YOUR COCK IN THAT MILFs PUSSY AND THEN YOU CAN FUCK YOUR WIFE". Then we'll talk to the both of you in a few weeks and see how you feel about it now because that is what happened to the men that she worked with!! And who's this stupid bitch for the freespeech coalition?? WTF does this have to do with free speech?? I say stick that same COCK IN YOUR MOUTH, YOU STUPID BITCH, AND THEN SEE HOW FREELY YOU SPEAK THEN"!!  These people go to work everyday to their jobs that they thought they were doing in a safe environment. They did their job and then find out that they were exposed to HIV and there's been a coverup about past cases in the industry. HOW IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS NO MAJOR EVENT?? HOW IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT WORTH TAKING SERIOUSLY?? HOW IS THAT SOMETHING THAT INHIBITS FREE SPEECH??

I'm sorry I just can't contain myself when a woman stands for something so idiotic as protecting this insane coverup. You and Sharon Mitchell are the type of females to give women a bad name in America, not the porn whores and hookers like all of us in Porn Valley!!

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is hoping that a recent outbreak of HIV cases allegedly linked to the adult entertainment industry will help them find a sponsor for a bill to mandate condom use in adult films.

The mandatory condoms-in-porn bill has been part of the Board's legislative agenda since late last year. So far, 19 legislators have turned them down, according to Los Angeles County's chief lobbyist, Dan Wall.

But most of those rejections came before an active adult film actress tested positive for HIV on June 6. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) is investigating several other cases of current and former performers who have also tested positive.

"We are still in the game, but the odds are long because it's late in the session and this bill is emotionally and politically charged," Wall said.

A spokesman for the industry called any talk of a mandatory condom bill "premature."

"All indications are that the industry regulations are working," said Ignacio Hernandez, lobbyist for the Free Speech Coalition. "This single incident is still under investigation to see what, if anything, went wrong. We would hope that no one would move forward with sweeping legislation until we know all the facts. We have a five-year track record of no incidents. The mandatory use of condoms has been criticized by many within the adult industry, who say consumers do not want them because they interfere with the "fantasy" aspect of the entertainment. One outspoken critic of requiring condom use has been Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, prompting the OC Weekly to ask recently in a healdline what do the Pope and Larry Flynt  "have in common?"

The industry currently operates without any specific regulations, only a set of voluntary guidelines that calls for performers to be tested for HIV every 30 days. Groups calling for condom use on sets, such at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, have criticized this standard because it doesn't take into account the gestation period between when HIV is acquired and when it shows up on a test.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the most recent actress to test positive took her test on June 4, performed for a film on June 5, then received her positive test result on June 6. Consistent condom use, advocates have argued, is necessary because of such lags. However, according to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has been working with L.A. County seeking a bill sponsor, condoms are only used 17 percent of the time in adult films.

The L.A. Board of Supervisors originally approved a resolution to seek legislation last October, and made it part of their official state legislative agenda in December. Any statue would be a workplace safety regulation policed by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA).

In fact, Cal-OSHA already has a regulation on blood-borne pathogens in the workplace, according to Rand Martin, a lobbyist for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation with the firm of Rose & Kindel. That regulation, however, mainly governs the medical industry. Certain "clarifications" would be needed in law to regulate HIV protection in the adult industry.

"We're calling for a worker protection objective here, not a change of what is on the screen," Martin said.

Last week Cal-OSHA raided the clinic where the positive HIV test was recorded. The Adult Industry Medical Association is the main provider testing adult performers. According to the LA Times, the state is seeking information about as many as 18 other current or former adult performers who have come up HIV positive since 2004. AIM also maintains a database of performers' HIV status, and a quarantine list if anyone is known to have worked with an infected performer.

Some in the industry have contested whether these people were current performers-something which can be difficult to track. According to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation literature, "there are approximately 1200-1500 Californians who are employed as performers, but the roll call of performers is constantly shifting. Most (especially female performers) will appear in very few movies before ending their adult film career. As a result, the number of performers who are engaged in any given year is much greater."
This constant turnover in performers and in companies-which constantly change names and pop in and out of existence, Martin said-can make the industry hard to track.

In 2004, there was a clear outbreak, involving several connected cases. That incident shut down the industry for a month. Since then, 22 other cases have been reported. About half are among men who work in gay films, while the rest are both men and women working in heterosexual porn.

The Los Angeles Department of Public Health has been critical of industry testing and reporting. A spokeswoman with the agency declined to comment on their investigation except to point to a June 19 letter to the County Board of Supervisors. It stated that AIM has reported 24 HIV cases since 2004: "AIM has claimed that none of these individuals are adult film performers. To date, we have been unable to verify this claim because of a lack of cooperation by AIM." AIM has not returned a call seeking comment as of press time.

The Free Speech Coalition's Hernandez said that anytime there is talk of an HIV incident, it gives ammunition to groups who have already been pushing for condoms in adult films. But this latest report, he said, isn't likely to change anything.

"Anytime something is in the newspapers, and it's getting a lot of attention down there, it's a chance for groups to go for what they already wanted," Hernandez said. "If legislators weren't convinced there was a need in January or February, I'm not convinced that the information that is out right now would be enough to change someone's mind."

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Martin said he did not take seriously the idea that the adult industry would leave for another state, such as Nevada, if condom regulations went into effect.

"They're too well entrenched in California," Martin said. "They have too accommodating a government, too accomodating a society to move out of state. The San Fernando Valley is the heart of adult film industry," he added, noting they are "treated like normal businesses" there.

The advent of digital technology, Martin added, could make the issue of condoms moot. It is possible to quickly and easily take any visual indication of the condom out of the film or image before sale, Martin said.

"The condom is digitally removed," Martin said. "We've actually talked about taking a visual example to the committee when we present the bill."

Martin quickly added, "I'm joking."

I WANT TO KNOW, WHY ARE YOU KIDDING MARTIN?? WHAT IS WRONG WITH SHOWING HOW IT WORKS. THIS IS A NO BRAINER!! SAFETY FOR THE WORKERS AND WITH A CLICK OF THE MOUSE, YOU NEVER EVEN KNOW!! WHAT IS THE QUESTION AND WHY IS THIS NOT MANDATORY TODAY?????