I beleive I corrected that here a week or so ago. The hearing is on the 23rd.

@jilted –
I still need to finish reading the Brian Chase document. Damn, that thing is long. Very well-written, but also very long….

By the way, what happened to the October 3rd court case?

Jilted, I think you’re right about the stats only going up to around 2009 and being from AIM. It doesn’t even include the performers who contracted HIV. it’s all bullshit!!

And you’re right…The testing does work. It proves the industry needs more regulation. haha. Good one!!

I agree 100% with everything you’re saying. It’s all bullshit!!

@kate,
The healt department stats you cite here are from 2004 to i beleive 2009, and they are only from AIM. They do not include any reports from any of the other multiple clinics that performers use to ‘go around’ they system. And testing DOES WORK, it has proven the need for more regulation.

You have not see the county putting out any new stats since the closure or AIM, because they have no way of knowing who the patients are from private for profit clinic

The industry keeps repeating this ‘we are the most tested workforce’ line of crap, but they will never tell you the results of those tests. You can rest assured if the results of all those tests showed an extememly low rate of infection the FSC and the industry would be putting that information out there for all to see, but the results of the testing program show just the opposite, and therefore you will NEVER see the industry release stats based on the test results.

You’re right ,jilted… The judge said because the plaintiffs First Amendment claim regarding measure b’s condom requirement is unlikely to succeed on the merits, the court denies a preliminary injunction on that issue.

The judge also said that making actors wear condoms during porn shoots DOESN’T violate the First Amendment. He thinks that condoms on set would be a health benefit. ( No, Really?)

Since 2004, the health department received reports of 2,396 cases of chlamydia, 1,389 cases of gonorrhea, and five syphilis cases among adult performers. ( gee, I thought the testing works?) That’s crazy!!

But Steve “asshole” Hirsch continues to believe this unfunded mandate infringes upon the industry’s freedom of speech and he/they will continue their fight… Right… hahaha.

Kate, I believe the judge in that case wrote in his opinion that it is ‘likely’ that first ammendment claims of the industry would not stand up in court. He did not rule directly on the matter, as that was not the issue that was before him in that case.

Lacey, there is no state law, that is, a law passed by the legislature that requires condoms. Measure B is a county ordinance, covering only the county of Los Angeles. Cal-OSHA regulations cover every workplace in the state, and the specific section 5193 is the blood borne pathogen regulations A good source for alot of information about this is in the paper wrirtten by Brian Chase, that mike printed here a few weeks ago. The index of that paper cites all of the sources for the information in the article.

Going to hesr a.lot of crap on this
Soon. Huh bob? and Bud lee.
Getting desperate.

@jilted –
So, in actuality, the industry has the state requiring performers to wear condoms or face criminal charges and they also have OSHA who can hit them with monetary fines because of exposure to fluids, etc. And, these OSHA rules are already in effect?

Do I have that right?

Well a federal judge already ruled that condoms are NOT against the the industry’s first amendment rights. They won’t be appealing this fine in court.

Just like Steve “full of shit” Hirsch won’t be moving his company to another state because he knows there are no laws to protect the performers/ producers / directors for being arrested for prostitution and pandering anywhere except in the state of California and New Hampshire.