Today's final rundown/script

SAYS OVER FISHING IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SALMON POPULATION DECLINE:

SOT: (:19)

SAYS: "NO, OVER FISHING VERY, VERY UNLIKELY. UH, MOST OF THESE FISHERIES LIKE I SAID ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN THE CURRENT FISHERIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, SO SOMETHING ELSE IS OCCURRING OUT THERE. ANGLERS, COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ARE NOT HAVING MAJOR IMPACT ON THESE FISHERIES."

2. BIG PORN TAX HIKE? VO/SOT

LIVE: AN ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE THIS AFTERNOON IS CONSIDERING A 25 PERCENT TAX ON THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. LOBBYISTS FROM THE INDUSTRY CLAIM IT COULD FORCE THEIR FOUR BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR INDUSTRY OUT OF STATE AND POTENTIALLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO

VO: (:25) MORE THAN 160 PORN STARS AND STRIPPERS PACKED THE STATE CAPITOL HEARING ROOM AND THE HALL OUTSIDE THE REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE HEARING ROOM. THE PROPOSED TAX BY DEMOCRAT CHARLES CALDERON WOULD INCREASE THE COSTS FOR ITEMS FROM ADULT STORES, D-V-D SALES AND RENTALS, ADULT PAY PER VIEW MOVIES AND STRIP CLUBS. THEY CLAIM THE TAX WILL RAISE AN ADDITIONAL 400 TO 700 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR TO FUND LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIRED FOR CALLS TO SERVICE TO ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND STORES AND PROGRAMS TO TREAT THOSE ADDICTED TO DRUGS AND WITH SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. CALDERON AND CO-AUTHOR CATHLEEN GALGIANI ENDED THE NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER REPORTER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW PROGRAMS FUNDED WITH THESE TAXES WOULD ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE SO CALLED SECONDARY EFFECTS OF THE INDUSTRY. A FORMER PORN STAR WHO SUPPORTS THE TAX AND A CURRENT PORN STAR WHO FEARS HER JOB WILL BE OUTSOURCED TO BUDAPEST GAVE DIFFERING STATEMENTS ABOUT DRUGS IN THE INDUSTRY.

SUPER: SHELLEY LUBBEN/FORMER ADULT FILM ACTRESS

SOT: (:22)

SAYS: "I WORKED TWO YEARS IN THE ADULT ... YOU NAME IT THEY'LL GIVE IT TO YOU."

SUPER: KAYDEN KROSS/ADULT FILM ACTRESS

SOT: (:14)

SAYS: "THIS IS A BUSINESS ECONOMICALLY IT'S STUPID ... YOU CAN'T HAVE DRUGS ON SET THEY'LL SEND GIRLS HOME."

VO TAG: THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY EMPLOYS 50 THOUSAND CALIFORNIANS ACCORDING TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION WHICH IS AGAINST THE TAX HIKE.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

THE BILL HAS NOT BEEN HEARD YET. AS CALDERON IS THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, THE BILL WILL LIKELY GO LAST. CALL VENUS FOR UPDATES LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

EXTRA BITES:

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN CHARLES CALDERON/D-WHITTIER

SOT: (:20)

SAYS: "OH, HERE'S HOW IT RELATES TO THE EXTENT ... I THINK THAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP."

SOT: (:18)

SAYS: "DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ESTIMATES IN TERMS OF HOW MANY CALIFORNIA POLITICIANS ARE SEX ADDICTED? .... THE SHORT ANSWER IS I DON'T KNOW."

SUPER: ASSEMBLYWOMAN CATHLEEN GALGIANI/D-TRACY

SOT: (:42)

SAYS: "AND I WOULD SAY THAT METH ... SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES."

SUPER: DIANE DUKE/FREE SPEECH COALITION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

SOT: (:25)

SAYS: "I'VE GOT 12 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH ... OUR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION RATES ARE MUCH, MUCH LESS."

SOT: (:14)

SAYS: "A 25 PERCENT MULTI USE TAX ... WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO STAY IN BUSINESS."

SUPER: MATT GRAY/ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY LOBBYIST

SOT: (:18)

SAYS: "SHE BEGAN BY INTRODUCING HERSELF ... OF THAT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION."

SUPER: KAYDEN KROSS/ADULT FILM ACTRESS

SOT: (:37)

SAYS: "WE'RE ALREADY EXPERIENCING A ... AND COULDN'T SHOOT IN ANOTHER STATE."

SUPER: DOCTOR OMAR MINWALLA/SEXUAL RECOVERY INSTITUTE

SOT: (:16)

SAYS: "WHETHER IT IS OUR POP STARS OR POLITICIANS ... WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT CYBER SEX."

3. NEW ASSEMBLY SPEAKER VO/SOT

LIVE: THE STATE LAWMAKER WHO WILL BE SWORN IN TOMORROW AS THE NEW SPEAKER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY SAYS SHE WOULD PREFER PUBLIC FINANCING OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, BUT HAS NO PLANS TO REFORM CALIFORNIA'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM WHILE IN OFFICE. ON THE EVE OF HER SWEARING IN CEREMONY A FUNDRAISING DINNER FOR ASSEMBLY SPEAKER-ELECT KAREN BASS WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING. SPONSORSHIPS FOR TONIGHT'S DINNER SOLD FOR AS MUCH AS 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS, WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.