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Monday, May 12, 2008
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1. BIG RELEASE OF LITTLE FISH..........................VO/SOT
2. BIG PORN TAX HIKE?.........................................VO/SOT
3. NEW ASSEMBLY SPEAKER...............................VO/SOT
4. LITTLE LEGISLATORS........................................VO/SOT
5. NAKED GUY AT CAPITOL ARRESTED......................VO
1. BIG FISH RELEASE VO/SOT
LIVE: STATE FISH AND GAME OFFICIALS ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF YOUNG SALMON IT ACCLIMATES TO OCEAN CONDITIONS IN AN EFFORT TO BOOST OF THE SALMON POPULATION IN CALIFORNIA RIVERS. SALMON POPULATIONS HAVE DROPPED SO MUCH THAT STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE CLOSED THE FALL CHINOOK SALMON FISHING SEASON IN NEARLY ALL THE STATE'S WATERWAYS AND OFF THE PACIFIC COAST.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL
VO: (:30) SALMON SPAWN IN FRESH WATER, THEN THEIR OFFSPRING MIGRATE OUT TO SEA TYPICALLY FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS BEFORE RETURNING TO THEIR NATIVE RIVERS TO REPEAT THE CYCLE. BECAUSE DAMS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE BLOCKED ACCESS TO MUCH OF THE CALIFORNIA'S NATURAL SPAWNING GROUNDS, THE STATE HAS BUILT HATCHERIES TO MAINTAIN THE SALMON POPULATION. THIS MORNING, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME RELEASED ABOUT 350-THOUSAND HATCHERY-RAISED SALMON INTO SPECIAL FLOATING NETS OFF MARE ISLAND IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. THE NETS WERE THEN TOWED FARTHER OUT INTO THE BAY, WHERE THE SALMON WERE RELEASED AFTER THEY ADJUSTED TO THE HIGHER SALT CONCENTRATIONS AND WATER TEMPERATURES OF THE BAY. BIOLOGIST KARI BURR SAYS PROTECTING THE YOUNG SALMON FROM PREDATORS WHILE THEY ACCLIMATE TO THE BAY INCREASES THEIR ODDS OF SURVIVING TO SPAWN THREE TO FIVE TIMES.
SUPER: KARI BURR/ FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
SOT: (:10)
SAYS: "IT ONLY TAKES A FEW HOURS. THESE FISH..., ...DEPENDING ON THE TIDAL CONDITIONS."
SUPER: NEIL MANJI /FISHERIES BRANCH CHIEF/CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
SOT: (:16)
SAYS: "THIS IS ONE ASPECT, SINCE WE ARE IN SUCH A CRITICAL TIME OF THE YEAR, OR CRITICAL TIME OF SALMON RECOVERY, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WILL HOPEFULLY GET THE COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN, THE RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN BOTH IN THE OCEAN AND THE RIVER YOU KNOW, BACK TO WHAT THEY LOVE DOING, WHICH IS FISHING."
VO TAG: FISHERIES CHIEF NEIL MANJI SAYS THE STATE WILL RELEASE MORE THAN 17 MILLION HATCHERY SALMON USING ACCLIMATION NETS THIS YEARS, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AVERAGE. FISH AND GAME OFFICIALS WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO ENCOURAGE INCREASED SALMON SPAWNING BY REMOVING BARRIERS, ADDING IN-STREAM-STRUCTURES SUCH AS FISH LADDERS, AND ADDING GRAVEL TO SPAWNING AREAS. MANJI SAYS THE MOVEMENTS OF THE HATCHERY FISH ARE TRACKED, BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR LIFE CYCLE, IT WILL TAKE THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OF THEIR EFFORTS.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
FISH AND GAME OFFICIALS COUNT THE RETURNING SALMON POPULATION TO DETERMINE THE HEALTH OF THE SPECIES AND TO SET FISHING LIMITS. THIS YEAR'S COUNT OF SACRAMENTO RIVER FALL CHINOOK SALMON WAS BETWEEN ONE-THIRD AND ONE HALF OF MINIMALLY ACCEPTABLE LEVELS, SO FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS HAVE CLOSED THE FALL CHINOOK SALMON FISHING SEASON BOTH OFFSHORE AND IN CALIFORNIA'S INTERIOR WATERWAYS EXCEPT FOR A SHORT SECTION OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER NORTH OF SACRAMENTO DURING THE LATE FALL, AFTER THE REGULAR SPAWNING SEASON. THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION WILL VOTE ON KLAMMATH RIVER REGULATIONS NEXT MONTH.
EXTRA BITES:
SUPER: KARI BURR/ FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
SOT: (:00)
SAYS: "FISH NEED CERTAIN CONDITIONS, WATER QUALITY, WATER TEMPERATURE..., ...SOME OF THE IMPASSABLE AREAS."
SUPER: NEIL MANJI /FISHERIES BRANCH CHIEF/CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
SOT: (:21)
SAYS: "THE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH THE FISHERIES FOUNDATION ARE ACTUALLY RELEASING MORE IN THE PENS THIS YEAR. THE LAST TEN OR 11 YEARS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF FISH THAT'S BEEN ACCLIMATED BEEN ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION FISH. THIS YEAR, THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ACCLIMATING UH, APPROXIMATELY 17 MILLION FISH FROM STATE HATCHERIES."
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.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL
VO: (:30) LAST WEEK, BASS HELD A FIVE-THOUSAND DOLLAR A HEAD FUNDRAISER. IN 2000, A STATE LAW IMPOSED A 36-HUNDERED DOLLAR LIMIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICIANS, BUT LIKE MANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, BASS SIDESTEPPED THE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT BY CREATING WHAT'S CALLED A BALLOT ACCOUNT. BALLOT ACCOUNTS LET LAWMAKERS COLLECT UNLIMITED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BALLOT MEASURES CAMPAIGNS, THOUGH THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR ANY POLITICAL EFFORT BESIDES THEIR OWN CAMPAIGNS. BASS SAYS SHE SUPPORTS PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING, WHICH WOULD EMPOWER THE GOVERNMENT TO DETERMINE WHO RECEIVES CAMPAIGN MONEY, BUT HAS NO PLANS TO INTRODUCE ANY CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORMS AS SPEAKER.
SUPER: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER-ELECT KAREN BASS/D-LOS ANGELES
SOT: (:29)
REPORTER: "SO WHAT SORT OF CAMPAIGN FINANCING, UH CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING REFORMS WILL YOU BE PROPOSING?"
SAYS: "OH. I DID NOT SAY THAT. I DON'T PLAN TO PROPOSE ANY CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT IN THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS, IF WE DID HAVE PUBLIC FINANCING, OF CAMPAIGNS THEN I COULD FOCUS STRICTLY ON POLICY. I DON'T PLAN TO PROPOSE THAT IN MY TENURE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, MY TENURE WILL BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS OTHER SPEAKERS, SINCE WILLIE BROWN."
VO TAG: LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ARE TYPICALLY ELECTED BASED ON THEIR ABILITY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THEIR FELLOW LAWMAKERS.
EXTRA BITES:
SUPER: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER-ELECT KAREN BASS/D-LOS ANGELES
SOT: (:24)
SAYS: "NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH HOWEVER THAT IS A PART OF, THAT IS THE NATURE OF THIS BEAST, AND THAT IS FUNDRAISING. I WOULD LOVE IF WE HAD CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND CAMPAIGNS WERE PUBLICLY FINANCED, I COULD FOCUS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF MY TIME ON PUBLIC POLICY, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT TO RUN AN ELECTION, WHETHER YOU'RE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OR THE ASSEMBLY, OR WHATEVER, YOU HAVE TO RAISE MONEY."
BASS SAYS THE STATE BUDGET CANNOT BE BALANCED BY SPENDING CUTS ALONE, BUT DECLINED TO STATE WHAT TAXES SHE WOULD PREFER RAISED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET:
SOT: (:12)
SAYS: "PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK AT THE LOTTERY, I THINK THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS... WOULD NOT BE ACCURATE RIGHT NOW."
4. LITTLE LEGISLATORS VO/SOT
LIVE: 800 FIFTH GRADERS FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE CENTRAL VALLEY ARE TAKING PART IN AN ANNUAL CAPITOL EVENT AIMED AT TEACHING SCHOOL KIDS THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THIS IS THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL KIDS DAY AT THE CAPITOL.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO
VO: (:20) ONE CLASS FROM FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEAR FRESNO BEGAN THE PROCESS WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BUILDING AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS BY REPUBLICAN LEADER DAVE COGDILL. OTHER LEGISLATORS MET AND WILL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH KIDS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. AFTER THE INTRODUCTION, THEY TOUR THE BUILDING, THEN SHEPHERD THEIR OWN MOCK BILLS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
SUPER: CINDY LEE/AT&T PIONEERS
SOT: (:16)
SAYS: "ACTUALLY THE KIDS ARE BEING VERY INNOVATIVE ... IN THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE WANTING THIS YEAR."
SUPER: SAWYER BRANDT/SAINT IGNATIUS (SACRAMENTO)
SOT: (:24)
SAYS: "WE DID A BILL ON ANIMAL CRUELTY ... HAVE TO DO FOUR MONTH COMMUNITY SERVICE."
VO TAG: THE EVENT CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW.
EXTRA BITES:
SUPER: MADDIE OGAS/FREEDOM ELEMENTARY (CLOVIS)
SOT: (:06)
SAYS: "KIDS ARE FALLING BACK ON EDUCATION WITH COMPUTERS AND THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED ON THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY."
5. NAKED GUY ARRESTED AT CAPITOL VO
• NO VIDEO OF NAKED GUY, JUST THE POLICE ACTIVITY AFTERWARD. DUE TO TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THIS VIDEO IS BEING FED RAW.•
LIVE: A MAN WITNESSES SAY WAS RUNNING AROUND CAPITOL PARK NAKED WAS ARRESTED THIS AFTERNOON. A WITNESS SAYS THE MAN DISROBED IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CAPITOL THEN BEGAN RUNNING AROUND THE PARK.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO
VO: (:40) THE HIGHWAY PATROL AND SENATE SERGEANTS INSIDE THE CAPITOL BLOCKED THE DOORS TO THE CAPITOL'S EAST STEPS WHERE THE ARREST TOOK PLACE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THEY SAID IT WAS AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION AS THE MAN THREW A FEW PUNCHES AT THE OFFICERS WHO ARRESTED HIM. THE MAN WAS TAKEN AWAY IN AN AMBULANCE TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR A PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION. A C-H-P OFFICER BELIEVES THE SUSPECT WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS. A CAPITOL HIGHWAY PATROL EMPLOYEE SAYS THE BEEFED UP POLICE PRESENCE WAS DUE TO CONCERNS THAT THE SUSPECT COULD POSE A DANGER TO THE ADDITIONAL KIDS WHO WERE NEARBY. THE LOBBYIST FOR THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY SAID THE MAN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR LOBBYING EFFORTS AT THE CAPITOL TODAY TO DEFEAT A PORN TAX INCREASE.
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