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City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi LoL.A. Outer Harbor, in feet.County Height Period DirectionThursday Downtown readingsMinutes to burn for sensitive peopleTemperature Los Angeles Fullerton VenturaToday’s rise/setMarch 16 March 24 April 1 April 7Los Angeles Co. Orange Co. Ventura Co.Key:Susunny;Pcpartly cloudy;Cycloudy;Fg
foggy;Prcpprecipitation;Drdrizzle;Hz;hazySh
showers;Tsthunderstorms;Rrain;Snsnow;Sf
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trace.Notes:National extremes exclude Alaska
and Hawaii. Missing data indicated by “xx”.U.S. cities
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VENTURA CO.LOS ANGELES CO.RIVERSIDE CO.SAN BERNARDINO CO.SANTA
BARBARA CO.SAN DIEGO CO.ORANGE CO.Santa
Barbara
VenturaOxnardOjaiCamarilloSanta PaulaWestlake
Village Woodland
Hills
SantaMonicaTorrance
Long
Beach Newport
BeachSanta AnaLaguna
Beach San
ClementeMission ViejoIrvineOceansideEscondidoPowayRamonaSan DiegoTemeculaHemet Palm
SpringsFullertonChino
RiversideOntarioPomona/
Fairplex San BernardinoYucca ValleyHesperiaWhittier
HillsUCLASimi ValleyChatsworth
Burbank MonroviaSanta ClaritaL.A. DowntownSun 7:06a/7:00p 7:05a/6:58p 7:10a/7:04p
Moon 11:56p/9:58a 11:55p/9:57a none/10:02aAnaheim 70 53 .90 62 56 65 53
Avalon/Catalina 57 51 -- 55 48 54 46
Bakersfield 66 50 -- 74 52 69 48
Barstow 64 51 .28 63 46 67 44
Big Bear Lake 41 32 .47 41 28 45 26
Bishop 67 31 -- 70 38 63 36
Burbank 61 52 .98 60 52 61 49
Camarillo 66 48 .23 65 54 65 51
Chatsworth 64 50 .91 59 52 60 49
Chino 62 48 1.66 61 52 66 49
Dana Point 57 53 .30 61 56 63 54
Death Valley 82 55 -- 76 63 77 58
Del Mar 63 57 .64 61 54 64 51
Escondido 59 53 1.48 60 53 65 51
Eureka 56 44 -- 53 41 50 40
Fallbrook 58 54 1.14 60 53 64 49
Fresno 73 50 -- 75 52 67 50
Fullerton 63 54 .95 65 57 67 54
Hemet 56 48 .99 57 46 62 44
Hesperia 54 44 1.05 56 44 57 40
Huntington Beach 58 53 .76 62 57 63 54
Idyllwild 50 35 1.35 47 38 51 37
Irvine 60 55 .55 62 57 65 53
L.A. D’ntown/USC64 56 1.29 62 55 63 53L.A. Int’l. Airport 62 56 1.05 63 56 65 56
Laguna Beach 58 56 .38 61 57 63 55
Lancaster 55 43 .22 60 47 59 43
Long Beach 60 54 1.23 62 55 64 53
Mammoth Lakes 55 19 -- 53 30 45 28
Mission Viejo 56 51 .76 60 56 64 53
Monrovia 58 52 .84 60 52 61 48
Monterey 61 46 -- 62 50 60 50
Mt. Wilson 46 32 -- 47 37 48 35
Needles 69 61 .50 66 55 70 52
Newport Beach 60 56 .45 62 58 63 55
Northridge 61 49 1.01 60 51 62 49
Oakland 71 48 -- 66 51 56 51
Oceanside 62 52 .96 63 54 66 50
Ojai 66 42 .02 61 49 59 45
Ontario 63 51 1.56 61 53 63 50
Palm Springs 66 58 .94 68 52 72 52
Pasadena 60 52 1.26 59 52 60 48
Paso Robles 72 44 -- 62 46 60 45
Pomona/Fairplex 59 50 .88 60 52 62 48
Redding 81 44 -- 72 41 55 41
Riverside 60 50 1.49 58 46 62 44
Sacramento 82 46 -- 71 46 55 45
San Bernardino 64 51 1.14 58 51 62 48San Diego 65 60 .26 64 59 66 58
San Francisco 70 47 -- 63 50 57 47
San Gabriel xx xx xx 61 53 62 49
SanJose 75 49 -- 67 50 60 50
San Luis Obispo 74 49 -- 61 50 60 49
Santa Ana 63 58 .88 65 60 68 57
Santa Barbara 66 49 -- 63 53 62 48
Santa Clarita 63 48 .35 60 50 59 48
Santa Monica Pier 60 53 1.38 61 55 63 53
Santa Paula 68 47 .15 63 51 61 49
Santa Rosa 77 40 -- 65 41 54 40
Simi Valley 66 49 .73 60 52 60 48
Tahoe Valley 57 25 -- 54 35 41 30
Temecula 57 53 1.02 58 49 62 45
Thousand Oaks 63 49 .51 62 53 61 49
Torrance 61 54 .72 63 53 65 50
UCLA 62 53 1.01 61 55 63 53
Van Nuys 61 51 1.11 61 51 61 50
Ventura 66 53 .12 62 54 61 52
Whittier Hills 58 50 1.01 63 56 64 53
Woodland Hills 61 47 1.14 61 50 62 48
Wrightwood 42 32 1.21 47 38 46 35
Yorba Linda 58 51 1.07 60 55 64 51
Yosemite Valley 67 33 -- 60 39 50 34Showers 63/
A little rain 64/
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A shower 57/A shower 59/
A little rain 61/
A little rain 57/
Rainy times 54/A shower 63/
A little rain 62/
A little rain 60/
Showers 56/Some sun 45/
Mostly cloudy 45/
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A snow shower 37/Partly sunny 72/
Cloudy 75/
Cloudy 73/
Showers 63/Morning rain; cloudy Morning rain Morning rain; cloudy Rain and drizzle A little a.m. rain
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TuesdayTodayInnerwaters:Winds southwest at
10-15 knots. Wind waves will average
1-5 feet; south and west swell 2 feet.
Surf zone:The risk of strong,
dangerous rip currents will be high
for LA County beaches, moderate
for Ventura, Orange and San Diego
county beaches and low for Santa
Barbara County beaches.Santa Barbara 1-3’ 7 sec S
Ventura 2-4’ 7 sec S
Los Angeles 3-5’ 7 sec S
Orange 2-4’ 7 sec S
San Diego 2-4’ 7 sec SThursday Today Saturday Thursday Today Saturday Thursday Today SaturdayForecasts byAccuWeather, Inc.©Today 12:21a 5.5 Hi 6:58a 0.1 Lo
1:04p 4.0 Hi 6:38p 1.1 Lo
Sat. 1:07a 5.3 Hi 8:11a 0.2 Lo
2:26p 3.3 Hi 7:22p 1.8 LoHigh/low 64/56 60/54 66/
Normal high/low 70/51 70/50 66/
High/low a year ago 71/55 70/52 65/
Record high/date 93/2007 95/2007 83/
Record low/date 36/1893 36/2006 36/24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) 1.29 0.95 0.
Season total (since Oct. 1) 8.92 8.25 7.
Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 17.99 15.66 17.
Season norm (Oct. 1 to date) 12.29 11.75 13.
Humidity (high/low) 86/60 93/74 96/Precipitation Los Angeles Fullerton VenturaLas Vegas, 60
Los Angeles, 60Phoenix, 45
San Francisco, 45(^62) / (^5560) / (^5261) / (^5541) / (^2868) / 52
High94 in Falfurrias, Texas
Low–7 in Estcourt, Maine
Thursday Today Thursday Today
Albany 53 34 -- 60 35 R
Albuquerque 66 48 Tr 61 38 Sh
Anchorage 18 -1 -- 24 8 Pc
Aspen 50 32 .05 44 28 Sn
Atlanta 76 60 .04 70 56 Sh
Austin 86 67 -- 80 68 Cy
Baltimore 62 41 -- 74 39 Pc
Boise 53 32 -- 57 39 Su
Boston 43 34 -- 59 39 R
Buffalo 55 34 -- 50 32 W
Burlington, Vt. 49 28 Tr 51 34 R
Charleston, S.C. 80 57 Tr 83 61 Pc
Charlotte 76 46 -- 74 50 Sh
Chicago 58 37 Tr 49 32 Su
Cincinnati 64 41 .35 53 35 Pc
Cleveland 59 40 -- 48 32 Su
Columbia, S.C. 80 52 Tr 81 59 Cy
Columbus 64 43 .07 52 33 Pc
Dallas/Ft.Worth 85 66 -- 68 62 Ts
Denver 46 39 -- 40 27 R
Detroit 50 38 -- 47 31 W
El Paso 68 61 .01 70 47 Sh
Eugene 54 33 -- 46 36 R
Fort Myers 86 64 .01 87 64 Su
Hartford 49 33 -- 62 35 R
Honolulu 79 66 .21 80 68 Sh
Houston 84 69 -- 81 67 Sh
Indianapolis 59 43 .12 50 35 Pc
Jacksonville, Fla. 84 56 -- 87 59 Pc
Kansas City 66 49 .23 50 33 Pc
Knoxville 71 53 .06 65 46 Cy
Las Vegas 70 54 .02 60 50 Pc
Louisville 66 43 .64 57 40 Pc
Medford 64 33 -- 59 34 Su
Memphis 74 59 -- 56 47 Cy
Miami 83 68 -- 84 71 Pc
Milwaukee 55 36 .02 47 30 Su
Minneapolis 43 40 .09 38 22 Su
Nashville 73 50 -- 58 45 Pc
New Orleans 82 64 -- 80 66 Sh
New York 50 43 .01 68 40 R
Norfolk 62 50 -- 77 49 Cy
Oklahoma City 81 53 -- 51 46 R
Omaha 60 51 Tr 49 32 Pc
Orlando 85 64 -- 87 62 Su
Philadelphia 60 40 Tr 72 40 Sh
Phoenix 71 62 .31 66 54 Sh
Pittsburgh 64 42 -- 53 30 Sh
Portland, Ore. 56 33 -- 44 35 R
Providence 49 32 -- 62 36 R
Raleigh/Durham 73 51 -- 75 48 Cy
Reno 64 35 -- 66 42 W
Richmond 65 47 -- 79 44 Sh
St. Louis 58 43 .97 52 36 Pc
Salt Lake City 58 38 -- 52 46 Su
Acapulco 90 74 -- 86 76 Pc
Amsterdam 50 45 .41 48 34 Sh
Athens 68 46 -- 73 53 Su
Bangkok 97 81 -- 99 82 Pc
Barcelona 63 50 -- 62 52 Pc
Berlin 54 45 .18 47 28 Pc
Cabo San Lucas 86 69 -- 80 65 Pc
Cairo 63 59 3.09 66 60 Sh
Dubai 83 64 -- 84 69 Hz
Dublin 48 34 .45 48 42 Sh
Havana 86 57 -- 88 66 Su
Ho Chi Minh City 97 79 -- 97 78 Pc
Hong Kong 78 69 -- 77 65 Pc
Istanbul 64 43 -- 61 45 Su
Jerusalem 72 62 .20 55 49 Ts
Johannesburg 76 61 .28 76 59 Pc
Kuala Lumpur 94 77 .26 95 78 Pc
Lima 82 72 -- 81 72 Hz
London 52 41 .13 52 41 Pc
Madrid 77 45 -- 74 49 Pc
Mecca 99 71 -- 91 67 W
Mexico City 83 54 -- 83 55 Pc
Milan 61 43 -- 66 47 Pc
Montreal 36 27 -- 46 31 R
Moscow 48 40 .15 44 35 W
Mumbai 82 75 -- 84 69 Hz
New Delhi 82 63 -- 78 58 Hz
Paris 57 52 .27 53 40 Pc
Prague 59 48 .13 47 32 Pc
Rome 63 43 -- 63 50 Pc
Seoul 55 30 .01 47 26 Pc
Singapore 92 79 -- 93 79 Ts
Taipei City 75 63 .73 72 61 R
Tokyo 59 46 -- 64 47 Hz
Vancouver 46 36 -- 47 28 R
Vienna 70 43 -- 55 37 Sh
Seattle 52 39 Tr 44 34 R
Tampa 82 63 -- 84 65 Su
Tucson 69 61 .02 64 47 Cy
Tulsa 83 61 -- 54 44 Pc
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Mostly cloudy with a few showers:An upper-level storm system centered over Southeast California this
morning will continue to move slowly to the east. This system will again bring a few more showers to parts of
the region today. A new storm forming off the coast of the Pacific Northwest will move south Saturday and
Sunday to create an onshore flow. Clouds and light showers are expected this weekend.
Southwestern storm spreads: Rain and thunderstorms will spread
from the Southwest to the central and southern Plains. Snow will fall in
parts of Colorado and Nebraska. Windy, wet weather will sweep through
the Northeast. Snow and rain will spread into the Northwest.
cam performers say Sacra-
mento is looking for novel
ways to police them.
One industry lawyer
called it a “scarlet letter stat-
ute.”
“It is my goal that the
training required by AB 2389
will result in a certification
process similar to that of
other industries,” Assem-
blywoman Cristina Garcia
(D-Bell Gardens) wrote in a
statement Feb. 20, two days
after she introduced the bill.
“For example, the food serv-
ice industry requires a food
handlers training course, in
which workers complete a
training course and at the
end take a quiz. Upon pass-
ing the quiz, they are then
certified food handlers in
this state.”
On Feb. 27, Garcia intro-
duced amendments to scrap
the bill’s fingerprinting re-
quirements and scale back
the business license man-
date in favor of a certificate
program.
But experts said such a
scheme “misunderstands
how the industry works.”
“The industry simply
isn’t comparable to other
jobs which require permit-
ting,” Heather Berg, assist-
ant professor of women, gen-
der and sexuality studies at
Washington University in St.
Louis, wrote in an email.
“There is also a long history
of sex workers resisting
mandated registration with
the state.”
Garcia said the bill was
proposed by the Interna-
tional Entertainment Adult
Union, an umbrella organi-
zation for industry guilds.
But those guilds represent a
small fraction of adult enter-
tainers — most of whom are
nonunion — and their lead-
ers said it was drafted be-
hind their backs by a “rogue
officer.” The officer, union
Secretary Amanda Gul-
lesserian, told The Times
she went to the lawmaker
alone.
“Who would draft a bill
without talking with us?”
said Mike Stabile of the Free
Speech Coalition, an indus-
try trade group that works
regularly with state officials.
“No one had consulted us at
all — we spoke to the other
major performer groups,
and no one had any contact
with the legislators who
drafted this. Everyone was
pretty outraged.”
The backlash was sud-
den.
“This does not protect
performers — it basically
treats us like criminals,” said
Alana Evans, president of
the Adult Performers Actors
Guild. “We’re coming to the
adult industry because we
need to buy diapers, we need
to feed our kids. ... They’re
going to use this to scare
people away.”
She and other perform-
ers were particularly
alarmed by requirements
that appeared to create a
statewide database of adult
entertainers while doing
nothing to combat the
stigma and discrimination
many face. Many likened AB
2389 to SESTA/FOSTA, a
2018 federal law aimed at on-
line sex trafficking that
adult entertainers and sex
workers say has destroyed
labor protections and up-
ended their lives.
“AB2389 is a bill that, like
SESTA/FOSTA, is dressed
to look like it seeks to protect
adult entertainers, when in
fact, it seeks to further crimi-
nalize them,” wrote Antonia
Crane, founder and director
of Soldiers of Pole, a stripper
labor movement in Califor-
nia. “The bill allows the state
to ‘register,’ meaning to
fingerprint, record, ID and
to police, the most vulnera-
ble workforce in the world.”
Others worried the bill
would stigmatize gig work-
ers who rely on erotic labor
as a side hustle.
“This isn’t just the porn
stars in the Valley anymore.
This is your neighbors,” said
Jennifer Allbaugh, vice pres-
ident of the Adult Perform-
ers Actors Guild. “Good luck
having this license and try-
ing to get a straight job after
you decide you want to re-
tire.”
After an industry outcry,
Assemblywoman Lorena
Gonzalez (D-San Diego)
said she would pull her name
from the legislation, which
she initially co-sponsored.
Even the bill’s architect has
sought to distance herself
from the proposal.
“It’s written completely
wrong,” said Gullesserian,
who first approached Garcia
with bullet points for what
became AB 2389. “It just
needs to be erased and fixed
— and it’s going to be.”
Indeed, Garcia amended
the bill, promising “a col-
laborative process with all
stakeholders.”
But critics say that proc-
ess is already long overdue.
Many see AB 2389 as part
of a pattern of legislative ef-
forts to restrict California’s
adult entertainment indus-
try. Several compared it to
L.A.’s 2012 mandatory test-
ing statute and 2016’s failed
Proposition 60, which would
have required condoms in all
adult content filmed in the
state. Similar proposals
have each died in the Legis-
lature.
“Requiring sex workers
to take classes and be finger-
printed and be identified?
Come on! No sex worker is
going to want this ridiculous
law,” said Corey D. Silver-
stein, a prominent industry
lawyer. “I do believe that ulti-
mately this bill is going to
fail, but California has been
doing everything they can to
make the production of
adult content impossible.
They are chasing people out
of the state, and they are
forcing adult content pro-
duction to go back under-
ground.”
Gullesserian, the union
secretary, said she had envi-
sioned an education bill that
would help protect young
performers from abuse and
manipulation. And though
most want the legislation
pulled from the state Assem-
bly, others see value in a
more limited program.
Several pointed to the re-
cent dust-up over an explicit
clip involving a young per-
former that appeared to
have been filmed in a Santa
Monica Public Library
branch while unsuspecting
patrons browsed in the
background. Public sex is a
misdemeanor in California.
“As the barriers to entry
in adult film have decreased,
producers have to do more
extreme things to attract a
[paying] audience,” said
David Schieber, an assistant
professor of sociology at
Northwestern and a scholar
of labor in the adult enter-
tainment industry. “Some-
one more experienced might
say, ‘This is illegal, I’m not
doing this.’ ”
Reyes, the workers’ advo-
cate, cautioned that a legally
mandated education pro-
gram could only do so much
in such cases.
“The things models need
most are education about
their rights, their sexual
health, and financial plan-
ning,” Reyes said. “But peo-
ple’s work is so varied, you
start to wonder if you can
standardize an education
packet ... and if that is some-
thing that should be state-
mandated.”
It’s unclear whether the
ill-starred Assembly bill can
be reworked to fit that goal.
But whether it’s pulled or
passed with amendments,
experts say, its effects are
likely to be felt well into the
future.
“No one would do this to
teachers or nurses,” Reyes
said. “I think we’ve made our
voices heard this time for
sure.”
Porn bill criticized as a ‘scarlet letter statute’
TIM WOODMAN, left, and Riley Reyes speak at SexPosCon last month in Burbank. Reyes and other adult
industry leaders expressed alarm at a bill that would seem to create a statewide database of sex performers.
Dania MaxwellLos Angeles Times
‘The bill allows
the state to ...
fingerprint,
record, ID and to
police the most
vulnerable
workforce in the
world.’
— Antonia Crane,
founder of Soldiers of Pole, a
stripper labor movement
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