LAtest HollyWOOD report.

[JamesK840]

Nothing! Was there twice over the weekend, practically nothing on the streets (other then lots of cops), though I wasn't taking more then a passing interest.

 

Friday night there was a real hottie in a red t-shirt (think he was west of Highland, certainly west of Caughenga), looked like a gorgeous A&F model-twink type (from the street at night at least), but as I'd seen 3 cops already he was either bait or not likely to last long.

 

Sunday I noticed a good looking guy in kind of athletic pants with bright yellow pocket flaps and no shirt (well east of Vine...). Looked really muscular from the street, slightly less so up close (but not bad). A bit worn from the street (and almost certainly drugs) but nice looking enough with a sweet southern accent. I did the catch and release thing after a nice long look.

 

Stopped by Spotlight, it was pretty dead as well, though there was one cute very tall guy at the end of the bar (in the proprietor's seat), but he wasn't interacting with anybody and I didn't ask the barkeep if he knew anything about him.

[bigguyinpasadena]

Hussey and I missed you at the spot by less than 5 minutes!

On our way back from a "do"we spotted a tall gorgeous number on the bench at orange and SMB,as well as a group of cuties at the next corner.Hussey and I then proceded back to the lovely spotlight and there were 3 numbers there-all under 25.Hussy spirited one away-and the other two were quickly snatched away.Went back to find tall boy-gone!

Oh well,at least there were some signs of life!

[JamesK840]

Damn!

[Guest btownpanda]

I agree that the overt hustling along SMB is not what it use to be. But if you go to the street one block north of SMB and Orange, you can usually find a few working bois.

 

I use the street as a shortcut from Highland to La Brea. ;-)

[JamesK840]

Yeah, they tend to be outside the normal "stroll" lately. Saw an amazing blond hottie again, probably the same A&F looking one I've seen before, he was watching his buddy at the pay phone intently with no interest in the street or anything other then the source of his next hit...

 

BTW, the dark haired young lithe guy who wears flip-flops and sometimes the athletic pants with bright pockets (and is usually shirtless) also goes by James. He seems very open minded but mostly gay for pay (well, as an intermediate step to the Crystal). But he's also adorable and manages to be really sweet even when high (insisted on giving me back an extra $20 I'd slipped him).

 

It would seem they are all on Meth, it's hard for me to believe it's so good it can make so many that could otherwise do pretty well indifferent to living on the street, yet neither of the hot young boys from the street I've gotten to know (each of which could do quite well escorting or be well taken care of by the right man) seem able to take even the first step 'up'. But they have such plans for the future...

[Guest zipperzone]

>It would seem they are all on Meth, it's hard for me to

>believe it's so good it can make so many that could otherwise

>do pretty well indifferent to living on the street, yet

>neither of the hot young boys from the street I've gotten to

>know (each of which could do quite well escorting or be well

>taken care of by the right man) seem able to take even the

>first step 'up'. But they have such plans for the future...

 

Don't they just? If it were 30 years ago, they could all play a part in "Midnight Cowboy"

[JamesK840]

There wasn't much out last night, and very little at Numbers too. On my last pass there was finally something at SMB and Orange, but I was just looking.

 

Anybody check Spotlight? I drove by, couldn't find parking again, headed home.

[bigguyinpasadena]

The parking situation is just horrid these days.Last night at 6 pm!!!! they were already dancing for spots-so of course nothing when I headed back at 10pm!

[world traveler]

>The parking situation is just horrid these days.Last night at

>6 pm!!!! they were already dancing for spots-so of course

>nothing when I headed back at 10pm!

 

Perhaps the spotlight ought to provide "valet" service.

[swallowU]

>>The parking situation is just horrid these days.Last night

>at

>>6 pm!!!! they were already dancing for spots-so of course

>>nothing when I headed back at 10pm!

>

>Perhaps the spotlight ought to provide "valet" service.

 

There is a valet service available. It across the street on Selma in the small strip mall on the left. It's got all the restaurants in it. Parkings $5 on Monday thru Thursday. $10.00 on weekends.

It's safe... use it every Saturday

 

swallowU

[bigguyinpasadena]

Well-I would not mind a Valet service(although $10 is a bit rich)IF I was guarenteed of having an ok time,or if I was with company and did not want to hassle with parking.

I know there are lots nearby-and I can usually find parking south of sunset-just a long hike for a libation and an eyeful of????

[world traveler]

>Well-I would not mind a Valet service(although $10 is a bit

>rich)IF I was guarenteed of having an ok time,or if I was with

>company and did not want to hassle with parking.

>I know there are lots nearby-and I can usually find parking

>south of sunset-just a long hike for a libation and an eyeful

>of????

 

The whole idea of a valet service, is for the Spotlight to have one. They can hire a stable of cute young hustler boys to park your car while you are in the bar and then when you leave they get your car, pick you up in front with or without someone you may have picked up inside and away all three of you go. Let's use some imagination here.

 

WT

[bigguyinpasadena]

WorldTraveller=I don't know what you drive-but I am not going to let any of the "boys"(If 40 y/o hookers can be considered "boys"!)have the keys to my car!

[swallowU]

>WorldTraveller=I don't know what you drive-but I am not going

>to let any of the "boys"(If 40 y/o hookers can be considered

>"boys"!)have the keys to my car!

 

LOL... remind me to by your a drink next time I see you in the

Spot BGP.... :-)

[bigguyinpasadena]

I THINK I know who you are swallow-but you are still a mystery man to me!

[bigguyinpasadena]

Well I was at the Lovely Spotlight last night.Some talent(mostly older)some very very cute boys(there to party-not working)some truely ugly drag "queens"(I thought drag "queens" inspired to be glamorous?)And the usual flotsom and jetsum.

One kook kept starting fights outside-NOT GOOD FOR BUISNESS MR.SAMUALS-call the cops or have the goon doorman take him into the back.

All in all it was busy but tiresome.

[hed4str8]

Hey BigGuy! That's the second time you've mentioned the Spotlight's bouncer ('the goon out front') recently. I think you also said he was notably well-hung. While I know he's not someone who interests you personally, I've been hoping to hear a few more details about this stud. What does he look like, just how hung is he said to be, and is he as available as the animals inside?

 

Inquiring sizequeens want to know--and you're clearly the most authoritative commentator we have on the Spotlight scene.

[bigguyinpasadena]

The Goon-his name is Eric-is a real Lurch.6'3"tats-not a great body(not horrid either)a real ex-con and hung 9x7 with low hanging balls.Total top-and rather a lay back and do me sort.

One of those that will tell you no-till he sees you around,and you name the right figure to him.

He has been released from the clutches of his dq girlfriend,and I know he is making squat as a doorman.

[hed4str8]

Thanks, BG! I KNEW you'd know all there is to know (including how to play the game!) With any luck, he'll still be on guard when I get there next month. (Love those ex-cons!)

[Ignoto]

For what it's worth, the L. A. Times reports today that "over the last year and a half, {Los Angeles} police have seized 209 vehicles from people they say were seeking illicit sex."

[Guest zipperzone]

>For what it's worth, the L. A. Times reports today that "over

>the last year and a half, {Los Angeles} police have seized 209

>vehicles from people they say were seeking illicit sex."

 

I know we've discussed this before, but I STILL don't understand how this is legal.

 

Furthermore - you could be driving a 10 year old Civic rust bucket worth $1000 tops - or a new Escalade worth over 50 grand. Shouldn't the "fine" for a misdemeanor be the same.

 

I wonder if this has ever been successfully challanged"

[Ignoto]

>I wonder if this has ever been successfully challenged"

 

 

8/11/04

 

Eureka’s Prostitution, Drug Ordinance Amendment On Hold

by Wendy Butler, The Eureka (California) Reporter

 

Eureka virtually copied Oakland’s language when it crafted a Municipal Code ordinance amendment, which would make it possible for law enforcement to seize a vehicle suspected to have been used in acts or solicitation of prostitution or illegal drugs.

 

Unfortunately, the city of Oakland has been taken to court for its ordinance.

 

Eureka City Attorney David Tranberg recommended and the City Council agreed on Aug. 3 to table adoption of Bill No. 73-C.S., amending Section 132.15 to 132.28, until the Oakland matter is settled.

 

The amended ordinance will give a police officer the authority to seize a vehicle that an officer has probable cause to believe is being used in a prostitution or illegal drug transaction.

 

The vehicle owner will be responsible for all costs, should the city attorney or district attorney choose to authorize the vehicle’s release.

 

If the district attorney or city attorney determines the circumstances warrant a vehicle’s forfeiture, the sale of the forfeited vehicle will result in moneys that will be given to the city of Eureka or split 50/50 with the District Attorney’s Office after expenses have been paid.

 

Windsor attorney Mark Clausen is representing several Oakland plaintiffs in the California Court of Appeal.

 

He said he has fought comparable vehicle seizure-forfeiture ordinances all over the state that were modeled after Oakland’s and said if Eureka passes its ordinance, the city will wind up in court, as well.

 

Clausen said he recently won in Sacramento. The court ordered the ordinance was unconstitutional and issued an injunction prohibiting the city from enforcing it.

 

Tranberg said the city has been aware for some time about litigation throughout the state on this matter. He said his recommendation on Aug. 3 for the City Council to table

the adoption was also prompted by a letter received from the Redway-based Civil Liberties Monitoring Project.

 

“It just sort of reinforced or awakened … us,” he said. “Why should we be the case out on the cutting edge?”

 

Of Oakland, he said, “Let them fight the fight and we will take advantage of their experience in the court system.”

 

The CLMP letter faults the ordinance for its potential for punishing innocent people. Owners whose vehicles are used for illegal purposes without their knowledge or consent may still lose their vehicles, which may be necessities for employment or educational purposes, it states.

 

“The ordinance has a provision where a vehicle can be released under certain circumstances,” Tranberg said. “Most families I know of have multiple cars. … If the city were to seize a vehicle, you would report it on the front page and maybe the city would never seize another vehicle.”

 

Clausen, who is also a Forfeiture Endangers American Rights member, said he and his plaintiffs are fighting the ordinance for its lack of constitutionality and for its “conflict of interest” pertaining to the forfeiture money being divided between the district attorney and the police.

 

“When you give them financial awards, ... they immediately lose the objectivity they’re supposed to have,” he said.

 

Clausen said he doesn’t understand why cities divide the money in this way, instead of putting it in the general fund or into drug rehabilitation.

 

“There’s no reason to set up a situation where you’re going to get sued,” he said.

 

“It seems absurd,” Tranberg said. He said there was very little discussion about whether the police department was going to be able to be “honest and fair,” because it is a given.

 

Another issue, Clausen said, is that if a vehicle is seized it can be held for up to one year.

 

“Meanwhile, you’re without your vehicle,” he said. “There’s never any preliminary review by a court.”

 

Part of what Eureka is still discussing, Tranberg said, is the process for a vehicle’s return and, again, he said, he is interested in what the Court of Appeal will eventually say about the Oakland case.

 

“They’re selling a forfeiture ordinance,” Clausen said. “Take away the cars from these terrible people. … They don’t forfeit a … thing, unless they absolutely have to. … All they do is negotiate a monetary settlement.”

 

Oakland, he said, has seized 600 cars and forfeited five of them.

 

“Citizens that are in favor of forfeiture, they are the ones that need to know that doesn’t happen,” he said. “Cars are routinely released.”

 

Tranberg said at present the city has chosen to wait to find out what happens in Oakland.

 

“The city of Eureka could have said, ‘We don’t care what happens to Oakland,’” he said. “Even now, we could invite people to comment on the ordinance (and) to make … changes.”

 

However, as of now the city has no plans to hold an ordinance meeting.

 

Clausen said his appeal has been filed and it will be two or three months until the court will give its decision.

 

http://www.eurekareporter.com/Stories/fp-08110408.htm

[Guest zipperzone]

Thanks Ignoto for taking the time to answer my question. I find the whole policy absolutely Draconian. If I'm ever curb cruising in California, remind me to use an old beater that's held together with scotch tape and staples!

[+ Hoover42]

Perhaps a rental car would be a better choice.

[Guest zipperzone]

>Perhaps a rental car would be a better choice.

 

Wouldn't they just confiscate the rental car and then the rental company would be after you for the price of a new car???