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Were is the Obama Administration on this one? Should they be giving the porn industry a waiver?
Porn Industry Moving Out of L.A. Over Condom Mandate? – wsbt.com
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) — Adult film companies say they are considering lawsuits or moving out of Los Angeles, after the city council passed a law requiring porn actors to use condoms.
The Los Angeles City Council approved a new mandate on Jan. 17 requiring that all adult film actors wear condoms when filming within city limits.
The measure was approved without debate in a 9-to-1 vote. It will take effect on March 5th.
The measure allows police to conduct spot checks on any set once a film permit is issued.
State law already requires porn actors to wear condoms, but safe-sex advocates contend the law is seldom enforced.
AIDS activists are now pushing for a ballot measure to extend the ban to all of Los Angeles County.
They say they want to protect performers’ health.
“There are thousands of STDs in this industry,” said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, adding that jurisdictions pass the issue around like a hot potato.
Weinstein compared the measure to other public health laws that the city enforces, like those regulating massage parlors and smoking in public.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health has issued over $125,000 in fines against porn producers in the past five years for various violations, but some of those citations are on appeal, according to figures from the agency.
But the adult film industry says it has monthly testing that safeguards actors.
“History has shown us that regulating sexual behavior between consenting adults does not work,” said Diane Duke, executive director of Free Speech Coalition, the trade association for the adult entertainment industry.
“The proposed regulation would likely diminish existing protocols and force adult companies out of the city, out of state or underground making it ultimately much less safe for performers,” she said.
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