You Get to Vote on Condoms in Porn (Really)

By Dennis Romero Thu., Jul. 5 2012 at 7:04 AM

Categories: Porn

Diamond Fresh / Flickr

While the city of L.A. continues to figure out how to enforce a mandatory condom law for location porn shoots in town, the entire county of L.A. is poised to overshadow that rule with a November vote on condoms in adult video.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation late yesterday announced that its ballot initiative to require condoms at all porn productions in the county has been approved and will share space on the ballot with the heated presidential race of 2012. According to the AHF ...

... it has submitted, with the help of its partner in crime, FAIR (For Adult Industry Responsibility), more than 360,000 signatures to the county in support of placing the matter before voters. That's way more than it needed.

The group says it learned late Tuesday that the initiative was approved for the Nov. 6 ballot in L.A. County.

Here's the heart of what the law would do if you approve it:

Nate 'Igor' Smith

Porn stars at the AVN Awards.

The measure would require use of condoms for all acts of anal or vaginal sex during the production of adult films, as well as the posting of the public health permit and notice to performers regarding condom use.

It would essentially require the county to permit and regulate porn productions the way it controls tattoo and massage parlors.

AHF chief Michael Weinstein was triumphant, stating:

We are extremely pleased to learn that our County of Los Angeles ballot measure to require adult film producers to obtain public health permits has successfully qualified for the November ballot, particularly as that is also the presidential election and voter turnout is expected to be very high. This ordinance, modeled after the County's similar health permitting process for tattoo and massage parlors and bathhouses, should go a long way to improve safety on the sets for adult film performers.

The organization will celebrate by giving interviews to the media all day.

The mostly L.A.-based industry has opposed mandatory condoms, arguing that its once-a-month testing for performers works and that consumers don't want to see prophylactics in their porn.

Despite the city law and state and federal mandates regarding condoms, the business has so far resisted the efforts to require the protection.

AHF has spearheaded the movement to make condoms a necessary part of porn.

Tags:

adult video, AHF, condoms, initiative, Los Angeles County, porn

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You should familiarize yourself with California Civil Code Section 3344 (a). While an argument can be made as you wrote concerning the Creative Commons License, under the old CC BY-ND 2.0 “You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).” As the topic of this piece regards a public vote, the image of Ms. Ramos implies her participation or endorsement of the issue described in the article being placed on the ballot. Since the image was used for the purpose of advertising this article and the article has solicited responses in reference to the ballot, Ms. Ramos’s rights to her likeness supersede that which can be attributed by the Creative Commons License under existing California precedent and procedure. If Ms. Ramos is not of legal age, which cannot be determined by the photograph nor by the caption, another issue which is Federal becomes relevant. If Ms. Ramos is not a resident of the county in question where the issue is on the ballot, usage of the likeness can only imply that she is one of the individuals involved in the porn industry who may be impacted by the vote which is another matter of misrepresentation under California Code.

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A friend

Par for the course for the clowns at LA Weekly - using someone's photo without permission in a story about porn. Lazy, irresponsible journalism as usual.

Dennis Romero

Angelica: Is that you with the condom? It was a Flickr photo posted with the Creative Commons authorization that commercial use is permitted. Email me at the address at the bottom of the story.

Antoniodowns

I offically hate AHF.

Angelica Ramos

Mr. Romero, This photo of myself is not authorized to be used in nor is it associated with this article in any manner. I respectfully request that it be removed from your blog post. Thank you!

Dennis Romero

Hah ha. They have to get permits in the same manner (apply, pay), essentially. Inspections too I guess.

SJD

It would essentially require the county to permit and regulate porn productions the way it controls tattoo and massage parlors. I knew that condoms are required in massage parlors, but never heard that unprotected sex is banned in tattoo salons.