Los
Angeles City Council has tentatively approved a measure that would require
porn performers to wear condoms on production sets.
In a preliminary 11-1 vote, council members voted to approve the measure,
which would require porn producers to provide and require the use of condoms
on set in order to receive film permits in Los Angeles.
The ordinance still requires a second vote next week for final approval.
The council also agreed to create a group of law enforcement officials
and state occupational safety regulators to determine how the measure would
be enforced.
Councilman Paul Koretz said before the vote:
We can spend literally millions of dollars on an
unnecessary election or we can do the right thing for free. For better
or worse, the city of Los Angeles is nationally known as the capital of
the adult film industry. We should be nationally known, also, as the
home of a safe adult film industry.
Update: Condoms Confirmed
18th January 2012. See article
from xbiz.com
The Los Angeles City Council, 9-1, approved a new ordinance Tuesday
requiring that all adult film actors wear condoms when filming within city
limits. The ordinance, when it goes into effect, will allow the LAPD to
perform spot checks on any set once a film permit is issued.
The measure next goes to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for his signature.
The Free Speech Coalition said that the adult industry trade group is in
discussions with industry leaders and considering options for next steps.
Update: Signed by the Mayor
25th January 2012. See article
from foxnews.com
Actors in adult movies filmed in Los Angeles will be required to use
condoms under an ordinance signed into law by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,
and porn industry leaders say the regulation could lead them to abandon the
nation's porn capital.
The law, signed Monday, will take effect 41 days after it is posted by
the city clerk, something that could happen as early as this week.
Nutters with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which lobbied for years for
such a law, expressed jubilation Tuesday and said they would now turn their
attention to getting a similar condom requirement adopted elsewhere.
It's
more of a nuisance than anything else, says Steve Hirsch, founder and
co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment, arguably the most high-profile producers
of adult movies in the world. Because the law's reach is limited to the city
of Los Angeles itself, the San Fernando Valley, where a significant majority
of adult movies are made already, and beyond remain fair game.
Leading
Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt
Gingrich have each pledged to enforce federal obscenity laws against major
commercial distributors of hardcore adult pornography.
