CALIFORNIA: Mandatory Condoms In Porn Measure Succeeds In Making Statewide 2016 Ballot

The Los Angeles Times reports:

A California initiative that would require actors in adult films to wear condoms in sex scenes has qualified for the November 2016 ballot, officials said Wednesday. The measure was proposed by Michael Weinstein, president of the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, who said it is needed to provide statewide rules modeled on those adopted by voters of Los Angeles County in 2012. “It’s another milestone — the qualification of this initiative,” Weinstein said Wednesday. “We’ve taken polls that show, statewide, 71% support. We’re very confident that we will be successful on election day.” He said the measure would take away the threat that porn industry productions would move out of Los Angeles County to other parts of the state. Adult film actors deserve the same safety protections as those in other industries, he added. “There is no area of employment where safety is optional,” Weinstein said.

In addition to the condoms in porn initiative, the AHF has run major national ad campaigns against the use of the “party drug” Truvada as a daily HIV preventive.