Nothing against Los Angeles, but this is the first thing we’ve ever read that makes us think it could be fun to live there. The Adult Film Workplace Condom Initiative will appear in their ballots in June asking LA residents whether adult film actors should be required to wear condoms. All we get is BS about taxes or education. Feh. This is way more fun.
But does it belong on a ballot? NBC Southern California reports that supporters of the measure gathered far more signatures than they needed to get the proposal on a ballot; the requirement was 41,000 and they managed to reach 70,000. Under the proposal, production companies would have to agree to use condoms on the film set in order to get adult film permits.
Michael Weinstein, of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, likened the proposal to other safeguards in the film industry, saying, “If you’re going to blow things up, you have to have the fire department involved.” But City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, who called the measure “a needless and wasteful expenditure of public resources,” has filed a lawsuit against it, stating that California law already mandates condoms use when workers are exposed to blood-borne pathogens. Later on, Cal/OSHA officials said “local authorities can require condom use on adult film sets.”
So should actors be required to wear condoms? Does it wreck the fantasy? Should that matter? Throw that one out at the water cooler today and see who bites. You might make some new friends.