Condoms Are Now Required In Porn

November 7, 2012 Subscribe · Forward Measure B Passes: Condoms In Porn In LA County Will Now Be Mandated On Set (UPDATE) Despite strong outcry against it from the adult film industry, a measure requiring porn performers to wear condoms on set was passed by LA County voters Tuesday. The "Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act'," or Measure B, passed 56 percent to 44 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting. In addition to mandating condoms, it will require porn producers to apply for a permit from the LA County Department of Public Health to shoot sex scenes. The fee will finance periodic inspections of porn filming, and violations will be subject to civil fines and criminal misdemeanor charges. Continue reading... PHOTOS: How Did The California Ballot Measures Fare? LA Decides On Measure Accelerating 'Subway To The Sea' California Puts Human Traffickers On Notice Measure B Passes: Condoms In Porn In LA County Will Now Be Mandated On Set (UPDATE) Prop 37 Defeated: California Voters Reject Mandatory GMO-Labeling Prop 37: HuffPost Live Debates The Pros And Cons Of Labeling Genetically-Modified Food (UPDATE) Helmut Newton Photography: 'Three Boys From Pasadena: A Tribute To Helmut Newton' Opening In Pasadena Ellen Degeneres Home: Hidden Valley Ranch Hits The Market (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Puppy Mill Ban In LA Will Require Pet Stores To Sell Rescued Animals Only (VIDEO) 'Lifeguard Style,' Gangnam Spoof Video, Got 14 California Lifeguards Fired (VIDEO) Hotel Shangri-LA Discriminated Against Jews, Jury Finds STEVE SIEBOLD California Voters Decide to Keep Death Penalty That's Rarely Used This debate will go on, but the delusional thinking in the death penalty equation is based on the logic of deterring vicious criminals from killing people. It's not. As I've stated, proponents would love to make this claim but they can't. There are simply too many variables involved to support it. Continue reading... DAVID KATZ, M.D. Seeking Genetically Modified... Perspective If I lived in California, I would vote for Proposition 37; it makes sense to be informed. But wholesale opposition to genetic modification makes far less sense. Continue reading... LYNNE LYMAN California Votes to Reform Draconian "Three Strikes" Mandatory Minimum Law After nearly 20 years and over $20 billion spent, California voters have voted overwhelmingly to reform our state's draconian "three strikes" law. Continue reading... From around the web btrp ZACH WEISSMUELLER Will California Reform Three Strikes? In the country with the most prisoners, California is the state with more incarcerated people than any other. Today, California voters have the chance to make two crucial reforms to its troubled prisons and jails. Continue reading... LEE CROCKETT The Bottom Line: Big Opportunity for Pacific Fish These species and a host of other Pacific marine predators need to eat plenty of small fish to survive and thrive. In fact, to understand the well-being of an ocean ecosystem, one of the first steps is to measure the food supply upon which other larger species depend. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.