Daily News
LOS ANGELES — Two bills are pending in the state Legislature that promote and expand the use of condoms by two very different groups of people - porn stars and prisoners — each based on programs that are already in place in Los Angeles.
One would require actors in adult films shot anywhere in California to wear condoms — a proposal that builds upon a ballot measure approved by L.A. County voters last year, and which has been blamed for shutting down porn production locally. The other would expand the distribution of condoms in state prison, a practice already followed in L.A. jails since 2001 and in San Francisco since 1989.
Both are aimed at preventing the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, though their level of support appears distinctly different. The condoms in prison bill had been introduced twice before, passed by the Legislature and vetoed both times by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But the author of AB 999, Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, says it is time now for the effort to move forward.
Full story: Condoms for prisoners, porn stars debated by Legislature