Editing Condom (section)

=== Adult film industry ===
In 2012 proponents gathered 372,000 voter signatures through a [[Popular initiative|citizens' initiative]] in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] to put [[Measure B]] on the 2012 ballot. As a result, Measure B, a law requiring the use of condoms in the production of [[pornographic films]], was passed.<ref>{{cite conference |url=https://apha.confex.com/apha/141am/webprogram/Paper282652.html |title=Successful advocacy for condoms in adult films: from idea to ballot, how did we do it? |first=Mark |last=McGrath |date=5 November 2013 |conference=141st Annual Meeting and Expo 2–6 November 2013, Boston, Massachusetts | conference-url = https://apha.confex.com/apha/141am/webprogram/start.html |publisher=[[American Public Health Association]] |location=Boston, Massachusetts |id=Paper no. 282652 | access-date = 8 November 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151123031312/https://apha.confex.com/apha/141am/webprogram/Paper282652.html | archive-date = 23 November 2015}}</ref> This requirement has received much criticism and is said by some to be counter-productive, merely forcing companies that make pornographic films to relocate to other places without this requirement.<ref>{{cite news |author=The Times Editorial Board |title=Editorial: condoms for porn actors: a statewide law isn't the answer |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-condoms-porn-20140810-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=27 May 2015 |date=10 August 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603190439/http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-condoms-porn-20140810-story.html|archive-date=3 June 2015}}</ref> Producers claim that condom use depresses sales.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hennessy-Fiske |first1=Molly |last2=Lin II |first2=Rong-Gong |title=Southern California – This Just In: Porn actor has tested positive for HIV; industry clinic officials confirm a quarantine is in effect |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/porn-actor-has-tested-positive-for-hiv-industry-clinic-officials-confirm.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date = 27 May 2015 |date=12 October 2010 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101013025742/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com//lanow//2010//10//porn-actor-has-tested-positive-for-hiv-industry-clinic-officials-confirm.html | archive-date = 13 October 2010}}</ref>