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The Simi Valley City
Council late Monday approved Mayor Bob Huber’s proposal to require pornography
producers to ensure condom use as a condition of obtaining a film permit. Huber
called for the ordinance after Los Angeles passed a similar regulation on Jan.
17.
Los Angeles is home
to the US porn industry. After L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed a condom
requirement into law, industry watchers predicted the regulation could prompt
adult-film studios to move their operations to neighboring Simi Valley.
“The primary purpose
here is it’s a health and safety issue. And secondarily, we don’t want them
here,” Huber said. “This is a family-oriented community, and we don’t want them
setting up their studios in Simi Valley.”
Simi Valley’s new law
takes effect in a month. According to Peter Lyons, the city’s director of
environmental services, Simi Valley issued 59 film permits last year and just
one was for a pornographic production.
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