California Prop. 60 (Condonms In Porn)

[BiAggieGuy]

The California SOS first listed it as Prop. 60,then changed it to Prop. 59, and then back to Prop. 60.  Government at its finest.

 

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced today that the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act that is slated for the Nov. 8 ballot will be labeled Proposition 59.

On Friday, Eric Paul Leue, who leads the Californians Against Worker Harassment campaign as well as the Free Speech Coalition as executive director, blasted the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its president, Michael Weinstein, for not pulling the ballot initiative prior to yesterday’s deadline to possibly do so.

"[Proposition 59] is the only ballot measure opposed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties, in addition to both workers and business, as well as civil rights organizations," Leue told XBIZ. "It is perhaps the most poorly drafted proposition in California history."

Leue went on to say that there are so many problems with the initiative that voters are likely going to reject the measure.

"It is a lawsuit bonanza that is designed to harass workers and cost California tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and related education and public safety services," Leue said. "It is shameful that one man's obsession with porn plus his willingness to divert millions of dollars from a nonprofit organization to fund his personal ballot measure — it even gives him a state job paid for by taxpayers. Voters will not let this man become 'porn czar' of California.

"It is Michael Weinstein's last attempt, not to protect, but to persecute an already marginalized and stigmatized workforce. United, our industry — workers and businesses together, have continuously won against him. OSHA, AB 332, AB 640, AB1576 — this is the ultimate battle.

"He has destroyed his organizations reputation and credibility, abused funding, flouted his nonprofit's mission statement, and consequently destroyed his personal legacy," he said. "Our industry and our workers are thought-leaders and innovators. We are on the right side of history. Harassment is not a California value, and together, united, we will prevail."  

Chanel Preston, president of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee (APAC), told XBIZ that her organization was disappointed that Weinstein didn't pull the initiative destined for November's ballot.

http://www.xbiz.com/news/209664

 

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Confusion reigns today at California’s Secretary of State office.

In a release Saturday evening, officials announced that the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act slated for the Nov. 8 ballot has been reassigned back to its original designation — Proposition 60.

 

“[T]he Secretary of State’s office is reinstating the original ballot order and numbering released in our first press release issued on Friday, July 1, at 1:09 p.m.,” officials said tonight. “We apologize for any inconvenience.”

 

http://www.xbiz.com/news/209685

 

Remember, this is not about safety; this is about Weinstein's crusade to eliminate all porn production in the US.