Right decision, wrong reason

Los Angeles County declines to force condom use in porn films

Health department officials say such a requirement, sought by an AIDS activist group, must come from the California Legislature. And no lawmaker has stepped up.

The rationale given is that enforcement would be too costly for the government. The better reason was given by Alexandre Padilla a while back, reported here. Mandating condom use would undercut the industry's more effective self-regulation mechanisms.