California’s Fair Political Practices Commission’s (FPPC) enforcement division will open an investigation to look into allegations of foreign donations to the adult film industry’s failed 2012 ‘No on Government Waste, No on Measure B’ campaign seeking to block passage of Measure B, the so-called condoms in porn 2012 ballot measure in Los Angeles County. Safer sex advocates and individuals affiliated with AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the primary backer of Measure B, applauded the news.

In a July 17 letter, FPPC wrote that it will look into the Free Speech Coalition’s Diane Duke as treasurer of the ‘No’ campaign as well as Manwin, a Luxembourg-based porn company and its related overseas companies which sought to block passage of Measure B. Measure B won 57 percent to 43 percent in the November 2012 election in Los Angeles County.

Measure B requires producers of adult films to obtain a public health permit from the county, follow all health and safety laws, including condom use, and pay a permit fee to cover enforcement costs. Sponsored by five individuals affiliated with AHF, the complaint to the FPPC notes that Manwin and its related overseas affiliates in Luxembourg donated as much as half of all donations to the ‘No’ campaign.

“This investigation by FPPC of foreign money directed to 2012’s ‘No on B’ campaign is yet another confirmation of the complete lack of credibility that the porn industry has,” said Michael Weinstein, president of AHF. “The industry, its trade group, the Free Speech Coalition and FSC head Diane Duke, are basically cheaters — cheating on performer safety for years as well as what clearly appears to be taking foreign money for their failed political campaign against the condom ballot measure. Keeping foreign money out of U.S. elections should be an extremely high principle.”