Civil rights groups, city leaders urge the state to revoke bill that repealed prostitution law [Breaking]
Civil rights groups and county leaders on Thursday urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to revoke a bill that repealed a provision of state law prohibiting loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution.
Senate Bill 357, signed by the governor in July, voids a misdemeanor law against loitering in public for the purpose of engaging in prostitution. Supporters of the bill said police used the misdemeanor provision to disproportionately discriminate against sex workers and LGBTQ people, including many who are Black and Brown. They raised concerns that the law worsens conditions for sex workers and leads to unsafe and violent situations, especially for transgender women.
On Thursday, Harris said supporters of the bill “utilized the racial conversation and the civil rights conversation to create what is a disaster in policy that has failed to protect the most vulnerable of our society — the children.”
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