{"id":1537592,"date":"2022-07-03T18:19:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T22:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537592"},"modified":"2022-07-03T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T22:19:31","slug":"gov-newsom-signs-off-on-reversing-loitering-law-police-used-to-crack-down-on-human-trafficking-and-prostitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-signs-off-on-reversing-loitering-law-police-used-to-crack-down-on-human-trafficking-and-prostitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Newsom Signs Off On Reversing Loitering Law Police Used To Crack Down On Human Trafficking And Prostitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgov-newsom-signs-off-on-reversing-loitering-law-police-used-to-crack-down-on-human-trafficking-and-prostitution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday that reversed the loitering law police used to crack down on human trafficking and prostitution in the Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>Authored by San Francisco\u2019s Democrat Sen. Scott Wiener, <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB357\">SB 357<\/a> repeals a law that criminalized \u201cloitering with the intent to engage in prostitution.\u201d He says the law gave law enforcement a subjective perception of whether a person is \u201cacting like\u201d or \u201clooks like\u201d they engage in prostitution\u2014especially transgender, black, and brown women. However, Weiner says revoking the law would not decriminalize soliciting or engaging in prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>But opposers of the bill \u2014 on and off the Senate floor \u2014 all conclude taking away authority to investigate such loitering cases creates an easier environment for traffickers, pimps, and prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>Former Los Angeles Police Department vice sergeant Stephany Powell, who has since become the director of law enforcement training and survivor services at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, said the bill would severely limit law enforcement\u2019s ability to identify victims of human trafficking \u2014 including minors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany officers rely on the loitering laws to initiate trafficking investigations that have led to serious convictions for traffickers and pimps,\u201d Powell said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/endsexualexploitation.org\/articles\/if-california-governor-signs-loitering-bill-into-law-sex-trafficking-will-inevitably-rise\/\">statement<\/a>. \u201cSB 357 assumes that loitering laws are used to merely harass marginalized people, and by repealing them, these people will experience less discrimination from police. In reality, repealing loitering laws will only cause further harm to communities with existing poverty and high crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS reported The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department and the 75,000-member Peace Officers Research Association of California also objected to the bill as it would make confronting those who commit prostitution-related crimes more difficult and\u00a0Powell said in a tweet on Saturday that the \u201cCalifornia bear has a tear in his eye\u201d the day after Newsom signed the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Black community will be a free place for sex buyers (solicitation) and traffickers (procurement) to loiter and roam,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephany_dr\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Victims of human trafficking and advocates to end modern-day slavery who opposed the bill spoke out against it at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oiiaDO21Rcc\">press conference<\/a> just before it passed through the Assembly and Senate last year.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Russel, founder of Love Never Fails, a San Francisco-based anti-sex trafficking organization, said instead of providing help to survivors, the bill hurts them and causes the demand to increase.<\/p>\n<p>Survivor Hannah Diaz, who joined Russel last year at an event opposing the bill, said \u201cfatalities will increase\u201d without the intervention allowed by law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith trauma-informed training and identification tactics, Diaz said. \u201cOfficers are an invaluable asset to the war against human trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) said law enforcement works with anti-trafficking non-profits to rescue sex-trafficked minors and women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we separate the victim on the street with the pimp down the block and around the corner,\u201d Patterson said according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.californiafamily.org\/2021\/09\/prostitution-bill-passes-but-held-in-senate-over-doubts-raised-in-passionate-debate-on-assembly-floor\/\">California Family Council<\/a>. \u201cThey are not going to jail; they are going to a safe house. They are going to a place that cares for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine) said the bill further endangers women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe often vote on very well-intentioned legislation that has unintended consequences,\u201d Petrie-Norris said. \u201cFor me, the unintended consequence is making it more difficult to protect victims of child trafficking, even if that is a possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Weiner\u2019s supporters of the bill \u2014 like ACLUE California Action and Equality California and Democrats lawmakers \u2014 believe reversing the legislation takes away law enforcement authority to harass minority women, the transgender community, or individuals who look or dress like prostitutes.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Newsom stated during his signing of the bill, The Sacramento Bee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article263034468.html\">reported<\/a>, that his administration would monitor crime and prosecution trends for any possible unintended consequences and would act to mitigate such impacts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, this bill does not legalize prostitution. It simply revokes provisions of the law that have led to disproportionate harassment of women and transgendered adults,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile I agree with the author\u2019s intent and I am signing this legislation, we must be cautious about its implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California has implemented several loitering laws in recent years. In 2016, the state passed a law that would treat minors involved in prostitution as victims instead of criminals. In addition, a 2019 bill bans arresting prostitutes who report various crimes as victims or witnesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday that reversed the loitering law police used to crack down on human trafficking and prostitution in the Golden State. Authored by San Francisco\u2019s Democrat Sen. Scott Wiener, SB 357 repeals a law that criminalized \u201cloitering with the intent to engage in prostitution.\u201d He says the law &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1537626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1537592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1537592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1537626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}