Dozens arrested or cited in prostitution crackdown along Capp St. in San Francisco Mission District
2023-03-04
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Capp Street in da hood of da Mission has been a spot for hoes for ages, but peeps say da biz has gone up lately and want it to stop. They gonna put some blocks on Capp Street this week but they already did something Wednesday night. Da cops have now joined forces with da sheriffs to patrol da street. “This street has always been known for sex work,” Bill Blum, a Capp Street resident s .....
Amid concerns over Mission District sex work, some propose creating an S.F. red-light district
2023-02-09
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As San Francisco leaders scramble to install barriers on Capp Street — hoping to divert, or at least slow down an unchecked market for sex work — some community organizers are contemplating a more controversial and far-reaching approach: creating a sanctioned red-light district.
The move has support from sex-worker advocates, Mission District residents who want the now-illicit .....
St James Infirmary: 22 year organization serving the sex workers
2021-07-14
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The San Franciso based organisation supporting sex workers has been in operation for 22 years. The organisation was founded by sex workers and San Francisco escorts and health care workers, including the Margo St James who recently died. The institute is a free clinic run by sex workers for sex workers. .....
Advocates push sex work law reform
2021-04-01
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With a renewed push in California to enact progressive reforms of the criminal justice system, advocates and elected leaders are once again highlighting the need to decriminalize sex work.
Gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) recently introduced Senate Bill 357, which would repeal statutes that criminalize loitering with the intent to engage in sex work. At a panel hosted by the .....