Dear California State Senate Public Safety Committee: We are writing in opposition to SB 1027, the California Street Prostitution Issues and Options Task Force. First of all, we are very concerned that the composition of the proposed task force is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Decriminalization
Rally for Repeal of new Loitering with Intent Law
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Español abajo Democratic Party State Convention Moscone Center 3rd/Howard, San Francisco Saturday, February 21, 11AM to 1 PM Join us in demanding that state elected officials repeal the “loitering with intent to purchase a commercial sex act” section of AB379 that was … Continue reading
US PROS letter to California Assembly Safety Committee opposing Assembly Bill 379
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April 25, 2025. We are writing to urgently ask you to oppose AB 379, the Survivor Support and Demand Reduction Act introduced by Assemblymember Maggy Krell. The language of this bill is based on misinformation and is vague and confusing. Most importantly, it … Continue reading
Action Alert: Stop Criminalizing Sex Workers. Oppose bills making loitering for prostitution illegal again.
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Three new California bills, AB 2034, AB 2646 and SB 1219 aim to re-criminalize loitering for the purposes of prostitution. This is a very harmful move as criminalization undermines sex workers’ safety and puts them at greater risk of rape … Continue reading
Submission to the UN Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls
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US PROS urges the UN Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls to seriously examine the connections between criminalization of prostitution and violence against women and girls. Criminalization has a harmful and damaging impact on the lives of sex workers. We urge … Continue reading
Sex work and the city: How the policing of prostitution in San Francisco has evolved
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by Lydia Sidhom, Bay City News August 17, 2023 AS THE SUN sets over Capp Street in San Francisco’s Mission District each evening, the red lights turn on, and the neighborhood becomes the center for sex work in the city. Cars pass … Continue reading
Watch Hookers in the House of the Lord Event. Livestream. December 10, 2022
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Listen to KPFA Letters and Politics interview with Selma James. December 5, 2022
https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-december-5-2022/#playlist
40 Years After Sex Workers Took Over an English Church, the Fight for Justice Picks Up in San Francisco
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Written by Ida Mojadad The San Francisco Standard Published Dec. 10, 2022 • 7:30pm Sex workers in San Francisco first staged a direct action more than 100 years ago. | Ida Mojadad/The Standard In 1917, hundreds of San Francisco sex workers confronted a … Continue reading
Bay View – California repeals discriminatory loitering for prostitution law
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https://sfbayview.com/2022/07/california-repeals-discriminatory-loitering-for-prostitution-law/ July 26, 2022 by Rachel West, US PROStitutes Collective There is a wave of change in the US on the rights of sex workers and it is growing. A slew of laws challenging the criminalization of sex work are … Continue reading
US PROS Speech at Sex Worker Rights Symposium for Super Bowl Week ’22
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On February 9th, 2022 the Stop The Raids committee held a Sex Worker Rights Symposium online. The committee came together to oppose the false pretext of an increase in trafficking during Super Bowl as an excuse for massive police crackdowns … Continue reading
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