Action Alert Update: Bills reinstating loitering for prostitution as a crime have stalled in committee

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Due to public pressure, none of the three new California bills to re-criminalize loitering for prostitution, AB 2034, AB 2646 or SB 1219, have made it out of committee and are not now expected to pass, but we remain vigilant … 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

Help Stop Police Crackdown on Sex Workers in the Mission District, SF

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 Action Alert: Help Stop Police Crackdown on Sex Workers in the Mission District in San Francisco  A police and city crackdown on sex workers in the Mission District is targeting sex workers, particularly women of color, for harassment and arrest. Proposals to … Continue reading

Telemundo interviews US Pros Collective about Police Crackdown in the Mission District of San Francisco

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On February 17, 2023, Telemundo interviewed Rachel West of the US Prostitutes Collective about the police crackdown on sex workers in the Mission District of San Francisco. Listen to the Spanish language interview at the link below:

https://www.telemundoareadelabahia.com/videos/videos-noticias/prostitucion-en-san-francisco-policia-emite-citaciones-durante-operativo-encubierto/2293569/

KPFA Flashpoints Interview on the Police Crackdown in the Mission District of San Francisco

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On February 16, 2023, Rachel West, US Pros Collective, and Nell Myhand, Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike, were interviewed about the police crackdown on sex workers in the Mission District of San Francisco by Dennis J. Bernstein … 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

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