In an effort to stop rampant prostitution, the city of San Francisco has set up barricades to stop sex workers and their potential clients from monopolizing four residential blocks in the Mission District.
He told NBC bay Area that the sex work traffic in the mostly residential area has gone up a lot in the past two years. But he’s not necessarily a fan of these roadblocks.
San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen requested the blockades after receiving numerous complaints from Capp Street residents. Lerma added that Ronen will also push for measures in Sacramento to decriminalize sex work, so that it can be regulated. McComas said that he’ll only believe it when he sees real changes to the law to legally regulate sex work.
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