Posts Tagged: Hillary Ronen

Competing values at play in addressing sex trafficking

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by BRIAN JOSEPH and RICH EHISEN posted 01.29.2024

For Capitol Weekly’s third and final story for National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we look at some of the most commonly debated policy options for combating pimps and other sex traffickers.

Call to legalize SF sex work going nowhere fast

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by BY ALAN RIQUELMY posted 05.12.2023

It’s been three months since San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen urged state lawmakers in a proposed resolution to legalize sex work in California. “It is time to recognize this and move towards decriminalization and ultimately legalization and regulation of sex work,” she says.