Posts Tagged: Kristen DiAngelo

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.

New CA law removes crime of loitering to commit prostitution

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by ALAN RIQUELMY posted 12.14.2022

Roxanne is used to being harassed by the police. A trans woman, Roxanne – who uses only her first name – is an attorney. She owns two homes in San Jose about a mile apart and regularly walks from one to the other. Years ago, while exercising, she was arrested across the street from one of her homes, she said.