VOTE NO ON PROP K

Masquerading as a progressive initiative, San Franciscos Proposition K would decriminalize pimps who the measures proponents call business managers.

Proposition K is a trafficker's dream. To pimps and johns, it would declare open season on women and children, putting those involved in prostitution in even more danger and removing them even farther from urgently needed help. Prostitution is an extremely dangerous activity for those in it. They are not any safer if they are offered for sale just like Kleenex, which is what this ballot measure would do.

Prop K directs San Francisco Police Department and the District Attorneys office to refuse to enforce the State of Californias prostitution laws. These sections include laws against traffickers and against those involved in exploiting children. Non-enforcement of these laws would put San Franciscans us at risk, and send a warm welcome out to pimps, traffickers, and johns.

Prop K would cripple prosecution of sex traffickers and hobble human rights groups and social service agencies in helping people escape prostitution. Women, children, and immigrants -- the vast majority of those in prostitution -- will be abandoned, along with their human rights.

San Francisco Chronicle editorial: Prohibiting the Police Department from conducting sex-traffic investigations that involve a racial profiling component (certain countries in Asia and Eastern Europe are disproportionately involved in the trade) will shock - allow sex trafficking to flourish. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/05/EDMP12MN77.DTL

Ken Garcia, San Francisco Examiner: Mary Ellen (Maxine) Doogan is a convicted pimp who ran an escort prostitution agency in Seattle a little more than a decade ago. Doogan was in Superior Court in San Francisco September 11, 2008 with her attorney, Philip Horne, trying to get a judge to block voter information for the ballot pamphlet that would have let people know what Prop. K will do if passed. The view from the experts: It would be very, very bad for prostitutes and very, very good for pimps and sex traffickers. http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/columns/ken_garcia/Keep_trafficking_out_of_...

When the judge ruled against Doogan, he drily noted that there was an issue of freedom of speech. http://noonk.net/pressreleases/51-pressrelease090808.html

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[peopleforhumanrights]

Starchild is 100% wrong. Prop K is a local proposition, it does not overturn state and federal prostitution laws. Prostitutes will know that prostitution is still illegal. There is no reason they will feel safer under Prop K. All Prop K does is say that SF cops can't investigate prostitution including pimps and traffickers. Oh, it also defunds a program that helps women leave prostitution. Of course, pimps don't like that. Prop K is a pimp's dream come true.

[alejandrox3]

the modern slave industry is government pimps arresting consensual prostiutes. and profitting off our labour

[brigo234]

Peopleforhumanrights is typical fascist propaganda group on youtube. After Prop K was defeated, they don't even return to defend their absurd stance on this issue.

[brigo234]

Jozseph, then again, what has ultimately produced the abusive "pimps" in society are the laws that have been promoted by half wits to outlaw sex work. It is the same principle that guides our insane war on drugs.

[brigo234]

Tigger, thanks for speaking the truth. To: peopleforhumanrights: Do you even understand the complexity of sex work and the people involved in it? You do not. Peopleforhumanrights in reality should be called "people for government control of everyone's sex life."

[brigo234]

Peoplehumanrights: "All Prop K does is say that SF cops can't investigate prostitution including pimps and traffickers." That's another huge lie that you told in order to stop Prop K. Police investigate all possible violence related crimes - including kidnapping and trafficking. According to your logic, the police would give up on investigating a possible abduction because "prop K stops us." Another lie told by your fascist group.

[brigo234]

Peopleforhumanrights: You do not understand in any way the issues faced by sex workers. You have no clue when it comes to understanding that the laws against sex workers actually are the main reason why we have "pimps" in the first place.

[brigo234]

Don't worry seaweedbreath: "Sex workers" (That's the proper term idiot - (peaopleforhumanrights included). Arrest sex workers and their clients for having sex..... with each other. seaweedbreath and peopleforhumanrights don't actually believe that individuals own their own bodies. That is the real issue here. Peaopleforhumanrights: You are a fraud!

[tiggerhero]

No, the public defender of San Francisco has said that the authorities would be able to investigate trafficking. Right now they are doing nothing about trafficking, so it can't get any worse. Why not try a new anti-trafficking strategy?

[Jozseph]

Pimps and johns hate it when they get called on their exploitative behavior. Many different voices here talking about the many who don't profit from this trade, instead of the few who do. Thanks for telling it like it is.