California repeals anti-loitering law that sparked debate over decriminalizing sex work
by Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times
Jul 01, 2022
3 minutes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a controversial bill to repeal a provision of state law that bans loitering for the intent to sell sex â a proposal that deeply divided Democrats in the Legislature and pitted transgender rights activists against advocates to stop human trafficking.
Anti-loitering laws have been contentious nationwide, in part because they are often vague in their definition of what constitutes as loitering, which gives police wide latitude to arrest or disperse individuals. While New York
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