As if Castro Street with its gay life, marijuana shops next to grocery chains, same sex marriages, homeless people running for city council so they can get the $8,000 of city campaign money and what not comes a new proposition: legalized prostitution!
Well almost. Prostitution would still be illegal under state law, but San Francisco is considering withholding all funds from police to stop enforcement.
Breitbart reports:
San Francisco would become the first major U.S. city to decriminalize prostitution if voters next month approve Proposition K—a measure that forbids local authorities from investigating, arresting or prosecuting anyone for selling sex.
The ballot question technically would not legalize prostitution since state law still prohibits it, but the measure would eliminate the power of local law enforcement officials to go after prostitutes.
Proponents say the measure will free up $11 million the police spend each year arresting prostitutes and allow them to form collectives.
"It will allow workers to organize for our rights and for our safety," said Patricia West, 22, who said she has been selling sex for about a year by placing ads on the Internet. She moved to San Francisco in May from Texas to work on Proposition K.
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