Tag: loitering

California dems want to block bill that would recriminalize loitering as prostitution spirals in big cities

California progressives want to block a new bill that would recriminalize street loitering for the purpose of prostitution. SB 1219, authored by state Republican Sen. Kelly Seyarto, would reinstitute a provision previously taken out of California’s penal code that prohibited loitering in a public place. San Francisco Democrat Scott Wiener previously authored that bill, known […]