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2022 FEATURE: Article by Rachel West for the San Francisco Bay View

FEATURE ARTICLE by Rachel West: The Safer Streets for All Act (SB 357), repealing loitering for the intent to engage in prostitution (California Penal code § 653.22), was signed into law by Gov. Newsom on July 1. This code has led to the criminalization of otherwise legal activities like walking or standing in public, resulting in the harassment of Black and Brown, LGTBQ+ communities, mostly women, for simply looking like a “sex worker.” The bill also allows a person convicted of loitering to petition a court for the dismissal and sealing of records.

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It’s On Us PA

It’s On Us PA is a statewide campaign that invites everyone to play a role in ending sexual assault. Building off the momentum of the national It’s On Us movement, It’s On Us PA brings together college and university presidents, superintendents, administrators, teachers, students, families, and community members to reframe the conversation around sexual violence and pledge to be part of the solution.

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Louis Sirkin, Preeminent First Amendment Lawyer, Will Argue Ninth Circuit Appeal Supporting Sexual Privacy, Against Criminalization Of Sex Work

Louis Sirkin, Preeminent First Amendment Lawyer, Will Argue Ninth Circuit Appeal Supporting Sexual Privacy, Against Criminalization Of Sex Work
Sex Worker Activist’s Groundbreaking Court Case Scheduled For Oral Arguments In Ninth Circuit Of Appeal on October 19th

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SAFE STATION: New Hampshire Harm Reduction

Eris Vayle and M. Dante joined Representative Elizabeth Edwards with public television hostess Elizabeth Kopp and Granite Pathways Ryan Fowler for a live stream discussion on Public Safety & Harm Reduction after the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee had a subcommittee meet to work on HB 287, a bill retained by the Legislature for further work, with the fascinating title of “Establishing a Committee to Study Decriminalizing Sex Work.”