The law
As the law presently stands (and we know when it comes to anything with even a hint of sexual possibility to it, laws change all the time) police can’t stop or further arrest a driver or their potential passenger in the mere act of the former picking up the latter. Even if money exchanges hands during the meeting between driver and passenger, it’s not a crime to hand someone cash.
Unless the surveillance camera viewed an actual sex act being performed during the meeting of driver and passenger when money was exchanged, there isn’t much police can do.
Senate Bill 357, the “Safer Streets for All Act,” protect people from discriminatory arrests based on how they might be dressed or what their profession might be.
A well-publicized eyesore
The tower standing two stories high is quite visible and is enjoying plenty of local media publicity. It stands to reason then that even the most novice street sex worker will learn how best to avoid being seen. Most are wondering when Roosevelt Ave will lose its luster for clandestine meetups and the business San Diego so wants to shut down will simply be conducted someplace out of the tower’s watch.
Questioning San Diego’s Comic-Con sex-trafficking arrests
Pigging-backing on the news of San Diego’s tower is the story of fourteen sex trafficking arrests being made at the recent San Diego granddaddy fandom event Comic-Con. But this seeming slam dunk attention on current sex worker concern in San Diego, might not be exactly what it seems.
