Category: Scott Wiener

Prostitution, Exploitation Worsening on Los Angeles’s Notorious ‘Blade’ After New California Law

February 19, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—At Figueroa and 69th Streets girls appearing as young as 15 stood in G-Strings and unbuttoned blouses, one Wednesday evening earlier this month, as cars idled in a small traffic jam under the weak glow of faded street lights. Even on a weeknight, Los Angeles’s busiest area for sex work—known colloquially as “The Blade”—has…

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California’s Trans-Friendly Prisons ‘Unsafe’ for Women: ​​Former Inmate

January 4, 2023
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A new California law, allowing men who identify as female to be housed in women’s prisons, is wreaking havoc within the women’s prison system and creating an environment of fear and “total chaos emotionally,” according to Amie Ichikawa, a plaintiff in a lawsuit which seeks to overturn it. “It’s the worst human science project I’ve…

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California’s Trans Law Makes Prisons ‘Unsafe’ for Women: ​​Former Inmate

January 4, 2023
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A new California law, allowing men who identify as female to be housed in women’s prisons, is wreaking havoc within the women’s prison system and creating an environment of fear and “total chaos emotionally,” according to Amie Ichikawa, a plaintiff in a lawsuit which seeks to overturn it. “It’s the worst human science project I’ve…

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California Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Legalize Magic Mushrooms, Other Psychedelics

December 28, 2022
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A Democratic lawmaker in California introduced a bill Dec. 19 to decriminalize the personal use of plant-based psychedelic drugs—such as magic mushrooms, mescaline, and psilocybin—outside of school grounds for people 21 and up. “Criminalizing drug use and possession accomplishes absolutely nothing other than to fill up our prisons with people who are addicted,” said Sen….

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New California ‘Safer Streets’ Law Worsens Sex Crimes: Victim Advocates

November 10, 2022
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Looking back at her notes, Mari Clark recalled that a good night of gift bag handouts—containing makeup, hygiene products, and bible tracts—to prostitutes on the streets of South Los Angeles would average to 30 interactions with women per night as she and her outreach group were monitored closely by their pimps. A year later, she…

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California Lawmaker Shelves Bill That Would Allow Kids 15 and Older to Get Vaccines Without Parental Consent

August 31, 2022
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Parental rights advocates are celebrating on Aug. 31 the withdrawal of legislation proposed this year in California that would have allowed children 15 years old or up to get vaccines without parental consent. State Sen. Scott Wiener pulled Senate Bill 866 from the floor of the Assembly where a vote was expected later in the day….

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California Bill to Extend Bar Closing Times to 4 a.m. Fails

August 26, 2022
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A bill that would have extended bar closing times up to 4 a.m. in three California cities failed to pass the state Assembly Aug. 25. This was the fourth failed attempt to pass such a measure since 2017. State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) authored SB 930 to allow places that serve alcohol an extra…

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Teen Who Had Double Mastectomy Regrets ‘Gender Journey’

June 28, 2022
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A 17-year-old girl who regrets having both of her breasts removed as a result of so-called “gender-affirming care” testified before a California Assembly committee hearing June 38, urging state lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that would make California a transgender sanctuary state. “I was medically transitioned from ages 13 and 16,” Chloe Cole from the Central Valley told…

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California Ends Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenses

October 7, 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended mandatory minimum jail sentences for non-violent drug offenses on Oct. 5, but a recovery advocate foresees an increase in drug deaths and crime ahead. Senate Bill 73, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, prohibits the probations or suspension of sentencing for a person who commits a drug offense….

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California Ends Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences for Nonviolent Drug Offenses

October 7, 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended mandatory minimum jail sentences for nonviolent drug offenses on Oct. 5, but a recovery advocate foresees an increase in drug deaths and crime ahead. Senate Bill 73, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, prohibits the probations or suspension of sentencing for a person who commits a drug offense….

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