MORE ON: sex trafficking

Daily Report: Public Safety

Exploited boys in SF disappear from view

September 19, 2012, 12:05 AM
From the 1970s through the 1990s, police say, young male hustlers worked street corners and bars in San Francisco’s Castro District and along Polk Street, blocks away from City Hall. But in recent years, that population has largely faded from view – along with the whereabouts of... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics, Public Safety

Former Facebook executive funds anti-trafficking initiative

July 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
Facebook’s former chief privacy officer is bankrolling an anti-human trafficking ballot measure that would dramatically expand how California monitors sex offenders. The initiative – called the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act [PDF] – would toughen penalties for... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Charges delayed after human rights advocate's child pornography arrest

June 26, 2012, 5:06 PM
The San Francisco district attorney's office has decided to delay filing child pornography charges against veteran human rights advocate Larry Brinkin so that forensic investigators can examine computers seized during his arrest Friday night.  “The district attorney’s... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

State, tech companies build alliances to combat sex trafficking

May 14, 2012, 12:05 AM
Last year, California Attorney General Kamala Harris joined attorneys general across the country in declaring war against Backpage.com, a free classified website run by Village Voice Media. The officials threatened legal action if the site didn’t stop running ads for adult services, some of... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Oakland confronting child prostitution, sex trafficking

October 17, 2011, 12:05 AM
Oakland teenager Daisy Armstrong held the audience at the city’s First Unitarian Church captive with her spoken-word performance. “She makes money any way she knows how,” Armstrong said in a cadence between a croon and a chant, her voice filling the church without help from a... + read more
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