"New statistics shared by the San Francisco police show that sex workers, unsurprisingly, were right about the effect this law would have on their profession and on sex trafficking. According to KPIX 5, while most violent crime is down in San Francisco, sex trafficking shot up 170 percent in 2018.
Pike Long, deputy director of St. James Infirmary, a peer-based clinic for sex-workers, explained how the disappearance of sites for sex workers had led to this increase. “It has suddenly re-empowered this whole underclass of pimps and exploiters,” Long said to KPIX 5. She estimated the number of street-based sex workers had tripled, and noted that this kind of sex work is much more vulnerable to exploitation.
“If you are a street-based sex worker, it’s much harder to negotiate your rates, to negotiate safer sex condom use, to make sure that this person who is picking you up in a car doesn’t have a knife or a gun,” said Long."
https://www.dailydot.com/irl/increase-sex-trafficking-sesta-fosta/
Pike Long, deputy director of St. James Infirmary, a peer-based clinic for sex-workers, explained how the disappearance of sites for sex workers had led to this increase. “It has suddenly re-empowered this whole underclass of pimps and exploiters,” Long said to KPIX 5. She estimated the number of street-based sex workers had tripled, and noted that this kind of sex work is much more vulnerable to exploitation.
“If you are a street-based sex worker, it’s much harder to negotiate your rates, to negotiate safer sex condom use, to make sure that this person who is picking you up in a car doesn’t have a knife or a gun,” said Long."
https://www.dailydot.com/irl/increase-sex-trafficking-sesta-fosta/