Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, announced Feb. 11 he introduced a statewide bill aimed at protecting sex workers from being arrested when they report serious and violent crimes.
According to Wiener, Senate Bill 233 ensures that sex workers who witnessed or are victims of crimes like sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, robbery, assault, kidnapping, threats, blackmail, extortion or burglary won’t be criminalized.
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