On 05 Mar 2022, Molly Bolt <mollythebolt666@gmail.com> posted some
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> Rob Bonta is the down-low bottom-bitch of organized crime in
> California.

Cops said eight children were suspected of being victims of sex
exploitation and human trafficking, including a 13-year-old girl

California's rampant prostitution problem had johns lined up for sex
like they were at a "fast-food drive-through," police said as they
announced a series of sting operations that netted dozens of arrests.

Authorities in San Diego County arrested 48 people in a trafficking and
sexual exploitation investigation across San Diego and National City
from Jan. 9 to Feb. 10.

"Young women being openly trafficked in broad daylight, with individuals
paying for sex lined up like they were going through a fast-food
drive-through," San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said
at a news conference Tuesday. "It�s an unacceptable situation."

The San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force led "Operation Better
Pathways," assisted by law enforcement officials at the local, state and
federal level.

Officials carried out a total of 17 stings in the county, focusing on
areas such as Dalbergia Street in San Diego, Naval Base San Diego and
Roosevelt Avenue in National City, the Los Angeles Times reported.

"What I saw was what drove me to be a prosecutor in the first place,"
Stephan added. "What I saw was that look in the eyes of human beings
like they are products, products with hardly any clothing on. Lines of
cars like this is some kind of� buying a hamburger at a 24/7 place. But
these are human beings."

A total of 39 people were arrested for misdemeanors related to allegedly
buying sex, while nine people were arrested on suspicion of human
trafficking of a minor and assault with a deadly weapon.

Officials also identified 41 suspected victims of human trafficking or
sex exploitation � eight of whom were children, including one girl who
was only 13 years old.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta also attended the press
conference, lauding officials for their work and highlighting that
"we're fighting to hold perpetrators accountable, and help survivors get
a fresh start."

The young girls and women suspected of being victims of human
trafficking were offered support services, according to local leaders.

"The criminals who were taken down as part of this operation abused and
exploited women for their own enrichment," San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria
said at the press conference. "We will continue to disrupt these
criminal operations that seek to do our people in our communities harm."

The officials in San Diego sounding the alarm on human trafficking and
prostitution concerns are far from alone. Local leaders and residents in
Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco have also spoken out that brazen
prostitution and human trafficking in California are spiraling in the
wake of a new law that took effect last month.

"I get the call saying, 'Mr. Gallo, I can't get into my home because the
pimp is blocking my driveway,'" Oakland City Councilman Noel Gallo said
earlier this month of the weekly calls he receives from residents in
East Oakland. "It's constant."

Parents and residents in the area say prostitutes and pimps have
converged outside a Catholic grade school, even standing right outside
the school�s gates.

Republicans and police in the state have pinned blame on a law that went
into effect on Jan. 1, which repealed a previous law that banned
loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution. Police argue that
the new law ties their hands from carrying out the rule of law.

The original bill was introduced by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener,
who argued it will protect transgender women whom he said are
disproportionately targeted by police.

The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), which is one of
the largest and oldest direct service providers for sex and labor
trafficking survivors in the U.S., threw its support behind the bill and
told Fox News Digital earlier this month that it endorsed repealing the
former policy "because we know that reducing the criminalization of
survivors will help prevent human trafficking."

"Traffickers rely on our systems to criminalize victims so that they are
unable to access safety due to their records and are vulnerable to
continued exploitation," said Leigh LaChapelle, CAST's associate
director of survivor advocacy.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-police-fight-rampant-prostitution-j
ohns-line-up-like-theyre-fast-food-drive-through