Journey Out, a nonprofit that helps sex trafficking victims — and is a component of the LAPD task force — would provide the outreach services.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council appropriated $100,000 Tuesday toward an LAPD task force to address what Councilman Mitch O’Farrell described as an uptick in human trafficking and prostitution near schools, daycares and residential properties along Santa Monica Boulevard and Western Avenue in East Hollywood.
A speaker who identified himself as Lionel Mares told the council Tuesday that he was worried the money would be used to further criminalize sex work. O’Farrell responded by calling the remarks “misunderstanding and disinformation,” claiming that the task force’s goal was to help victims of human trafficking.
Reports into O’Farrell’s office of human trafficking and prostitution in the area have increased significantly in recent months, according to a statement from his office.
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