No on 35: Human Trafficking Penalties

Human trafficking is bad. But Prop 35 is not a good solution. It increases penalties for trafficking, but that's not the problem. Deterrence happens when there's an effective combination of arrest, prosecution, and penalty. The weak links now are the arrests and prosecution. Often the victims of trafficking are afraid to come forward. And it looks Prop 35 would make that even worse, as it has provisions that would punish sex workers, some of the very people it purports to protect (and, notably, the people who are already easiest to arrest and prosecute).