"Los Angeles County officials are calling on California’s lawmakers to come down harder on individuals soliciting sex with minors.
"The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a motion on Tuesday, Sept. 3 to lobby for state legislation that would increase penalties for “johns” who “sexually exploit children.” According to county officials, child-sex trafficking continues to be a persistent problem in the county, sometimes involving children as young as 10 years old....
“I think the piece that is missing with the general public is awareness that this is going on in our back yard,” he said. “Most people, if you ask them about sex trafficking or human trafficking, they would first of all think that it’s happening in a foreign country far away and not think that it’s happening right here in America in their own cities and towns. And it’s not just big cities– it’s potentially anywhere that the pimp can exploit the girls and turn a profit on the activities he’s forced the girls into doing.”
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