Hit the Streets for No on K!

This week in BJM we concentrated our efforts on working to raise awareness for Proposition K, which will appear on the 2008 ballot for San Francisco. A group of us handed out fliers on the streets and in the BART Stations. Proposition K’s arm is to legalize prostitution to protect sex-workers from being criminalized if a John were to take advantage of them. Then the sex workers can report the incident to the police. But, this in fact is already possible; sex-workers can report rape without being prosecuted themselves. The fliers we gave out have a full explanation of what Prop K and what it really means for San Francisco if it does in fact pass. Proposition K will open the door for even more sex trafficking in this city then we already have!

            It was good to get out on the streets and raise awareness, the public needs to fully understand what Prop K entails. I had the opportunity as did the other interns to have very encouraging conversations with those we met. We gave out accurate information so they can vote with informed minds on Prop K.

            At the beginning of last week statistics showed that if there were a vote that day, that Prop K would pass with 70%, as of this last weekend, 5 days after our first flier outing, the stats moved more to 50/50. Let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best!

-MEG