(San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office via Courthouse News) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — For Maxine Doogan, California’s law against loitering in a public place with the intent to commit ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 357 in July 2022, which repealed a previous law that banned loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution. The law took effect in January this ...

Fresno is moving ahead with a new ordinance to support local businesses suffering from homeless vandalism and loitering.

An executive order issued last month by California Gov ... open to the public are protected by “very clear loitering and trespassing laws. “For whatever reason, that same policy does not ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state officials to dismantle homeless encampments across the state. The decision came ...

The Seattle City Council has approved a new bill to provide the city with more tools to address commercial prostitution and ...

Enforcement of the "Standing or loitering on or near street or highway" law takes effect 30 days later or around mid-September. The department, however, will delay enforcement of the shopping cart ...

While many welcome the assistance of federal prosecutors, local elected officials blame a 2022 statewide law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom making “loitering with the intent to commit prostitution” ...

RELATED: Seattle City Council considers 'prostitution loitering' law amid intense debate Sellers or survivors of commercial sexual exploitation cannot be banned or targeted by the SOAP orders ...

The increase in crime sparked Rockland to create its new Connect to Protect program, which hopes to build the connection between residents and law enforcement. “We’re trying A, to protect ...

Council Member Tammy Morales, the sole person to vote against exclusion zones and the resurrection of the prostitution loitering law, opposed the bill for three reasons, she said at the meeting.

These measures, which include a ban on prostitution-loitering and the establishment of "Stay Out of Drug Areas" (SODA) zones, will now head to the City Council for a final vote on Tuesday.