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DESCRIPTION:“Stand-In” for Safety and against Arrests  of Sex Workers, Homeless, 
 Youth, Immigrants and other low-income people in SF\n\n“Stand-In” 
 against ¨Sit/Lie”\n\nChief of Police Gascón and Mayor Newsom are 
 proposing more laws to criminalize people forced to live and work on the 
 street. “Sit/Lie” makes it illegal to sit and lie on the sidewalk 
 between 7am and 11pm under threat of a fine and jail*. First to be targeted 
 will be people of color and those who are young, homeless, immigrants, sex 
 workers.  Public Defender Jeff Adachi has spoken about how the law is so 
 wide ranging it can be used against anybody.  \n\nSit/lie is going before 
 the Safety Committee of the Board of Supervisors on May 10 starting at 10am 
 at City Hall. Come and speak out against it!\n\nSit/Lie is vigorously 
 opposed by a wide coalition of people who have organized sit ins throughout 
 the City.  The SF Democratic Party voted overwhelmingly against the Bill. 
 \n\nRecent police crackdowns have also been widely opposed.  They push sex 
 workers more underground into isolated and dangerous areas, and make it 
 harder to report violence for fear of arrest.  And they disproportionately 
 target people of color.  Black women are seven times more likely to be 
 arrested.  With the pretext of saving victims of trafficking, immigrant 
 women, are routinely rounded up and deported.  40% of men arrested are men 
 of color. \n\nCome hear what is being done to stop “Sit/Lie”.  Come 
 speak out with us for safety and protection, and against criminalization.  
 Let’s send a message to Mayor Newsom and Chief Gascón that ‘Sit/Lie’ 
 will not pass.    \n\nCo-sponsored by: US PROStitutes Collective and the SF 
 Coalition on Homelessness.\n\nEndorsed by Legal Action for Women; Women of 
 Color/Global Women’s Strike; Poor Magazine/Poor News Network; Wages Due 
 Lesbians.\n\nFor more info: uspros@allwomencount.net  415-626-4114 \n\n For 
 more info on Sit/Lie: http://www.standagainstsitlie.org/ & 
 http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-Stands-Against-Sit-Lie/347474333669\n\n 
 *Sit/Lie law gives the police enormous discretion to arrest anyone on the 
 sidewalk between 7am and 11pm. First-time violators get a warning then a 
 citation with a $50 to $100 fine. Second violation results in 10 days in 
 jail or a fine of $300 to $500, and each violation after that would be 
 subject to a $500 fine and 30 days in jail. \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/05/06/18647230.php
SUMMARY:"Stand-In" for Safety & Against the Arrests of Sex Workers & Sit/Lie
LOCATION:Corner Polk and Sutter Streets in San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/05/06/18647230.php
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