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San Francisco Prostitution Crackdown Spurs Debate and Arrests
In San Francisco a campaign against prostitution induces sharp clashes among officials and reformers. A surge in arrests draws criticism from Sheriff Hongisto and advocates like Margo St James while DA Freitas defends tougher measures and questions victimless crime rhetoric.
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Tony Ledwell
San Francisco
E Moscone
Joseph Freitas
Richard Hongisto
Moscone
Hongisto
Aeceaoe
Margo St. James
Tenderloin
Union Square
Richard Adkins
Bay Area
Gerald Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy
Nob Hill
Union Re
San Francisco Examiner
Convention Bureau
World Wildlife Congress
Sweden
Ers
Robert Wilhelm
St. Francis Hotel
Olice
Gain
Oe Shaughnessy
Canel
Freitas
Peter Hanson
Hanson
Raymond Arata
Honey