Whereas, the Council of the District of Columbia is currently considering passage of the Repeal of Prostitution Free Zones Amendment Act of 2014 (B20-760), legislation that would permanently repeal the Prostitution Free Zone Act of 2005, which allows the Metropolitan Police Department to permanently declare public space as a “Prostitution Free Zone;”
Whereas, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B has previously voiced its opposition to Prostitution Free Zones in February 2012;
Whereas, Prostitution Free Zones do not reduce prostitution and further marginalize sex workers, low income people of color, transgender people, lesbians and gays, and the homeless;
Whereas, both the Metropolitan Police Department and the Office of the Attorney General have acknowledged that the implementation of Prostitution Free Zones is likely unconstitutional;
Therefore, be it resolved that, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B supports the Repeal of Prostitution Free Zones Amendment Act of 2014 (B20-760) and encourages the Council of the District of Columbia to support the proposed legislation.