mer U.N. delegate and Marin County deputy they’re going to link that with prostitution,” district attorney. she says. “Anybody from 30 to 60 is more Speaking recently on Sounding Board, a familiar with it.” local public-access show produced by SoropAs for those under 30? “They’re shocked,” timist International of Novato, Witong said DeGooyer says. “They’ll say, ‘Are you kidding unequivocally that human trafficking “is here me? You associate massage with prostituin Marin.” tion?’” Women and girls Shocking, perhaps, Whatever gains (boys and men, too) are but the association perSan Rafael has being brought through sists. DeGooyer acknowla labor- and sex-trafedges as much. made with its recent ficking “hub” that runs “It’s a very small crackdown, it’s a fantasy from Southern Califorpercentage,” she says. to assume illicit massage nia to the Bay Area and “But they’re out there, beyond, Witong said. unfortunately.” parlors will disappear. “Human trafficking, “The most important People have been selling pimping and pandering thing,” she continues, “is sex for thousands of are not limited to one to make a clear distincjurisdiction,” Alameda tion between massage years. What chance do a Fairfax 1 County District Attortherapy and these illicit San few city code inspectors Rafael ney Nancy O’Malley said businesses.” Ross 1 in a statement earlier AB1147, a bill that’s stand? KentfieldGreenbrae this month, remarking cleared the legislature 1 on a recently signed law and as of this writing is Larkspur Corte Madera awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature, ostensi- that will make it easier to prosecute traffickers across state and county lines. bly aims to do just that. Bolinas Mill Valley 3 “We’ve had these problems since the beginThe bill would update a sun-setting 2009 ning of time,” Witong added on the access law that established the California Massage Tiburon program, “But I think the Internet, like everyTherapy Council (CAMTC), a nonprofit Marin City thing else, has just made it mushroom.” tasked with certifying massage therapists Sausalito That brings up an interesting question: statewide. 2 How does one find an illicit massage parlor, Some, including Boloyan, argue that rubmaps.com assuming one is so inclined? CAMTC took regulatory power away from Certainly there’s word of mouth. As individual jurisdictions, allowing massage Of the more than 30 massage parlors throughout Marin, San Rafael leads with 21. practitioners to bypass local rules and leading DeGooyer says, “People who are looking for 13> inadvertently to the proliferation of illicit parlors. Not so, says DeGooyer. $ 50 OFF “Correlation does not mean causation,” PURE NESS MA P $7.00 she says. “If you look across the country, illicit F S PET BOWL Cann(ExcludingP Pet Food or FOOD AND SUPPLIES ot be used in conju Litter) businesses have been on the uptick.” It’s no similar dollar or perc nction with coupons & advertise entage off 508 Tamalpais Drive EVERYDAY LOW PRICES d sale items. coincidence, she argues, that the economic Limit 1 PLU 331 Super Discount Prices* Hot Specials & Coupons CORTE MADERA, CA. 415-927-2862 PS Limit: 1 Coupon Limit: 1 Coupon *Short term promotions from vendors Per Family Per Family M-F 9-8, SAT 9-7, SUN 10-7 downturn of 2008 led to a rise in the world’s (No Membership Fees) So Much for So Little Effective 9/17/14 - 9/23/14 oldest profession. PET CLUB is Excited to Now Offer: Blue Buffalo, California Natural, Chicken Soup, Diamond Naturals, In the end, she says, “If there’s not the Evo, Innova, Earth Born, Pinnacle, Taste of the Wild, Season’s Natural, and Royal Canin Pet Foods enforcement to go and close people down, it NATURAL BALANCE FRISKIES FRISKIES BUFFET ARM & HAMMER SCIENCE DIET SCOOPAWAY NUTRO EUKANUBA SUPER SCOOP CLUMPING CAT LITTER DRY DOG FOOD GRILLERS BLEND CANINE MAINTENANCE CANNED CAT FOOD doesn’t matter what the law is.” DRY DOG FOOD NATURAL CHOICE CLUMPING CAT LITTER •Lamb & Rice •Sweet Potato & Fish 42 Lb Bag
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