Re: “New Seattle city attorney must offer plan to combat sex trafficking” (Dec. 7, Opinion):
I’m a 10-year resident of the Keep Out of Space of Prostitution zone alongside Aurora Avenue. I reside one block from the location of the 2018 killing of Iosia Faletogo by the Seattle Police Division, and I opposed adoption of the SOAP zone due to its suspect constitutionality and the years and years of information demonstrating that policing intercourse work is pricey and ineffective in comparison with survivor-driven options.
Seattle Metropolis Lawyer-Elect Erika Evans has my assist as a result of, in contrast to outgoing Metropolis Lawyer Ann Davison, a registered Republican, Evans just isn’t keen to waste metropolis funds on ineffective criminalization and has clearly acknowledged her funding in prevention measures like restoring group courts and resourcing social companies run by and for communities most susceptible to sexual and different types of violence. She gained the election handily, and, in a comparability of King County last outcomes on Tableau Public, gained each precinct abutting the Aurora hall.
J. Denise Diskin, Seattle
