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Salinas police propose no‑parking pilot, vendor moves and lighting to curb prostitution and trafficking on Kern/King corridor
Summary
Police briefed council on a cross‑department plan that would test a six‑month no‑parking/permitted‑parking pilot, relocate food trucks, install lighting/cameras and expand outreach; community members and food‑truck owners voiced concern, and council asked staff to hold a public community meeting before final action.
Commander Warner and the Salinas Police Department outlined a cross‑department response plan on May 27 to reduce prostitution and suspected human‑trafficking activity concentrated on a corridor bounded by East Market, Roosevelt, Kern and King streets.
What staff proposed
Warner described the legislative context: the city previously used state loitering statutes to detain people “loitering with intent to commit prostitution”; he said the 2023 repeal of that state law (identified in the meeting as Senate Bill 357, “Safer Streets for All Act”) removed a primary enforcement tool and led to a visible increase in street activity. The police recommended a cross‑department pilot: designate a segment of Kern between East Alisal and East Market as a no‑parking zone for six months (or a residential‑permit zone),…
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