>> i am ed walsh, on july 27, 2012 we conducted a inspection at 130 bush street. and myself and the inspector para entered the facility and went in and started opening doors and at that time, we saw miss lam engaged in a sexual activity with a white male. at that time, she was completely naked and we told them to get dressed and we need to talk to you outside of the room. at that time, the declaration says that the person was in the room with mis lam walked out and left the premises and got his clothes on and we spoke with miss lam. and as virginia explained to us our job is not to identify whether it is an act of prostitution or money engaged or anything like that, we don't do that. but we do, require people to are dressed properly and also, that provide massage, not some other type of service that is not appropriate so basically that is what happened. on july 27th, 2012 and this has been ongoing for a year because it is continuances and i am hear to answer any questions if you have any regarding this case. >> okay. >> allen, environmental technician and i have b

if you look at the notice of citation, that was issued by ed walsh, with the dph regulator when he came in there, the time on that was at 6:10 in the evening. and we brought this up at the hearing. initial hearing on this case, that for hours, or from ten a.m. to 5:30 p.m., after she got off work, a friend of her came by the establishment and they were going to go out to dinner. and they ended up in the room with him and yes she was making love to him. and there is absolutely no facts of support that violation of the penal code and she was not questioned by dph officer walsh and she was not questioned by alen para who is also his assistant and they put in both of their declarations that they never had time to question the subject, although they call them as a client and they call them as a customer and he was neither. and it is fine, what i find very odd here is when dph went in there and walsh and para and they were accompanied by the police department and not one of those officers questioned miss lam. and they had an opportunity to question the subject and they did not question him. a

>> for ed walsh the decision was a long-sought victory and validation. >> ready? oh, yeah. great. they know it's going to happen. because they've been through the process. the final appeal to rehear the case for the board of appeals, they got denied. so they know that we're getting ready to close them. >> when the inspectors descend twon sunflower they find the proprietor somewhat reluctant to answer the doorbell. >> cover the back. >> unable to gain entry by way of the front door inspector walsh goes around back. >> as i approached the back door, the gentleman who was walking up the stairs here. how are you doing? >> how are you? >> coming out this way? can you open it please? thank you. >> thanks. >> he had his shoes in his hand. barefoot, walking out of the premises. >> san francisco police can you open the door please? >> with walsh now inside sunflower has no choice but to open up for inspection. >> anybody else here today besides you? no girls? no? >> after a quick search of the premises -- >> you have immigrant girls, there's always going to be little trap doors, hid

. >> reporter: inspector ed walsh has spent 25 years with san francisco's health department. >> hi! health department, how are you? >> since 2007 our cameras have followed him on his beat. >> hello, ladies. >> inexpecting the city's ma sergeant parlors. many of which are fronts for prostitution. >> there is a guy, there is a guy there. >> when we go into these places, we observe sex. there's not supposed to be any sex. that's the bottom line. >> men looking for sex know that the price of admission is a quick $60 to the house. once inside, a buyer can hand pick a scantily clad woman from the bull pen and start a private party behind closed doors. >> you go into the room and then you negotiate a sex act with a masseuse. what i understand to be the going rate is anywhere from like $120 to $140 for a sex act. and usually you can get any type of sex act that you like. >> working as part of san francisco's human trafficking task force, health inspectors like walsh and dr. ojo have helped to shut down more than 80 elicit massage parlors since 2005. thanks in part to a new california law th

if you look at the notice of citation, that was issued by ed walsh, with the dph regulator when he came in there, the time on that was at 6:10 in the evening. and we brought this up at the hearing. initial hearing on this case, that for hours, or from ten a.m. to 5:30 p.m., after she got off work, a friend of her came by the establishment and they were going to go out to dinner. and they ended up in the room with him and yes she was making love to him. and there is absolutely no facts of support that violation of the penal code and she was not questioned by dph officer walsh and she was not questioned

it's cocktail hour and ed walsh from the task force is just getting started for the night. >> we arections of massage establishments in san francisco and what we are looking for is possible victims of human trafficking, women under 18 years of age and maybe forced to work in the massage parlors. >> walsh's target, the 51 remaining massage parlors licensed through the health department that city officials suspect employ trafficked women. >> people are being held against their will and being raped in essence, dozen plus times a day. it is a disgrace and very real. >> for the last five years, the mayor empowered city investigators to move in and raid massage parlors looking for evidence to shut them down. >> i have looked down stairs in the basement, i have seen where people are literally being held against their will. in essence, becoming sex slaves in a city like san francisco, one of the wealthiest cities in the united states. >> in 2004, san franciscans were shocked when a federal investigation targeting massage parlors uncovered an illegal sex trafficking ring in the bay area. >> o