my name is mary lopez, and i'm here to support the st. james infirmary request for $400,000. sex workers are always an under resourced community. they are always incredibly stigmatized, which means they are the least likely to reach out from law -- law enforcement for help. we also know that very often, law enforcement is guilty of rape and sex trafficking of workers who searched for help, which is a wise st. james infirmary is so important, and we defendant -- depend on them so much to keep the citizens and people in the city safe, which is why the work that they do is so important, another point i would like to bring up is the fact that since -- sex trafficking has increased by 760 %. that would only be possible if six work -- sex workers are able were able to do the work consensually were moved into sex trafficking because of the law, which is why the st. james infirmary is important that they intersect policy, outreach, sex work, and sex trafficking. if we are as opposed to sex trafficking is a community as we claim to be, then the only option is to support sex workers an

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