Saw one but didn't catch her
I went to one of them $15 foot massage places last night and decided to drive back on HB. It was only about 10pm again so I wasn't expecting to see anything. I cruised the back streets and up and down for a while. I saw nothing. I decided to pull into the JIB to get some food. I was sitting and waiting for the light to turn and I see this girl crossing the street to go to JIB too. I'm thinking this could be good. However, she doesn't go into JIB she walks across the parking lot. My light finally turns green and I am in a rush to get there before she walks on by. However, as I pull into the parking lot it is obvious she is headed for a truck already parked. Now I am thinking she is not a SW. But then I notice she doesn't climb in immediately. The door to the truck opens and she stands there to talk and just sort of leans over. Now I am convinced she is a SW (or cop). I pull to the back of the lot and drop something on the floor. I search for it and when I come back up, the truck is pulling out and leaving. That is when I see the girl is walking back the direction she came from. She didn't get in the guys truck! Then I realize that since my rental is a big black American SUV, one or both of them thought I was LE!. The way I drove into the lot in a hurry and parked in the back across the lines and especially because of the rental I got, I looked like LE. They were spooked and separated.
I decide to try my luck and leave the lot to find her. I see her walking south but she is on the wrong side of the road. I drive down, do a u-turn and come back up and she is still walking but now she is close to some other people hanging out and I don't want to stop so I go on by and circle back through the side streets. As I come back north again, I see her in the dark but it is too late, I have already passed to her. She is moving a good pace. I circle around one more time but by the time I get back, I can't find her.
She was shortish, Hispanic. Top of hair is blond. She is a bit overweight.
Struck out but was surprised to see one so early.
Loitering with intent to solicit
[QUOTE=Hargow20]The cops can't do anything unless they see you pickup or talk to a SW. So if you get stopped the best thing to do is to say nothing.[/QUOTE]
Here's the law, sounds like its a judgment call on the cops part if they feel you are loitering with the intent to solicit prostitution:
[url]http://law.justia.com/california/codes/2009/pen/653.20-653.28.html[/url]
(c) The list of circumstances set forth in subdivision (b) is not
exclusive. The circumstances set forth in subdivision (b) should be
considered particularly salient if they occur in an area that is
known for prostitution activity. Any other relevant circumstances may
be considered in determining whether a person has the requisite
intent. Moreover, no one circumstance or combination of circumstances
is in itself determinative of intent. Intent must be determined
based on an evaluation of the particular circumstances of each case.