How California Effectively Legalized An Open-Air Sex Market

Four years after passage of a disastrous 2022 law, cops roll past as prostitutes walk the Figueroa corridor.

It’s midafternoon outside KIPP Academy of Opportunity, a charter school serving children in fifth through eighth grade on South Figueroa Street in residential Los Angeles. As children inside prepare for their futures, a young female struts by in high heels, wearing nothing but a bikini and a jacket.

“We’ll see some police officers roll by and some young …