Also, the council will consider extending a moritorium on new massage parlors until the new ordinance is passed. Monday is the first β not the final β reading of the ordinance. The current moratorium on new massage parlors will run out on April 6. The City Council recently participated in a study session showing how massage parlor employees could be victims of human trafficking.
Victims are sold as children in other countries and transported to Orange County where they work in the sex trade. In recent years, Huntington Beach has seen its massage parlor population grow from six establishments to In , new state rules that made it difficult for cities to regulate massage parlors.
As a result, parlors could start operations, be cited by police if found to be fronts from prostitution β and then reopen a day later under new management.
A newly enacted state law makes it possible for cities, not the state, to regulate massage parlors. The new ordinance would require a two-year waiting period for a massage parlor to re-open after a violation.
The ordinance would block new massage parlors from opening within 1, feet of another massage parlor. Sexually suggestive clothing worn by employees and advertising inside the establishment would be regulated. A list of services must be posted in plain sight inside massage parlors. By Keith Sharon ksharon scng. Human trafficking and prostitution often hide behind a single word: Massage. More in News. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
