Legal Prostitution in Bay Area?

(Berkeley, California) Although it would be contrary to California state law, a group called the Sex Workers Outreach Project has collected enough signatures to place an initiative on the November ballot which aims to essentially legalize prostitution in Berkeley.

Wait a minute! Didn't the State Supreme Court rule just last week that a community cannot intentionally violate California state law? There are many, many people upset because their marriages have been voided since Mayor Gavin Newsom's actions were illegal when he married them. It would seem that election officials would take the hint and prohibit ballot measures that don't comply with state law. Of course, this is California where rules and laws are all relative. Also, it's Berkeley where I understand that years ago they passed a city ordinance making it illegal to detonate nuclear bombs within the city limits. There have been no violations as yet.

It's not surprising that support for the measure comes from two primary groups, the hookers, who are tired of being shuffled in and out of jail, and the adjacent communities, who want their prostitutes to go to Berkeley so that they can clean up the blighted hooker stroll areas. We'll hear more about this story as election day approaches.