Increase in massage parlors statewide (CA) causes crackdown by lawmakers
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Lawmakers have seen an increase in the number of massage parlors statewide.
A new council is in control over the massage industry in California and new legislation is meant to better regulate massage parlors.
Bakersfield already has around 50 massage parlors, and with the recent uptick in parlors statewide, lawmakers are concerned about an increased risk of sex crimes.
"We have seen a 600 percent increase in massage establishments in some communities, with little to no authority for local municipalities to control their placement," said Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez.
Some massage therapists say that a bad economy is causing people to make money any way possible.
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...and 4 have been busted in the last 2 months for human trafficking. All owned by Asians. Asian young girls lured from their home country with promises of a good paying job to help their families, are instead forced into prostitution. They are required to live and work at the massage parlors, cut off form any and all possible outside help, and told to honor their family name and commitments (their culture seems to play into this "obedience"
. They can't go back home, they have been shamed, and often the family doesn't want anything to do with them any more. They have no contacts or resources in the USA....it's a horrible thing that is happening all over the nation. MSNBC had a documentary on the the same problem in San Francisco...
Whats also too bad are the additional fall outs, for those that are legit massage therapists. They attended school and got certified, only to be treated as if they are prostitutes. Some even beaten up because the didn't "perform". Their business is being hurt by all of this.
