>> >>ADRIAN: THREE MONTHS AGO, 23 YEAR OLD JORDAN ARRIVED AT GENERATE HOPE, A SAN DIEGO
HOME FOR VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING. SHE'S RECOVERING NOW FROM ALMOST SIX YEARS
OF FORCED PROSTITUTION. SHE STILL REMEMBERS THE MOMENT THINGS WENT
WRONG. SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB AND A FRIEND INTRODUCED
HER TO A MAN WHO SAID SHE COULD HELP. >> >>: I GOT SOME WORK FOR YOU TO DO AND I
WAS GOING WITH HIM THINKING IT WAS JUST I DON'T KNOW GOING TO BE SOME LITTLE CHORES
OR WHATEVER T.ENDED UP WHERE HE WAS I'M GOING TO GO IN THE CORNER, AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE
THIS QUOTA FOR ME. YOUR GOING TO DO IT OR I'M GOING TO HURT YOU.
THAT'S HOW HE KEPT ME IN LINE WAS MAKING THREATS AND BEATING ME UP, AND RAPING ME THAT IT MADE
UMﾊ WHERE I WAS TOO SCARED TO LEAVE HIM. AND I WAS 18 THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD TURNED
MY FIRST TRICK WITH SOMEBODY AND THEN IT WAS A TRAP EVER SINCE.
SOMETHING I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T GET OUT OF. >> >>ADRIAN: STORIES LIKE JORDAN'S ARE THE
REASON BEHIND PROPOSITION 35 ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. THE PROPOSITION WOULD IMPOSE TOUGHER
PENALTIES ON HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, THOSE WHO FORCE PEOPLE INTO SEX WORKER OR FORCED LABOR
FOR THEIR OWN FINANCIAL GAIN F.PASSED PROP 35 WOULD INCREASE PRISON TERMS FROM HUMAN
TRAFFICKING TO 12 YEARS TO LIFE. IT WOULD INCREASE FINES FROM CONVICTED TRAFFICKERS
WITH TO UP TO $1.5ﾊMILLION, MONEY THAT WOULD GO TO FUND TRAFFICKING VICTIMS RECOVER.
THE PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WOULD BE AS SEX TRAFFICKING, THE PROPOSITION HAS
BROAD SUPPORT AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND MANY VICTIMS
ADVOCACY GROUPS ACROSS THE STATE. >> >>: IT'S HORRIBLE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE GIRLS.
IT CHANGES THEIR LIVES IN WAYS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAL FROM.
>> >>ADRIAN: SUSAN IS THE DIRECTOR OF GENERATE HOPE.
THE VICTIMS HOME WHERE 23 YEAR OLD JORDAN IS RECOVERING.
>> >>: THERE ARE THREE CITIES IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE F. B.I.AS
HIGH INTENSITY AREAS FOR COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.
AND SAN DIEGO BEING ONE OF THOSE. I THINK THIS INITIATIVE CAN MOVE US IN THE
OTHER DIRECTION AND REALLY PUT SOME TEETH INTO THE LAWS.
>> >>ADRIAN: PROP 35'S CHIEF ARCHITECT IS A BAY AREA VICTIMS ADVOCATE.
ITS MAIN FUNDER IS FORMER FACEBOOK EXECUTIVE CHRIS KELLY.
HE'S DONATED NEARLY $2ﾊMILLION TO THE YES ON 35 CAMPAIGN.
THE PROPOSITION HAS LITTLE ORGANIZED OPPOSITION. BUT SOME ATTORNEYS ADVOCATES AND RESEARCHERS
SAY IT IS FLAWED. STEVEN IS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY WHO TESTIFIED
IN SACRAMENTO. >> >>: SOMETIMES, JUST PUNISHMENT, JUST IMPOSING
PENALTIES ISN'T THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM.
>> >>ADRIAN: AMY CARPENTER RESEARCHES HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SHE AGREES.
>> >>: IT'S BASED ON A PRESUMPTION THAT MORE AND STIFF PENALTIES ARE GO TO DECREASE THE
LEVEL OF TRAFFICKING. WHAT WE'VE FOUND IN SAN DIEGO WORKS IS A COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH WHERE YOU HAVEﾊ YOU HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND YOU HAVE TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT WHICH
PROP 35 PROVIDES FOR, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE VICTIM SERVICES PROVIDERS AT THE TABLE.
>> >>ADRIAN: MAJOR NEWSPAPERS HAVE OPPOSED PROP 35 SAYING CURRENT PENALTIES FOR TRAFFICKING
ARE SUFFICIENT. EVEN SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY BONNIE DUMANIS
HAS CONCERNS SAYING PROP 35 COULD MAKE IT HARDER TO SAVE VICTIMS FROM THEIR PIMPS. THE
PROPOSITION WOULD NO LONGER ALLOW PROSECUTION OF PEOPLE FORCE UNDER TO PROSTITUTION, BUT
SOME PROSECUTORS SAY THAT'S SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY TO FREE THEM AND GET THEM HELP.
BRIAN MARVEL PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER'S UNION SAYS PROP 35 WOULD HELP VICTIMS
BY REQUIRING POLICE OFFICERS TO GET TRAINING ON HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM.
>> >>: THIS IS ON THE CUSP OF OPENING UP AND GIVING THE OFFICERS EDUCATION SO THEY CAN
MORE EASILY IDENTIFY THIS IS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM.
>> >>ADRIAN: JORDAN SAYS THE PROPOSITION WOULD HELP HER IN ONE MORE WAY.
SHE EVENTUALLY WANTS TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST HER PIMP, BUT SAYS MANY YOUNG WOMEN LIKE HER
ARE AFRAID TO BECAUSE THEY FEAR REVENGE WHEN THE PRISON TERM IT IS OVER.
>> >>: AT LEAST WITH MY PIMP, UM, YOU KNOW, P IF I REPORT HIM CIALTION HE'S GOING TO KNOW
IT WAS ME.