In the last two years, Los Angeles County supervisors have taken important steps forward in serving two particular populations. Unfortunately, they did so in an a manner so ill-considered that it takes the county a lamentable step backward. The Board of Supervisors unanimously banned anyone convicted of a human trafficking offense from ever getting a county job or contract. After all, human trafficking — which includes commercial sexual exploitation of minors, but also indentured servitude in other industries — can be an especially vile crime. Human trafficking should be prevented and punished — but it should not be scapegoated.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 03, 2016 12:01 UTC