First it was pot shops. Now it's erotic massage parlors.
In the last two years, they've proliferated in the city — just as dispensaries did, and for a familiar reason.
In both cases, Los Angeles failed to quickly assess and act upon the ramifications of a new state law.
Police say they've seen numerous illicit massage parlors open in Hollywood, Koreatown and the San Fernando Valley. But the biggest explosion has been in Eagle Rock, which a community that was also inundated with medical marijuana dispensaries.
An online directory of erotic massage establishments lists nearly 30 in Eagle Rock and Glassell Park, including 15 on a two-mile stretch of Eagle Rock Boulevard. One of them, Surprise Massage, advertises "Fairytale Oriental Massage" with "Sexy Pretty Asian Girls NOW." nike r4
"You can drive down the street and see one on every block," said Michael Larsen, the president of the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council. "Our community is being inundated with prostitution."
The problem is connected to a 2009 state law that created voluntary state certification for massage therapists. The intent was to make it easier for legitimate massage therapists to work anywhere in the state.
The law said therapists with state certification could no longer be subjected to stringent local vetting. In Los Angeles, for instance, where city code classifies all parlors as "adult entertainment," licensed therapists would no longer have to apply for police permits, which require fingerprinting and background checks.
Many cities — including Culver City, West Hollywood and Glendale — promptly began requiring those applying to open massage parlors to show their state certification.
But Los Angeles failed to do so, instead asking applicants only to state if they were certified, not to show proof, according to Officer William Jones, who is in charge of the Los Angeles Police Commission's permit processing section.
As a result, it became an easy place for erotic massage parlors to set up shop.
Ahmos Netanel, who heads the California Massage Therapy Council, a nonprofit set up by the state in the massage certification bill, said L.A. should rewrite its code.
"My understanding is that the city has basically stopped regulating," Netanel said. "We have shared with them that this is unusual."
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In Eagle Rock, patience is wearing thin.
Businessman Rudy Martinez said the proliferation of massage parlors was one of the reasons he ran for City Council against Councilman Jose Huizar.
Martinez owns a restaurant, Mia Sushi, on Eagle Rock Boulevard. The street is lined with banks and grocery stores, karate studios and churches.
But in the last year and a half, he said, one massage parlor opened up next to his restaurant and another popped up across the street. Both establishments advertise with blinking neon lights and are listed on adult websites, where clients post reviews of sexual services.
"If you sit on our patio, you can see about 30 to 40 men coming in and out of there," Martinez said. "They stay for 15 to 20 minutes. I've never seen one woman walk in."
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"It's sickening. It's ridiculous," Martinez said. "It takes away from that community environment that you want where you live."
Eagle Rock, Glassell Park and other areas have seen an explosion of massage parlors after a new state law on therapist certification. Fifteen have popped up on one two-mile stretch of Eagle Rock Boulevard.
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Reporting from Tripoli, Libya— He woke up in a fright as the air raids and antiaircraft guns opened up over Tripoli. But when Abdul-Momen climbed to his rooftop to watch the tracer fire streaking the sky, it was not fear that filled his heart. It was hope. Max 2011 Jogger Men in White,Black,Blue
Across the expanse of his neighborhood early Sunday morning, the young doctor could see others holding up their cellphone cameras to record history. And although they were too afraid of their neighbors to publicly cheer, neither were they cursing the West or chanting pro-government slogans.
"For the first time we finally have hope that our nightmare of 40 years will soon be over," Abdul-Momen said a few days into the bombing campaign. "I'm looking forward to seeing a free Libya without Moammar Kadafi."
With control of the broadcast media and the streets of Tripoli, the capital, Kadafi loyalists have for weeks intimidated their opponents, allowing only a message of almost giddy support for the leader to fill the public space. Even news of Japan's earthquake and tsunami was ignored.
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Kadafi may still be able to hang on. He did take to the airwaves just before midnight Tuesday in what was described as a live appearance before supporters at his Bab Azizia compound. He vowed to be victorious. "The most powerful air defense is the people," he said. "Here are the people."
Many aren't buying it. The street value of the country's currency, equal to the official rate before the bombing started, has fallen 25%. Lines are forming at rationing centers distributing rice, tea, oil and barley, and at gas stations. Commercial activity, which had perked up after weeks of political unrest, has fallen off dramatically.
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"It's a joke, he will never arm the people," said one university professor, who asked that his last name not be published for security reasons. "He knows that half of the people at least will immediately turn their guns against him."
Fueling the resentment is repressed anger over those killed and missing since the unrest began. For the first time in weeks, people are speaking up about atrocities committed during the protests that began just before the five-year anniversary of Feb. 17, 2006, protests in the eastern city of Benghazi in which security forces killed 16 people and injured 62.
One opposition activist said that nearly two dozen members of his Farjan tribe were killed in the Kadafi stronghold of Surt.
The doctor, Abdul-Momen, who also asked that his full name not be published, said that about 65 people were killed in one neighborhood alone in the Souk Jouma area of Tripoli. That number included 24 bodies brought to a polyclinic where he works.
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Some families, one activist said, privately buried their dead in order not to arouse the attention of the authorities. "Libya has many untold stories," he said.
Kadafi loyalists continue to portray a government unbowed by the bombing campaign. On Tuesday, state television declared that Libyan citizens continued to "flock" to Kadafi's compound to support their leader.
"America will always be the loser," said one poet on state television. "The leader has God on his side, making him always victorious. Let America tighten its sanctions. The colonel rejects its imperialism."
The monotonous chants of "God, Moammar, Libya and that's it," still are repeated by Kadafi loyalists on television and in contrived street rallies.
But few people are attending those rallies, and alternative voices have begun to emerge and subtly challenge the government's contention that the rebels are a gang of Al Qaeda militants supported by the West in a plot to steal Libya's oil.
"This crisis has divided families," Yousef Iyad, a tribal leader, said at a tribal meeting that was broadcast live on state television. "These events have created a social disaster that we have not experienced in modern Libyan times. The scale of the events, the scale of the violence we have experienced, is unprecedented."
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Across the expanse of his neighborhood early Sunday morning, the young doctor could see others holding up their cellphone cameras to record history. And although they were too afraid of their neighbors to publicly cheer, neither were they cursing the West or chanting pro-government slogans.
"For the first time we finally have hope that our nightmare of 40 years will soon be over," Abdul-Momen said a few days into the bombing campaign. "I'm looking forward to seeing a free Libya without Moammar Kadafi."
With control of the broadcast media and the streets of Tripoli, the capital, Kadafi loyalists have for weeks intimidated their opponents, allowing only a message of almost giddy support for the leader to fill the public space. Even news of Japan's earthquake and tsunami was ignored.
But since the start of the Western-led bombing campaign against Libya's armed forces, the edifice of control has begun to crack. Except for a few spokespeople, Libyan officials have slipped away. Kadafi and his outspoken son, Seif Islam, who had been giving interviews nonstop to international news organizations, have largely disappeared.
Kadafi may still be able to hang on. He did take to the airwaves just before midnight Tuesday in what was described as a live appearance before supporters at his Bab Azizia compound. He vowed to be victorious. "The most powerful air defense is the people," he said. "Here are the people."
Many aren't buying it. The street value of the country's currency, equal to the official rate before the bombing started, has fallen 25%. Lines are forming at rationing centers distributing rice, tea, oil and barley, and at gas stations. Commercial activity, which had perked up after weeks of political unrest, has fallen off dramatically.
Most important, the government's opponents in Tripoli have been emboldened despite Kadafi's vow Sunday to arm all his supporters. Many perceived that as a tactic to further cow a protest movement here that his security forces crushed with brute force last month.Nike Air Max 2011
"It's a joke, he will never arm the people," said one university professor, who asked that his last name not be published for security reasons. "He knows that half of the people at least will immediately turn their guns against him."
Fueling the resentment is repressed anger over those killed and missing since the unrest began. For the first time in weeks, people are speaking up about atrocities committed during the protests that began just before the five-year anniversary of Feb. 17, 2006, protests in the eastern city of Benghazi in which security forces killed 16 people and injured 62.
One opposition activist said that nearly two dozen members of his Farjan tribe were killed in the Kadafi stronghold of Surt.
The doctor, Abdul-Momen, who also asked that his full name not be published, said that about 65 people were killed in one neighborhood alone in the Souk Jouma area of Tripoli. That number included 24 bodies brought to a polyclinic where he works.
"The first night, they could not find places in the hospital to put the bodies," said one activist. Nike Air Force
Some families, one activist said, privately buried their dead in order not to arouse the attention of the authorities. "Libya has many untold stories," he said.
Kadafi loyalists continue to portray a government unbowed by the bombing campaign. On Tuesday, state television declared that Libyan citizens continued to "flock" to Kadafi's compound to support their leader.
"America will always be the loser," said one poet on state television. "The leader has God on his side, making him always victorious. Let America tighten its sanctions. The colonel rejects its imperialism."
The monotonous chants of "God, Moammar, Libya and that's it," still are repeated by Kadafi loyalists on television and in contrived street rallies.
But few people are attending those rallies, and alternative voices have begun to emerge and subtly challenge the government's contention that the rebels are a gang of Al Qaeda militants supported by the West in a plot to steal Libya's oil.
"This crisis has divided families," Yousef Iyad, a tribal leader, said at a tribal meeting that was broadcast live on state television. "These events have created a social disaster that we have not experienced in modern Libyan times. The scale of the events, the scale of the violence we have experienced, is unprecedented."
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