Even the New York Times Magazine reported that one of his bills could have serious consequences.
By Catholics for Catholics
If you thought Nancy Pelosi is woke, wait till you meet her possible successor.
Scott Weiner, the California State Senator who last week announced his campaign to replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is so woke that even the progressive New York Times raised an eyebrow.
A New York Times Magazine report on Los Angeles’ underage sex trafficking epidemic ascribed the problem mostly to a law that prevented police officers from stopping loitering women they suspected were minors being sex trafficked, according to a story by The Daily Wire. As lingerie-clad women strut on Figueroa street, officers have to “swear they had a reason to suspect each girl was underage” before detaining them.
Officers say the procedures hinders them to make a judgement and arrest the individuals because of the “fake eyelashes and wigs.”
Just wrapped up the No Kings Human Banner at Sunset Dunes. Thousands of people standing together to say loud and clear: America doesn’t kneel to egomaniacs or wannabe dictators. pic.twitter.com/qG4BSXkKaM
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) October 18, 2025
Wiener was one of the main advocates of that bill, which he said would improve racial equity in Los Angeles. “Our bill to repeal the crime of “loitering with intent to commit prostitution” — arresting someone simply for standing on a sidewalk & “appearing” to be a sex worker — passed the Senate,” Wiener wrote on X in June 2021. “This crime targets trans, Black & Brown women & needs to go. Thank you, colleagues!”
According to The Wire, Pelosi said she will announce her political future in November, after California votes on a major redistricting initiative. If she decides to retire, it’s unclear if Weiner’s bid for her job will set off an important primary political fracas.
Pelosi has said she would like Connie Chan, San Francisco’s Supervisor, as her successor.
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