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Children and Families

OC Assemblyman Repeats False Claims That California Legalized Child Prostitution

KVCR | By Chris Nichols

Published January 6, 2017 at 10:48 AM PST

Republican state Assemblyman Travis Allen of Huntington Beach has repeatedly claimed in newspapers and on national TV that a new California law legalizes child prostitution. Capital Public Radio's PoltiFact reporter Chris Nichols fact-checked this startling statement.

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