I agree with sugarpop for once. Alert the media!
It must needs be easier to control prostitution than to eradicate it, which will never happen. OK, I would outlaw streetwalking. It causes too much ugliness. Instead, legalise brothels. Zone them; the better to keep an eye on them. Regulate them to minimise disease and set standards of cleanliness, order etc. Tax them to generate income for the oversight, police, inspectors etc. Maybe even unionise them to keep the owners in line. I believe there is a sex workers union already,
yep. that's covered.
I don't see too many problems. THe pimps will be out or legal, the girls (and boys) will be standardised and protected, their wages will be legal and [hopefully] better. Urban blight is reduced, streets are cleaner and safer, cops are put to better use, drugs are reduced (at least by some) and neighbors are happier that the streetwalkers are gone.
Where's the downside?