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TheAssociatedPress LOS ANGELES A Los An- geles City Hall proposal to send "john letters" to the owners of cars seen in areas known for prostitution has drawn criticism from a Cal- ifornia civil liberties group. The City Council voted Wednesday to have the city attorney's office analyze the proposal to use license numbers to determine who owns the vehicles. The letters would be written to discourage those who were soliciting prosti- tutes from returning to the area while posing no harm to those who were there for legitimate reasons, Coun- cilwoman Nury Martinez said. "If you aren't soliciting, you have no reason to worry about finding one of these letters in your mailbox," she said. The collection of license plate data is opposed by the nonprofit Electronic Fron- tier Foundation, the Los An- geles Daily News reported. The San Francisco-based foundation has an ongoing lawsuit against the Los An- geles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department over the issue. "What happens if you have legitimate reason to be in a neighborhood?" asked Dave Mass, an investigative researcher with foundation. Some other cities have used "john letters" to com- bat prostitution. In some communities, residents are encouraged to jot down the license numbers of cars they see engaging in suspi- cious activity and provide it to police. The "john letters" are typically written in a cor- dial tone and make it clear that police do not assume the owner of the vehicle was the person driving it. "It is a common myth that prostitution is a 'vic- timless crime' or that it is 'an act between two con- senting adults,'" one sample letter cited by the newspa- per states. "Prostitution is a crime which is linked to drugs (use and sale), acts of violence toward prostitutes and their customers, and in the worst case, human traf- ficking in juveniles for the sex trade." The letters also warn about potential exposure to sexually transmitted dis- eases. 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