People Ex Rel. Bradford v. Arcega

The action is prosecuted under what is known as the “Red-light Abatement Act” (Stats. 1913, p. 20).

The complaint alleges that the premises and building known as “No. 222 L Street,” in the city of Sacramento, and described as the “East one-half of Lot No. three, in the block or square bounded by and between L and M and Second and Third Streets of said city of Sacramento,” were, and for some time prior to the third day of January, 1918, “and ever since that date, and now are, used for the purposes of lewdness, assignation and prostitution, and upon said premises acts of lewdness, assignation…