Legal Question in Entertainment Law in Georgia

Paid sex has been illegal in Georgia under state law for a couple hundred years. It is still illegal. It is called prostitution. The penalty has no changed. It is one year in jail and a $1000 fine.

Contrary to the very sloppy and inaccurate reporting from Fox 5, a city has NO authority to legalize an activity that is illegal under state law, so to the extent the city has an ordinance that purports to do that, the ordinance would violate state law and would not prevent state prosecution.

What I suspect has happened, and many cities have their own ordinances banning prostitution, is that the city's is written in a fashion that appears to violate state law and they plan to fix it,

But no, paid sex is illegal in Atlanta (and the state) no matter whether it is called an escort service or a street prostitute.