File #: 20-61    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 1/8/2020 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 1/14/2020 Final action: 1/14/2020
Title: Human Trafficking Awareness Month Proclamation (Supervisor Estelle Fennell)
Sponsors: Estelle Fennell
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Proclamation.pdf

 

To:                                                               Board of Supervisors

 

From:                                          Supervisor Estelle Fennell                                          

 

Agenda Section:                     Consent                                                               

 

SUBJECT:

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Human Trafficking Awareness Month Proclamation (Supervisor Estelle Fennell)

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RECOMMENDATION(S):

Recommendation

That the Board of Supervisors:

1.                     Adopt the proclamation.

 

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:                      

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DISCUSSION:

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and is a crime against humanity and violates the most basic human rights.  Soroptimist International of Humboldt Bay are working to bring awareness to this issue and to look for root causes and to find strategic methods of prevention. Therefore, the Board of Supervisors would like to proclaim January 2020 as Sex Trafficking Awareness Month in Humboldt County. 

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

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STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK:

This action supports your Board’s Strategic Framework by protecting vulnerable populations

 

OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:                     

None

 

ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:                     

Board discretion

 

ATTACHMENTS:                     

Proclamation

 

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