HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 16-014 - Expressing Support for Combating Human TraffickingRESOLUTION NO. 16-014
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SARATOGA EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR COMBATING
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
WHEREAS, the crime of human trafficking is present in every country and every U.S.
state; and
WHEREAS, the State of California and its constituent communities are considered to be
receptor sites for trafficking due to economic conditions and proximity to international borders;
and
WHEREAS, forced labor, commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary domestic
servitude have been found to exist within local communities; and
WHEREAS, the FBI has identified the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the top 13 sites
for child sex trafficking in the country and the National Human Trafficking Hotline receives
more calls from California than from any other state. Over 10% of the labor trafficking calls
received by the National Human Trafficking Hotline involve restaurant or food service
industries; and
WHEREAS, the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act requires any retail or
manufacturing company doing business in California that has more than 100 million in annual
gross receipts worldwide to disclose their efforts to monitor human trafficking in their supply
chain; and
WHEREAS, by engaging our local businesses, and the general public to take a stand
against human trafficking, the San Francisco Bay Area can be a model for how we can all work
together to tackle human trafficking;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Saratoga by adopting this resolution,
does hereby state that:
1. The City of Saratoga will work with the Santa Clara County Human Trafficking
Task Force and the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce to host and conduct a training
for local businesses on how to identify and prevent human trafficking.
2. Santa Clara County Sheriff is a partner in the Santa Clara County Human
Trafficking Task Force and has performed admirably in helping reduce the
instances of human trafficking in the County.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga
City Council held on the 2nd day of March 2016 by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor E. Manny Cappello, Vice Mayor Emily Lo, Council Member Mary -Lynne
Bernald, Howard A. Miller, Rishi Kumar
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
A EST:
E. Manny Cappello, Mayor
NV DATE: aj 17.Q.0
C .tal Bothelio, City Clerk