CC Resolution 2015-055RESOLUTION NO. 2015 - 055
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA
QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL
CODE SECTION 52.6 REQUIRING CERTAIN BUSINESSES TO
POST ANTI -HUMAN TRAFFICKING NOTICES
WHEREAS, in 2010, the United States Department of Justice recognized the
increase of trafficking activity in the Inland Empire and the Coachella Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Riverside County Anti -Human Trafficking Task Forceworks to
identify and rescue victims of human trafficking, proactively investigate, identify,
apprehend, and prosecute those engaged in human trafficking, and promote greater
public awareness through marketing, trainings, and understanding of the nature and
scope of human trafficking within the County of Riverside; and
WHEREAS, in September of 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown signed
Senate Bill 1193 into law requiring anti -human trafficking notices to be displayed in a
conspicuous place in certain types of businesses; and
WHEREAS, these notices are required at the following types of business
establishments: adult or sexually oriented businesses, massage or bodywork services,
on -sale general public premise licenses under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,
airports, passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, truck stops, roadside rest
areas, emergency rooms within acute care hospitals, urgent care centers, farm labor
contractors, and privately operated job recruitment centers; and
WHEREAS, the Riverside County Anti -Human Trafficking Task Force has created
a poster that meets all the legal requirements of this recent law, and has requested
that cities in the County adopt a resolution in support of this law and its posting
requirements; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of La Quinta,
California, that it does hereby support the implementation of California Civil Code
Section 52.6, for the reasons set forth in this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City
Council held on this 171h day of November, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Osborne, Pena, Radi, Mayor Evans
NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Franklin
Resolution No. 2015-055
Posting of Anti -Human Trafficking Notices - California Civil Code Section 52.6
Adopted: November 17, 2015
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ABSTAIN: None
C
L NDA EVANS, Mayor
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
SUSAN MAYSELS, City Cler
City of La Quinta, Californi
(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
WILLIAM H. IHRKE, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California