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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 150
          Author:   Gaines (R), et al.
          Introduced:6/9/16  
          Vote:     21  

           SUBJECT:   Domestic Violence Awareness Month


          SOURCE:    Author

          DIGEST:   This resolution proclaims the month of October 2016,  
          and each following October, as Domestic Violence Awareness  
          Month.
          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)Domestic violence is a significant public health and safety  
            issue affecting women, men, and children of all racial,  
            religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups in California. 

          2)Nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an  
            intimate partner, which means more than 10 million women and  
            men in the U.S. are abused each year.

          3)Women are four times more likely than men to be victims of  
            domestic violence; and of all murder-suicides, 72% involve an  
            intimate partner and 94% of the victims of these crimes are  
            female.

          4)A victim is not alone in suffering the impacts of domestic  
            violence. Studies indicate that children who witness domestic  
            violence experience long-term consequences, such as difficulty  
            at school, substance abuse, and serious adult health problems,  
            as well as an increased risk of becoming a domestic violence  








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            victim or abuser as an adult. 

          5)The cost of domestic violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year  
            in the U.S.-$4.1 billion in direct medical and health care  
            services and nearly $1.8 billion in lost productivity. 

          6)Domestic violence programs in California provide essential,  
            lifesaving services to nearly 6,000 victims and their children  
            each day as they flee violence. Overall, state-funded domestic  
            violence programs provide individual counseling to an average  
            of nearly 34,000 victims each year.

          7)Despite recent reductions in domestic violence incidents,  
            there is an ongoing need to educate the public about domestic  
            violence and to provide all victims access to programs and  
            services.

          This resolution proclaims the month of October 2016, and each  
          following October, as Domestic Violence Awareness Month; and  
          recognizes the vital role that all Californians can play in  
          preventing, and one day ending, domestic violence.

          Related/Prior Legislation
          
          SCR 68 (Lieu, Resolution Chapter 129, Statutes of 2013)  
          recognized October 2013, and each following October, as National  
          Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified8/4/16)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified8/4/16)


          None received








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          Prepared by:  Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          8/5/16 11:06:44


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