CA Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery

Two significant pieces of legislation related to human trafficking (AB 22 Leiber and SB 180 Kuhel) passed the California Legislature in 2005 which resulted in the state-level criminalization of trafficking and the creation of the CA ACTS Taskforce (California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery).

CALCASA serves as a representative to this taskforce which is charged with the following (PC 13990):

  1. Collect and organize data on the nature and extent of trafficking in persons in California.
  2. Examine collaborative models between government and nongovernmental organizations for protecting victims of trafficking.
  3. Measure and evaluate the progress of the state in preventing trafficking, protecting and providing assistance to victims of trafficking, and prosecuting persons engaged in trafficking.
  4. Identify available federal, state, and local programs that provide services to victims of trafficking that include, but are not limited to, health care, human services, housing, education, legal assistance, job training or preparation, interpreting services, English-as-a-second-language classes, voluntary repatriation and victim’s compensation. Assess the need for additional services, including but not limited to, shelter services for trafficking victims.
  5. Evaluate approaches to increase public awareness of trafficking.
  6. Analyze existing state criminal statutes for their adequacy in addressing trafficking and, if the analysis determines that those statutes are inadequate, recommend revisions to those statutes or the enactment of new statutes that specifically define and address trafficking.
  7. Consult with governmental and nongovernmental organizations in developing recommendations to strengthen state and local efforts to prevent trafficking, protect and assist victims of trafficking, and prosecute traffickers.

(b) The task force shall be chaired by a designee of the Attorney General. The Department of Justice shall provide staff and support for the task force tothe extent resources are available.

(c) The members of the task force shall serve at the pleasure of the respectiveappointing authority.

For more information please visit the Attorney General’s website. Download the final report by clicking here.