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Lake County Board proclaims October 2025 Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors adopted a proclamation designating October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, citing local incident and service statistics and urging community support for victim services.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors adopted a proclamation designating October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Lake County and urged residents to support agencies that assist survivors.
The proclamation, read during the meeting and signed by the board’s vice chair, cited local service and enforcement statistics from the previous 12 months to describe the scope of domestic violence in the county and to call for community engagement to prevent further harm.
Supervisor Sabatier opened the item and said, "It's saddening to me that sometimes the people that say the strongest words such as I love you, can also be the ones that hurt you the most." Sabatier linked domestic violence to other community problems, noting that many people who experience domestic violence also face homelessness.
The proclamation states that in the past 12 months Lake County law enforcement responded to more than 418 incidents of domestic violence; the district attorney's victim-witness division served 324 victims and prosecuted 168 felonies and misdemeanor acts of domestic violence. The Lake Family Resource Center reported responding to 927 crisis-line calls, sheltering 118 domestic violence victims and their children, and providing a total of 4,228 bed nights.
Kayla Voges, domestic violence program coordinator for Lake Family Resource Center, thanked the board and described the local campaign theme as "with survivors always," saying the theme is "both a love letter and a call to action for those committed to advocating for survivors' needs and rights." Voges added, "Survivors deserve safety, survivors deserve support, and survivors deserve solidarity."
One online commenter, Sterling, said the proclamation "touches home" and thanked the board, saying they grew up with domestic violence and child abuse in the 1990s.
The board voted to adopt the proclamation, which the meeting record shows was signed by the vice chair of the board. Following the adoption there was a brief photo opportunity with presenters and board members.
The proclamation names the district attorney's office, the sheriff's office, the Lakeport Police Department, the Clear Lake Police Department, and the Lake Family Resource Center as organizations committed to ending domestic violence in Lake County and providing crisis intervention and prevention services.
