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Survivors and advocates urge board to restore proposed cuts to domestic-violence and trafficking safety-net services
Summary
Dozens of survivors, program directors and nonprofit leaders urged supervisors to reject a proposed $2.5 million cut to gender-based violence safety-net services and to preserve emergency shelter, hoteling and advocacy funds.
Multiple survivors, advocacy organizations and county contractors told the Board of Supervisors Monday that a proposed $2.5 million reduction to gender-based-violence and human-trafficking safety-net contracts would directly affect emergency shelter, hotel stays, 24-hour crisis lines, legal advocacy and long-term support.
Speakers included representatives from Community Solutions, Nextdoor Solutions to Domestic Violence, the YWCA, Mitri,…
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