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Bakersfield proclaims January 2026 Human Trafficking Awareness Month; survivor urges coordinated, trauma-informed response
Summary
Mayor Karen K. Goh presented a proclamation declaring January 2026 Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Dustin Contreras of the Current Coalition Against Human Trafficking praised multiagency rescues and called for survivor-centered coordination; survivor Ofelia Flores described layered vulnerabilities in tribal and rural communities.
Mayor Karen K. Goh read a city proclamation designating January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Bakersfield and presented it to Dustin Contreras, co‑director of the Current Coalition Against Human Trafficking (KCAT).
The proclamation, read aloud at the Jan. 7 council meeting, described trafficking as a growing criminal enterprise and called on residents and partners to support anti‑trafficking professionals and coordinated local response. Mayor Goh invited KCAT to accept the recognition on…
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