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IN RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION NO. 99/551
THE CONVENTION ON THE
ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
WHEREAS, IN 1979 THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY adopted the Convention on the
Elimination of.afC,F'orms of Discrimination Against Women (CED-AW), and
WHEREAS, THE SOROPTIMIS'T'S OF U.S.A. are supporting the efforts of the United.Nations General
AssemdCy andare gathering support for the Convention on the Elimination of AffForms of
Discrimination.against Women; and
WHEREAS, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY JOINS los Angeles, Santa Cruz andNarin counties in
endorsing the 'it.T General.Assembly for the Convention on the Elimination of aflForms of
Discrimination..against'Women; and
WHEREAS, CEDAW ADDRESSES basic human rights for women including the right to vote, the right
to enter freely into marriage, equal access to food and heafth care, equaf access to education and
freedom from abuse andexpCoitation,freedom from discrimination andnon discrimination in
empCoyment andpay; and
WHEREAS, CEDAW'S NIISSION statement establishes the standardfor equitable treatment of all
persons; and
WHEREAS, CEDAW distinguishes the necessity for fundamental freedoms in the pofitical2 economic,
social cultural; civiffiefdon behalf of human rights for women; and
WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS recognizes the Soroptimists of U.S.A.efforts to support
CEDAW as the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against 'Women (CEDA^W); and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County hereby
acknowledges the Convention on the Elimination of atT Forms of discrimination Against'Women as a
significant goal on behagof equaCrights for women.
PASSED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors members present this 261 day of October, 1999.
INTRODUCED BY:
GA' UB. JOHN GIOIA
District II Supervisor District I Supervisor
ABSENT _ABSM
DONNA GERBER MARK DE SAULNIER
District III Supervisor District IV Supervisor
JO CANCL4 MILLA, Chair
/District V Supervisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order
entered into the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date
aforesaid.
Phil Batchelor,County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors.
By � 'Z s
Deputy Clerk
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Inth�erofof Resolution No 99/549
Proclalmrng Octod er 24 30 1999 as Lead Poisoning Prevention Week in Contra Costa County.
WHEREAS, the California Department of Health Vices (DHS)estimates that nearly 6,000
children in Contra Costa County have unsafe levels of lead in their blood;and
WHEREAS,despite very limited screening,the County has identified 571 lead poisoned
children,the majority from the low income communities;and
WHEREAS,children age 6 and under who receive health exams through the Child Health and
Disability Prevention )CHDP) Program are required to be tested for lead,the State estimates
that fewer than 10%of eligible children are actually being tested;and
WHEREAS,Contra Costa County's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program has been working since
1993 to identify lead poisoned children and to provide follow-up case management services
such as medical care;and
WHEREAS,the premise behind Contra Costa County's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is to
recognize that major causes of lead disease and lrJury are preventable and that the strategies
required to make an Impact on the public health begins with collaboration of many segments
of the community:and
WHEREAS,partners of the Contra Costa County's Lead Poisoning Prevention Project include,
but are not limited to The West County Toxics Coalition,the Lacs Family Community
Development,the Pittsburg Healthy Cities,the:Center for Hyman Development,the Contra
Costa Child Care Council,the Pittsburg Pre School Coordinating Count and the Contra Costa
Office of Education,and
WHEREAS,the Contra Costa County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program will also be working
with Protect REGI.(RI chlond Effort to Abate Lead),a new program of the City of Richmond
Redevelopment Agency funded by the U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development to
make 120 houses and apartments in West Contra Costa County lead-safe for low4ncome
children and families,and
WHEREAS,despite efforts at education and preventlom citizens ire Contra Costa County
continue to be poisoned by lead from deteriorated lend-based paint,other sources in the home,
workplace exposure and historic environmental contamination.
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ORE BE IT RESOLVED,than the Board of Supervisors does hereby declare
c1999 as Lead Poisoning Prevention Week In Contra Costa County,
John Gioia,District I e B. UlWe ,'District li
ABSENT ABSEM
Donna Gerber,District ill Mark Desaulnier, District IV
oe C ciamilla,District V
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of
Supervisors affixed this 26th day of October
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors
and County Administrator
Deputy Clerk
introduced by Supervisor John Glola,District One