HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012000 - 2000-193 � l
Board of Supervisors
of
Contra Costa County, State of California
IN THE MATTER OF DECLARING ) RESOLUTION NO.2000493
APRIL NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT )
AWARENESS MONTH )
WHEREAS, in California there were 9,777 forcible rapes reported in 1998; and
WHEREAS, there were 267 forcible rapes reported in Contra Costa County in the same
year; and
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County investigated over 2,000 reports of child sexual abuse
in 1998; and
WHEREAS, the FBI estimates that 9 out of 10 sexual assaults go unreported; and
WHEREAS, in the United States, one in six women and one in 12 men have experienced
a completed or attempted rape at some time in their lives, and one in four girls and one in
six boys will be molested; and
WHEREAS,rape and sexual assault know no gender, cultural, racial or economic
barriers and can be inflicted by known and unknown assailants; and
WHEREAS, emotional and physical scars resulting from sexual assault and abuse are
often severe and long-lasting and require specialized attention and treatment; and
WHEREAS,women, children, and men in Contra Costa County have the right to be safe
from sexual violence on the streets, in their homes, and in their neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS,the Rape Crisis Center of Contra Costa County has provided prevention,
crisis intervention and treatment of sexual violence in Contra Costa County for 26 years;
and
WHEREAS, it is our responsibility to support survivors of these crimes by treating them
with dignity, compassion and respect; and
WHEREAS, it is crucially important to hold perpetrators, pedophiles, and sexual
predators responsible for their actions and to prosecute them to the full extent of the law;
and
WHEREAS, the State of California recognizes April as1Vational Sexual Assault
Awareness Month;
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,that the Board of Supervisors of Contra
Costa County, designates the month of April as National Sexual Assault Awareness
Month in Contra Costa County.
In ced by:
I-hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true and correct copy of an order
entered on the Minutes of the Board
Donna- Gerb of Supervisors.
Supervisor, District III Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
251h day of April, 2000.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator.
By�' . 1** ? -- .
Deputy Clerk
Resolution No. 2000/193