CC Resolution No. 15-066 Supporting the "No Traffick Ahead" campaign taking a stand against Human Trafficking RESOLUTION NO. 15-066
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
SUPPORTING THE."NO TRAFFICK AHEAD" CAMPAIGN TAKING A STAND
AGAINST-HUMAN TRAFFICKING
WHEREAS, the'crime of human trafficking is present in every country and every
U.S. state; and
WHEREAS, the State of California and its constituent communities are
considered to be receptor sites for trafficking due to economic conditions and proximity
--to international borders; and
WHEREAS, forced labor, commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary
domestic servitude have been found to exist:within local communities; and
WHEREAS, The FBI has identified the San Francisco.Bay Area as one of the top
13 sites for child sex trafficking in the country and the National Human Trafficking
Hotline receives more calls from California than from any other state. Over 10% of-the
labor trafficking calls received by the National Human Trafficking Hotline involve
restaurant or food service industries; and
WHEREAS, the 2016 Super Bowl provides an opportunity for.cities and counties
in the Bay Area San Francisco to ramp up their efforts to respond to human trafficking.
While no definitive data exists linking the Super Bowl to increased human trafficking in
the regions that host the game, the Super Bowl creates an occasion to reach out to
industries, stakeholders, and the broader community that can play a role in combatting
trafficking 365 days a year; and
WHEREAS, the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act requires any retail
or manufacturing company doing business in California that has more than 100 million
in annual gross receipts worldwide to disclose their efforts to monitor human
trafficking in their supply chain; and
WHEREAS, by engaging our hotels, restaurants, other businesses, and the
general public to take a stand against human trafficking, the San_Francisco Bay Area-can
be a model for how we can all work together to tackle human trafficking;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Cupertino by adopting this
resolution, does hereby state that:
1. The City will use its best efforts to host-its events at hotels that have signed on to
the Code of Conduct for the Protection of Minors from Sexual Exploitation in
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Travel and Tourism htW://www.thecode.grg)'or have enacted a similar policy,
including training their employees on recognizing signs of human'trafficking on
their premises, and conducting risk analysis for human trafficking with their
suppliers and leveraging their purchasing power to protect the freedom of those
in their supply chain.
2. The City will use its best efforts to host its events at restaurants or other venues
that have taken a stand against human trafficking by training employees,,
displaying anti-trafficking posters, and/or conducting risk analysis for human
trafficking with their suppliers and leveraging their purchasing power to protect
the freedom of those in their supply chain.
3. The City will encourage Sheriff Office staff serving the City participate in
available human trafficking training.
PASSED AND ADOPTED'at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this 4th day of August, 2015,by the following vote:
Vote Members of the City Council
AYES: Sinks, Chang,Paul, Vaidhyanathan
NOES: None
ABSENT: Wong
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Grace Schmidt, City Clerk Rod Sinks, Mayor, City of Cupertino