Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) released a reaction to Governor Newsom’s signed Senate Bill 357, a soft-on-crime measure advocated by California Democrats that may hinder California’s ability to combat human trafficking. SB 357, which was vetoed by all Senate Republican Caucus, is set remove a tool frequently used by law enforcement to identify victims of sex trafficking by legalizing loitering ...

Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, delivered a letter to the governor Tuesday urging him to veto Senate Bill, 357, (SB 357) a “soft-on-crime” measure advocated by California Democrats that would reportedly hurt California’s ability to combat human trafficking.  SB 357 authored by Senator Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, would remove a tool frequently used by law enforcement to identify ...

The Annual Human Trafficking Summit is planned to be held virtually by the Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) Human Trafficking Committee every evening from Thursday through Sunday of next week. The summit, which is set to raise awareness of human trafficking, is coordinated by the SCV Human Trafficking Committee, sponsored by the College of the Canyons (COC) Student Health and Wellness ...

Dozens of residents gathered in Valencia Thursday to protest against human trafficking in conjunction with “World Day against Trafficking in Persons.” On Thursday, dozens of protesters lined the sidewalks around the intersection of Valencia Parkway and McBean Parkway in Valencia to protest human trafficking. “We are here to say it is not okay to traffic humans,” said Judy Mooy, a ...

Over 500 people were arrested last week as part of an operation to combat human trafficking in Los Angeles County, officials said Wednesday. At the close of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Sheriff Alex Villanueva of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced the results of the sixth annual Operation Reclaim and Rebuild enforcement operation. The operation was conducted by the ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved new requirements for massage businesses in the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles in an effort to prevent human trafficking, officials said Tuesday. With the passage of the ordinance, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health requires an inspection and permit for all massage businesses in the unincorporated areas of the County ...

College of the Canyons is set to offer free human trafficking prevention training courses that aim to help students “develop a baseline understanding of commercial sexual exploitation.” In observance of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, College of the Canyons is set to offer two free courses in human trafficking prevention.  Divided into two parts, the courses are set to teach students ...

Assemblywoman Christy Smith’s, D-Santa Clarita, human trafficking compensation bill has been signed into law, officials said. Smith’s bill, AB 629, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. The bill, called Human Trafficking Victims Compensation Bill, aims to “create parity within California’s Victim Compensation Program (VCP) and seeks justice for victims of human trafficking, allowing them to receive compensation from ...

iBrew Life Cafe, ran in conjunction with Elevate Church in Newhall, continues to use all of its profits from cafe sales for the education of underprivileged children in Oaxaca, Mexico. In 2016, church officials saw a need for the cafe after establishing eKids Global, a school for underprivileged children at risk of labor trafficking in Oaxaca. It was during a ...

Senator Henry Stern’s Senate Bill 630 to combat human trafficking was signed on Monday by Governor Newsom, officials said. The bill empowers communities to take a local approach to fight human trafficking by making clear that current law does not prevent a local governing body from acting to prevent slavery or human trafficking, according to Stern’s office. “Local knowledge and ...