ASSEMBLYWOMAN SALLY LIEBER
22ND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
For Immediate Release: December 3, 2007
Contact: Cory Jasperson
Phone: (916) 319-2022
 
Lieber to Unveil Human Trafficking Report
Who:

Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Sally Lieber (D-San Jose)

Assemblymember Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco)

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris

Nancy Matson, Chairperson of the Task Force and Director of the Attorney General’s Crime and Violence Prevention Center

Assistant U.S. Attorney Larry Brown, Eastern District of California

Kay Buck, Executive Director of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking in Los Angeles and a Task Force member

“Esperanza,” a human trafficking victim survivor who escaped from an L.A. sweatshop
When: 11:00 a.m. PDT, Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Where: California State Capitol, Room 317
What: In September 2005, California enacted its first anti-trafficking law (Assembly Bill 22, Lieber) to make human trafficking a felony and assist victims in rebuilding their lives.  This landmark legislation also established the CA ACTS Task Force to make further recommendations on effective measures to stop traffickers and protect victims.  Legislative leaders and Task Force members, including key leaders representing law enforcement, prosecutors, public defenders, labor, health and social services, victim service providers, researchers and others, will discuss key findings of the report to combat this intolerable crime.  Task Force members will be available to answer questions.

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Assemblywoman.Lieber@assembly.ca.gov
Office of Assemblywoman Sally J. Lieber
Capitol Office ¨ State Capitol ¨, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0022
District Office ¨ 100 Paseo de San Antonio, Suite 300 ¨ San Jose, CA 95113