DATE:
March 3, 2026 and March 24, 2026
03
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ADDING ARTICLE IIIx TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RELATED TO THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN ADVISORY COUNCIL AND AUTHORIZE APPLYING FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING-RELATED GRANTS (3/03/26 First Reading; 3/24/26 Second Reading); APPROVAL OF BYLAWS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
On June 14, 2011 (9), the Board of Supervisors (Board) established the San Diego Regional Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Advisory Council (Advisory Council) to collaboratively create long-term, systemic changes to effectively address human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. The Board directed that the Advisory Council include members from law enforcement agencies, victim services organizations, the education community, and volunteer and community groups. At that time, the Advisory Council was comprised of representatives of subcommittees, which were informal and formal groups generally self-organized by the sectors involved in combating and responding to human trafficking and CSEC. Subcommittees elected two members from ten sector groups, for a total of twenty members. As the Advisory Council's work and membership have evolved, the Advisory Council and County staff recommend codifying its purpose, structure, membership application process, and appointing authorities, while maintaining representation from the same ten sectors, business, child and family well-being, community, education, health services, law enforcement, prosecution, research and data, survivor voices, and survivor services. To formalize these changes, an ordinance, and accompanying bylaws to implement the ordinance, are required.
Today's request is to approve the introduction of an ordinance to amend the San Diego County Administrative Code to formally establish the membership and o...
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