The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (Cast) will hold a press conference in Sacramento on Wednesday, January 29, to introduce two budget requests and comprehensive legislation that works collectively to ensure trafficking is better prevented in California. Speakers will include a trafficking survivor and policy leaders including California Assembly Members Miguel Santiago (D-53rd), Mike Gipson (D-64th), Blanca Rubio (D-48th), Senator Henry Stern (D-27th), and remarks made by Cast’s CEO, Kay Buck.

The press conference, which will begin at 11:30 am (PST), will be held on the Sacramento Capitol steps. The press conference will propose a victim-centered approach to preventing human trafficking that focuses on identifying vulnerable populations and enacting measures that stop human trafficking before it starts.

This Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Cast, its partners, and policy champions in the California Legislature are asking California to consider a package of legislative and budgetary provisions as first steps in addressing the complex problem of human trafficking in a press conference.

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