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HONORARY PROCLAMATION DECLARING
OCTOBER 2017 AS
"DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH"
WHEREAS, -domestic violence is a systematic pattern of abusive behavior to gain power and control
through use of physical violence, sexual violence, threats, and/or emotional" abuse used by. one
Intimate partner against another and, therefore, Is now more accurately called "Intimate partner
violence" by those who work with this Issue; and
WHEREAS, Intimate partner violence affects women, men, and chlldren of all racial, ethnic, cultural,
social, religious, and economic groups. In a single day, safe houses in California served almost 5,800
women and children. Approximately 40% of California women experience physical intimate partner
violence In their lifetimes whlle 1 In 3 female murder victims in the United States are killed by
Intimate partners; and
WHEREAS, California law enforcement agencies received 162,302 domestic violence-related calls In
2015 and Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime in the United States; and
WHEREAS, children exposed to intimate partner violence In the home experience long-term
consequences such as difficulty at school, substance abuse, and serious adult health problems and,
among families, Intimate partner violence is the third leading cause of homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the Women's Shelter Program of San Luis Obispo County strives to increase publlc
awareness and understanding of intimate partner violence and the needs of survivors. In 2016, the
Women's Shelter Program of San Luis Obispo County served nearly 800 survivors In our community,
providing essential, lifesaving services for survivors and their children fleeing violence; and
WHEREAS, survivors of Intimate partner violence embody Incredible strength and resilience to
overcome trauma and abuse to bulld lives free of violence; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arroyo Grande supports the efforts of The Women's Shelter Program of San
Luis Obispo ·county and its partners to work to reduce Intimate partner violence In San Luis Obispo
County through prevention education, increased awareness, and holding perpetrators who commit
acts of violence responsible for their actions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Jim Hiii, Mayor of the City of Arroyo Grande, does hereby
declare October 2017 as "Domestic Violence Month".
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Seal of the City of Arroyo Grande to be affixed this 24th day of October 2017.
JIM HILL, MAYOR
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