California's Little Hoover Commission

The #LittleHoover Commission unanimously re-elected Commissioner Pedro Nava as Chair of the Commission at our business meeting yesterday. This will be Nava’s 8th consecutive term. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3fgIuG1

Commissioner Schwamberger was appointed to #LittleHoover in January 2019 & served on our intimate partner violence study subcommittee. She is the associate general counsel for State Farm and a former board member of Civil Justice Association of California and the Capital PAC. #WomensHistoryMonth #CAleg

Commissioner Sidley was appointed to #LittleHoover in April 2016 and chaired our intimate partner violence, GIS, & forest management studies. She serves as general counsel at the Port of Los Angeles and is a former deputy city attorney at the LA City Attorney’s Office. #WomensHistoryMonth #CAleg

Please join us TOMORROW at 10 a.m. for a #LittleHoover business meeting. We'll be discussing potential approval of our Issue Brief on the pandemic and #housing issues & our report on #voter equipment security, & more! Learn more: http://bit.ly/3eHzzNz #CAleg #CAgov

Commissioner Cynthia Buiza was appointed to #LittleHoover in October 2018 and chaired our labor trafficking study. She is the Executive Director of the California Immigrant Policy Center. Previously she held leadership positions with ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights. #WomensHistoryMonth #CAleg

Ensuring that law enforcement and court personnel receive training on how to investigate and prosecute state level cases of labor trafficking will play a key role in bringing traffickers to justice in California. Learn more about what the Commission recommends: https://bit.ly/2FIAFtj

Thank you to SEIU Local 1000 Pres. Yvonne Walker and CASE Pres. Peter Flores Jr. for sharing your insight with us at our second hearing on transitioning California state government workers to permanent remote work. In case you missed it, watch our recording here: https://bit.ly/32fCI07 #CAleg

Please join us this afternoon at 1 p.m. for Part 2 of our hearing series on transitioning California's state government workforce to permanent remote work. SEIU Local 1000 President Yvonne Walker and CASE President Peter Flores, Jr. will be sharing their insights with us. Watch live here on the #LittleHoover Facebook page, on our YouTube channel, or join us via Zoom! Visit our website for more details: https://bit.ly/3oVK6aH

Join us tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. for part 2 of our hearing on transitioning California state government workforce to permanent remote work. We’ll be joined by SEIU Local 1000 President YvonneWalkerCA and CASE President Peter Flores, Jr. Add to calendar: https://evt.mx/v5Tuihso

The Commission ended a year-long investigation into the state’s response to labor trafficking with the release of its third and final report on the topic. These reports combined provide a roadmap for #CAleg & California Governor Gavin Newsom to better combat labor trafficking and protect innocent workers. Find all three of our reports here: https://lhc.ca.gov/report-library

Thanks Sacramento News & Review - SN&R for shedding light on labor trafficking and for referencing our report on labor trafficking in which the Commission calls on California to improve its efforts to help victims and bring traffickers to justice. Read our full report here: https://bit.ly/2FIAFtj Learn more about our research and recommendations on how the state can better respond to labor trafficking by checking out the other reports from our year-long trafficking study: Lab...or Trafficking: Strategies to Uncover this Hidden Crime: https://bit.ly/3my3iKk Human Trafficking: Coordinating a California Response: https://bit.ly/3dWU0lw

Please join us on Thursday, November 5 at 1:00 p.m. as the Commission continues a series of hearings on whether California should permanently transition a significant portion of the state government workforce to remote work. We'll be joined by SEIU Local 1000 President Yvonne Walker and CASE President Peter Flores, Jr. Add to your calendar: evt.mx/v5Tuihso

Investigating labor trafficking cases often requires coordination among numerous officials and survivors, but no agency or entity can do this alone. Streamlining communication among levels of government is essential to help California bring traffickers to justice. Learn more in our latest report: https://bit.ly/2FIAFtj

Please join us on Thursday, November 5 at 1:00 p.m. for part two of our public hearing series on transitioning state government workforce to permanent remote work. Add to your calendar: https://evt.mx/v5Tuihso #CAleg #CAgov

California must do more to understand where labor trafficking occurs through the state, how victims access help, and what kinds of programs are most effective at helping survivors recover and thrive. The Commission provides recommendations to state policymakers to help do this: https://bit.ly/2FIAFtj

An overwhelming share of those served by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program grants were women. While this data provides insight into who California’s trafficking victims are, it is certainly not exhaustive and more research is needed to understand the prevalence of this crime and how the state can best support survivors. https://bit.ly/2FIAFtj

Labor trafficking can occur even when there is no evidence of physical force or violence. Lack of understanding about how this crime is defined can make prosecutions challenging. This is just one of several obstacles the state faces in enforcing labor trafficking laws. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2FIAFtj