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Orozco, Norma From: Megan Fox <foxmegan3699@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2023 2:22 PM To: Amezcua, Valerie Cc: !City Clerk; Piquis Law Subject: Will Santa Ana continue to help keep children safe from family violence? Attachments: SB 331 ASM Organizational Letter of Support Judicial Committee 5.26.23 Final.docx; Media Links.docx; SGVCOG Letter.pdf, SB 331 (Rubio) Piqui's Law_Factsheet 5.10.23 Final.pdf, 2022 CA Santa Anajpg Dear Mayor Valerie Amezcua and Honorable Members of the City Council: Thank you for joining 120 California local governments, by issuing a proclamation this past November for Family Court Awareness Month to honor and help bring awareness about Piqui and all of the California children who have been murdered by a divorcing or separating parent. Since Piqui's brutal, preventable murder, nearly forty additional California children have been killed in this context. I am requesting the City's continued support on this issue, by providing a letter of support for SB 331 Piqui's Law (Senator Rubio). The San Gabriel Valley Council of Government (SGVCOG), representing 31 cities, 2 Los Angeles County Supervisorial Districts, and the 3 Municipal Water District, identifies Piqui's Law as a "critical bill" and submitted a letter of support. SGVCOG's letter of support is attached for your review. Piqui's Law (SB 331): Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence, introduced by Senator Susan Rubio, puts the spirit of the proclamations into practice and mandates the following: the judicial counsel develop training on domestic violence and child abuse related topics for judicial officers. The law will BAN unsafe, un-regulated, for-profit, reunification treatment "camps" that are happening in hotel rooms, vacation rentals, and private homes. Click here for extensive, recent media coverage about reunification camps. Since the bill was introduced in February, it has made amazing strides in the legislative process. Having made it through the senate, it is now entering the assembly, with the next stop in the Assembly Judiciary Committee in mid June. Letters of support for this committee should be submitted next week. A sample template is attached for convenience, please feel free to edit as needed, and if you would return the letter to me, I will make sure that it gets submitted to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Thank you in advance for your support. In solidarity, Megan Fox Team Piqui i