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File #: 26-0354    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Communication Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 3/20/2026 In control: District Attorney
On agenda: 4/7/2026 Final action:
Title: Adoption of Proclamation Recognizing the Week of April 19-25, 2026, as Crime Victim's Rights Week in Mendocino County (Sponsor: District Attorney)
Sponsors: District Attorney
Attachments: 1. Proclamation

To:  BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

From:  District Attorney

Meeting Date:  April 7, 2026

 

Department Contact:  

C. David Eyster

Phone: 

707-463-4211

Department Contact:  

Kathryn Cavness

Phone: 

707-463-4194

 

Item Type:   Consent Agenda

 

Time Allocated for Item: N/A

 

 

Agenda Title:

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Adoption of Proclamation Recognizing the Week of April 19-25, 2026, as Crime Victim’s Rights Week in Mendocino County

(Sponsor: District Attorney)

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Recommended Action/Motion:

recommendation

Adopt Proclamation recognizing the week of April 19-25, 2026, as Crime Victim’s Rights Week in Mendocino County; and authorize Chair to sign same.

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Previous Board/Board Committee Actions:

On April 6-12, 2025, The Board of Supervisors adopted Proclamation- “Kinship, Connecting & Healing”.                     

 

Summary of Request

Annually, for the past 28 years the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, at the request of the District Attorney and the Victim Witness Assistance Program, has joined together for a Proclamation designating a week during April as Crime Victims’ Rights Week. This year Crime Victims’ Rights Week is from April 19 through April 25, 2026. The Proclamation recognizes the traumatic intrusion of crime on crime victims’ lives and the need to protect the rights of crime victims. The Proclamation acknowledges the necessity for the existence of Crime Victims’ Assistance Programs. The Mendocino County District Attorney’s Victim Witness Assistance Program provides victims’ services to crime victims throughout the County of Mendocino.

 

Alternative Action/Motion:

Return the agenda to staff for further direction/modification.                     

 

Strategic Plan Priority Designation: A Safe and Healthy County

 

Supervisorial District:  All

                                          

Vote Requirement:  Majority

                                          

 

 

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CEO Liaison: Executive Office                                                               

CEO Review: Yes                                            

CEO Comments:

 

FOR COB USE ONLY

Executed By: Deputy Clerk

Final Status: Item Status

Date: Date Executed

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