TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Supervisor Brown and Supervisor McCowen
MEETING DATE: September 10, 2019
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Supervisor Brown
PHONE:
463-4441
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Supervisor McCowen
PHONE:
463-4441
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 5 min
AGENDA TITLE:
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Adoption of Proclamation Recognizing September 16, 2019, as Remembrance Day in Mendocino County to Honor and Remember Those Who Lived and Died in Confinement at State Hospitals and Development Centers (Sponsors: Supervisor Brown and Supervisor McCowen)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Adopt Proclamation recognizing September 16, 2019, as Remembrance Day in Mendocino County to honor and remember those who lived and died in confinement at state hospitals and development centers; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
The Board of Supervisors routinely adopts proclamations recognizing special events and meritorious achievements.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Since the first California state institution opened in 1852, individuals with mental and developmental disabilities were separated from their communities and committed to these institutions for a variety of reasons, many of which would not be considered acceptable today. More than 45,000 people who died while confined in these state institutions were not claimed by family or friends and were buried by the state, often in mass or unmarked graves. Over 1,600 people who died while confined at Mendocino State Hospital are buried locally.
The California Memorial Project (CMP) is a collaboration of Disability Rights of California and People First of California. The mission of the CMP is to honor and restore dignity to those individuals who lived and died in confinement at state hospitals and development centers. The three main goals of the CMP are:
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Restore all cemeteries or graves where individuals from state institutions are buried;
2).
Document the...
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