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The Santa Clara County Domestic Violence Council recognizes Honorable Eugene M. Hyman for his extraordinary commitment and leadership in the arenas of domestic violence and for his role as community leader and inspiration to others. October 15, 2010. [31] "Alumni Achievement Award," University of Santa Clara, School of Law, 2003 [31]
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) is a United States law, first authorized as part of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 (PL 98–457), that provides federal funding to help victims of domestic violence and their dependent children by providing shelter and related help, offering violence prevention programs, and improving how service agencies work together in communities.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that requires automakers selling internet-connected cars to do more to protect domestic abuse survivors, a move that may expand such safeguards ...
The bill, which passed the California state legislature late last month with overwhelming support, now awaits a decision from Governor Gavin Newsom on whether he will sign it into law.
“California law already recognizes domestic violence is a violent crime that can be charged as a strike under California’s three-strikes law when the facts show an assault that was likely to ...
Connecticut Family Violence Prevention and Response Act of 1986 City of Torrington , DC , 595 F.Supp. 1521 (1985) was a court decision concerning Tracey Thurman, a Connecticut homemaker who sued the city police department in Torrington, Connecticut , and claimed a failure of equal protection under the law against her abusive husband Charles ...
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Community violence prevention programs. Protections for victims who are evicted from their homes because of events related to domestic violence or stalking. Funding for victim assistance services, like rape crisis centers and hotlines. Programs to meet the needs of immigrant women and women of different races or ethnicities.