Senator Yee to Introduces Bill to Increase Funding
for Domestic Violence Shelters

Pending legislation would increase marriage license fee to help offset cuts to shelters 

Media Advisory:
January 12, 2010

Contact:
Adam J. Keigwin
(916) 651-4008
(916) 256-5758

Who:
Senator Leland Yee, Ph.D.; Tara Shabazz, California Partnership to End Domestic Violence; Kathy Black, La Casa de las Madres; Beverly Upton, San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium; Emily Murase, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women

When:
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 10:30 AM 

Where:
La Casa de las Madres
1663 Mission Street, Suite 225
San Francisco, California 

What:
Along with several domestic violence prevention advocates, Senator Yee will announce legislation to increase the marriage license fee to help bring much-needed dollars to domestic violence shelters. Currently, $23 of each county’s marriage license fee goes to domestic violence shelters. Senator Yee’s bill would raise $2.5 million to $5 million annually. Early this week, Governor Schwarzenegger completely eliminated state funding for domestic violence shelters.

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