SACRAMENTO, CA – Governor Newsom’s May Revise released on May 14, 2025, failed to include funds to close a large gap in federal funding to support survivors of crime, including the survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and sex trafficking WEAVE serves.

Without state support to maintain current services, WEAVE will not be able to maintain its current level of services. Existing funding is already insufficient to meet the demand for services in Sacramento County. Failure to level fund existing services will directly impact our ability to provide confidential emergency shelter, therapeutic counseling services, legal assistance, and more.

The absence of this critical funding is confusing given the Governor’s recent urging of cities and counties to clear homeless encampments and connect these individuals with services. This directive fails to consider the interconnections between homelessness and domestic and sexual violence. We know that nearly one-quarter of the unhoused individuals in the state of California reported experiencing domestic violence and it is estimated that more than half of homeless women and children are homeless because of domestic violence. Furthermore, unhoused women and youth are at increased risk of sexual assault while homeless. We cannot call for swift action in response to homeless individuals while simultaneously failing to support the services they need to be safe and to secure stable housing.

Alongside more than 250 organizations across all counties in California, we call on Governor Newsom, Speaker Robert Rivas, Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire, and legislators from all parties to stand with survivors. We urge them to level fund essential services that Californians depend on during the most traumatic and dangerous experiences of their lives.