A push has started that calls on the state to spend $30 million more dollars over the next three years to fight human trafficking and help victims.
Los Angeles Democratic Assemblyman Miguel Santiago is among the lawmakers pushing for the money.
"These are people who are stolen against their own will and forced to do the most horrific of things and now we have an opportunity to fight and ensure they get the services and the help that they need," Santiago says.
He says part of it would go toward providing housing and food assistance to victims.
Santiago calls human trafficking "one of the moral crises of our lifetime" and says victims are often subjected to brutal and horrific treatment.