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NYTs: California Struggles with Paroled Sex Offenders

September 29, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

Solomon Moore, a journalist with the New York Times, wrote an article about monitoring paroled sex offenders in California. The piece also discussed the number of sex offenders on parole, the amount of resources spent monitoring sex offenders and legislation that will reduce caseloads for parole agents. California is the only state that places all

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WSJ: “Sex-Registry Flaws Stand Out”

September 3, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

In a recent article, the Wall Street Journal discussed the California Sex Offender Management Board and the Jaycee Dugard case. The article also discussed the number of sex offenders on parole in California, the state’s sex-offender registry, risk classification, and the amount of resources spent monitoring sex offenders. Janet Neeley, a deputy California attorney general

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The California Report: “Governing Sex Offenders”

August 31, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

Suzanne Brown-McBride is the Executive Director of CALCASA as well as the chair of California’s Sex Offender Management Board. Brown-McBride was recently interviewed for a story about Jaycee Lee Dugard and discussed state policies governing sex offenders. Listen to the interview here:

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Friday Legislative Update

July 10, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

Week of July 6th Below is a summary of what happened this week with bills that the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) is tracking through the state legislature. The list includes bills that CALCASA is sponsoring and supporting. We included links to each bill, so that you can read the text. All bills over

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Sac Bee Editorial: Living with the law as written

July 7, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

Earlier today, the Sacramento Bee posted the following editorial about the unintended consequences of Jessica’s Law: Sometimes bad laws have a way of coming back to bite the people most responsible for enacting them. That’s the case with state Sen. George Runner, the principal sponsor of Proposition 83, the 2006 initiative popularly known as Jessica’s

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Weekly News Update

July 6, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

Week of June 29th CALCASA Media Advocacy Guide CALCASA is pleased to release our Media Advocacy Guide! By clicking here you’ll find the first chapter, giving an overview of the guide and an explanation of our general approach to media advocacy. Over the next month or so we will be releasing new chapters, each covering

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