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Merced Sun Star: "Corrections officials reverse themselves"

June 11, 2009

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The Merced Sun Star reported on Monday that “homeless sex offenders on parole may once again live along Black Rascal Creek” as long as the landowner does not object. Assistant Regional Administrator Bobby Haase said “parole has never been in the housing business. The department’s role is to enforce what parolees can’t do, not tell

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Cities Move to Impose Stringent Residency Restrictions

April 20, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

Alfred Lee, a staff writer with the Pasadena Star-News, reported last week that many cities are “trying to avoid becoming dumping grounds for registered sex offenders” and are “moving to impose even more stringent residency restrictions that those outlined in Jessica’s Law.” More than two years after the passage of the statewide law banning registered

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Weekly News Update

February 17, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

Week of February 9, 2009 NYT’s: “California, Almost Broke, Nears Brink “ The New York Times reported earlier today that “the state of California — its deficits ballooning, its lawmakers intransigent and its governor apparently bereft of allies or influence — appears headed off the fiscal rails.”

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State to cut back housing aid for paroled sex offenders

February 10, 2009

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The Contra Costa Times reported earlier this week that “the state will stop paying long-term motel and apartment rents for thousands of sex offenders across California under an order Monday from a top corrections official, who acknowledged the move likely will add to the rolls of sex offenders who become homeless to avoid the living

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ABC News 10: "Cost Cuts Could Send Sex Offenders Underground"

February 6, 2009

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ABC News 10: “Paroled sex offenders say new cuts to housing assistance will likely force more of them into the streets at greater risk to public safety.” Next week, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDRC) announces new policies, including a stricter 60-day limit on paying rent for parolees newly released from prison. The

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Government Technology: "Sex Offenders' GPS Devices Not a Silver Bullet"

January 27, 2009

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Government Technology reported earlier this week on GPS monitoring and pointed out that this type of monitoring is embraced “as a simple technological solution for tracking the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders — is proving to be something less than a silver bullet for state and local public safety agencies.” Convinced that GPS monitoring was

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