The City of Simi Valley has formally notified registrants in that city that they are no longer required to post a sign on the front door of their home on Halloween and are allowed to decorate their homes as well as answer their door to children. According to the letter dated October 18, these changes are the result of a decision made on October 16 by the Simi Valley City Council to repeal its Halloween ordinance which was adopted in 2012.
The Simi Valley letter did not make reference to the two federal lawsuits filed in 2012 and 2017 which challenged the city’s Halloween ordinance. However, the City agreed to send the letters to registrants in a settlement agreement reached with a registrant and his family who live in Simi Valley. Another provision in that agreement requires the Simi Valley City Police Department to create and distribute internally a memo regarding the City Council’s decision to repeal the Halloween ordinance.
“We commend the City of Simi Valley for honoring this year’s settlement agreement,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “We will monitor the actions of the Simi Valley Police Department this year and in the future to ensure that their actions are also consistent with that agreement.”
According to a plaintiff in the 2017 lawsuit, two Simi Valley police officers handed him a flier last month and told him that he must comply with the requirements of the city’s Halloween ordinance. Two city officials later told the media that compliance with the ordinance was voluntary, however, the language of the flier did not include a statement that compliance was voluntary. In addition, the City of Simi Valley formally agreed in a 2013 settlement agreement, after being sued in federal court, that the city would not enforce its Halloween ordinance.
Nice work!
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Indeed.
Janice, you are an absolute saint. I don’t live in Simi, but since I’m there often and live just over the hill in the SFV, this hits close to home. I’m happy that my RC brethren are getting some relief.
I’m still waiting for them to notify us and admit they were wrong about everything.
Yes, Janice is indeed a saint. Along with Chance and everyone who works tirelessly for the RSOL cause.
ThankYouThankYouThankYou!!!! Let them tell some other group of felons that they can do this or that and they can’t go here or there AFTER Their Sentence Has Been Satisfied. Grrrr
Congratulations, wonderful work. I would like to read the letter. Did ACSOL write the letter? The criminal regime surely couldn’t be trusted to write it.
The letter should not have told the Registered people what they could do. It should have said something simply along the lines that the criminal regime would treat them as the citizens that they are and not apply special harassment to them.
Maybe you can post a copy here or direct where we can see it.
Don’t worry folks, your kids are safe, as long as those nasty, horrific, Tier 3’s are kicked in the teeth on a daily basis for the rest of their lives, Halloween can go on.
Thanks you Janice. They can’t throw rocks at my door now (symbolic memories of my past). I always turned off my lights and tuned out when Halloween came around. It was a silly insult to me.
Now if we can get this for Los Angeles County, that would be even better.
I just got a call from my local police station stating unless I’m on parole or its stated in my probation terms then they will not be enforcing their Halloween ordinance. He said specifically this was due to the recent ruling in Simi. Everyone should call their specific station to see how they will enforce if they do have Halloween ordinances. Thank you Janice as your efforts have trickled down to all cities.
This is Great News!
I for one am so tired of the production of fear and hysteria for something that has never even happened.
http://www.azfamily.com/story/23846615/professor-halloween-sex-offender-scare-is-a-myth
There is not literally one case of child abduction or child rape during Halloween it is a manufactured fear that is only to fuel the Hate and fear.
There are several articles that challenge the nonsense.
https://www.abqjournal.com/64537/halloween-sex-offender-scare-is-largely-myth.html
Educate not Hate
Have a Happy and Safe Halloween Everyone.
I understand that the rules still apply to those on parole. Perhaps the next step is to revise the CDCR law so that only those with crimes/alleged crimes against children must comply . As an example, young college men who were convicted following a drunken, non-underage he said-she said incident pose a threat to children???
This Letter to the Editor of the Simi Valley Acorn is a classic…. sadly there is no way to comment.
https://www.simivalleyacorn.com/articles/childrens-safety-should-prevail/
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When the city not having you post a sign saying you are a monster is considered a victory, consider the war lost.
So giving a person doing a life sentence an extra pack of smokes makes him happy, but doesn’t cost anyone else a thing, and he’s still doing life.
Sorry, but I have lost too much to consider anything short of total system destruction a victory. I don’t wag my tail for scraps from the table that were going to go in the garbage anyway!