D.A. will take sex-offenders fight to state Supreme Court

[UPDATED 1/14] SANTA ANA The Orange County District Attorney’s Office plans to go to the California Supreme Court to defend local ordinances that ban registered sex offenders from city parks. A state appeals court on Friday struck down an Irvine law that barred registered sex offenders from city parks without written permission from police, a ruling that will become legal precedent. The court also struck down a similar Orange County law. About a dozen other Orange County cities passed similar ordinances banning sex offenders from parks at the urging of District Attorney…

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