California RSOL will lobby state legislators in Sacramento on January 27 and 28 in support of a tiered registry. Registered citizens, family members and supporters are invited.
The legislative effort will begin with a two-hour training session on Tuesday, January 27, at 9 a.m. in the offices of MVM Strategy Group, 1211 L Street, Suite 607. Attendees will then be divided into teams comprised of a registered citizen, family member and/or supporters.
Participants will attend scheduled meetings with members of the Assembly and Senate as well as senior staff who work on public safety issues. Meetings will be scheduled for both January 27 and 28. For questions or reservations, please contact California RSOL at (818) 305-5984.
LOGISTICS UPDATE
The training on January 27 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am will be in the first floor conference room of the Senator Hotel Building, 1121 L St., on the corner of 12th and L Sts. It can be found just inside the 12th St. entrance of the building.
Otherwise, our office will be available for anyone who needs a space or has questions. Our office, MVM Strategy Group, is in Suite 607 of the Senator Hotel Building.
Parking is available in two locations:
Hyatt Hotel parking garage, enter off 12th St between K and L Sts. This garage is directly across 12th St. from the Senator Hotel Building.
City parking garage, enter off 10th St. between K and L Sts.
I do not understand lobbying to have a tiered registry in California like other states do. The tiered registry is an unlawful Bill of Attainder that was unlawfully passed. It is also supposedly not punishment for a crime and therefore unenforcable absent Contract! The Sex Offender Contract/Agreement forms that citizens of the United States are forced to sign by the government against their Will, under threat of imprisonment, are unlawful, invalid Contracts, and by Law unenforcable. Why does no one lobby that?
Amendment XIII
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Our Constitution!
” The state citizen is free from any and all government attacks and procedure absent contract.” see Dred Scott vs. Sanford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 or as the Supreme Court has stated clearly “… every man is independnt of all laws, except those prescribed by nature. He is not bound by any institutions formed by his fellowmen without his consent.” CRUDEN vs. NEALE, 2 N.C. 338 2 S.E. 70,
I cannot support this tiered registry until I know the facts, If they are taking all people who are currently in the “serious category” which is the overwhelming majority and are going to make them high risk with no due process it is not a bill anyone should support.
I agree the existence of a registry is a violation of Constitutional law and principles. What we need as part of the attempt at having a tiered registry is to make it quite clear that our support for a tiered registry is ONLY to diminish the unjust violations against these citizens and in no way condones and/or legitimizes the existence of a sex offender registry.
The reasoning of freeing up law enforcement and reduction of cost associated with such a tiered registry is viewed by us as a secondary issue regardless of such being considered by some as the primary issue. The issue is one of rights and freedoms more than cost and enforcement.
Consider me selfish if you want, but I cannot in any way support a registry that has me registering for life when I have no victim simply because I was bullied into accepting the plea that I did on a crime in which I did not commit.
..again we need to see the specifics of the bill.
Yes I do agree that the
“the WHOLE registry is an unlawful Bill of Attainder that was unlawfully passed.”
What can you do about it ? Everyone know it illegal
Look at it this way. Tiered registry is an COMPROMISE.
There is no way they will agree to take the whole thing down for everyone.
I believe that they will AGREE to this and give some of us room to breathe so we can fight on the next step to take down the whole thing.
If no one support Janice and her team on tiered registry . IF they walk out then we have NOTHING. All those laws that she fought for will come back HARDER on us than it was 5 years ago.
This is what we can do for now.
Current law requires that virtually every person who has been convicted of a sex offense plus thus who committed a different crime but with the intent of sexual gratification must register for life. A tiered registry bill would provide relief for many but not all registered citizens. It is time for registered citizens to think of the big picture and not to focus solely upon whether you are going to obtain immediate relief. Divided we stand, united we fall. In the absence of support from our community, there will be no tiered registry in 2015 or any other year.
I think if I do not support this I am supporting that there be NO CHANGES to be made.
If I support this then I know I am supporting the CHANGE to be made.
I concur! I’m appalled that someone would even state that they are opposed to this! It makes no sense. I do have a few points of clarification. There are 3 categories of sex offenders. High risk/multiple offenses, serious/felony ect offenses and other/misdemeanor sexual battery and indicent exposure. I plead to a battery 19 years back/wobbler/summary probation/reduced to misdemeanor and expunged. Where would I be with this?
Lastly, you guys still could be banned from parks ect
We need to start some where. If I had a choice I would want to get rid of Jessica’s Law and Megan ‘s Law completely. In my opinion both laws are failures. They do nothing to prevent any future crime. But just like the civil rights movement it had to start some where. We are the new minorities. Just like before people are ignorant. We need to educate them. But it needs to start some where. This tiered system will just be a beginning.
It is said there are over 100,000 registrants in California. Imagine if every registrant had 5 people supporting them. Imagine if each registrant had 10 people supporting them. That would be a million advocates for our cause. We need to work together and mobilize and educate. We need to start somewhere. We need to work together. Trust Janice. She’s had our back and then some so far. She won’t do us wrong.
How can we lobby for something we do not know. What is the text of the bill? I was considerd low risk on the day when I was arrested, 27 years ago. I have never been trouble since. I do not want to support something that will make me higher risk. I need to know the facts before I consider to support it.
I support the efforts to get a tiered registry passed into law.
I too wish there were a way for us to defeat the Registry in one fell swoop, but it’s a battle sgainst the knee-jerkers and fear-mongers.
And we have to provide politicians with lower tax dollar costs and better enforcement as the political cover they need to move the tiered registry forward.
I’m not happy with SORNA either, but please – let’s support CARSOL and Janice’s hard work on our behalf.
I wish someone with the resources and legal knowledge would file a motion for injunctive and declaratory relief in civil court which can be done since every rso has to sign and agree to this unlawful contract with the state.
QUESTION:
If someone is a California resident and they do put in a tier system of some sort, what happens if the persons original conviction was in a state with lifetime registration – say for example FLORIDA.
Is that person eligible for the tier and possible getting off the registry even though they do not have that option in the state of original registration.
Also, can someone go for a COR if the offense was originally in another state – say for example FLORIDA!
I am sure that I am not the only one to have such questions – Thank you
Folks, please bear in mind that this is the first lobbying step being taken to get our perspective – our point of view – across to the State lawmakers who can change this repressive, monstrous system. Yes, we have questions and will want to know more details about any proposed legislation. And we now have a lobbyist who can consult with lawmakers as the legislation is being crafted. But right now, let’s focus on helping lawmakers understand that Megan’s law, Jessica’s law, residency restrictions, etc. are:
1. costly;
2. ineffective and misleading as public safety tools;
3. punitive; and,
4. unconstitutional.
We need rational arguments. We need to be humanized in their understanding of who we are. And we need to provide them with strong political cover to shield them from the “soft on crime” attacks that the fear-mongers and the sexual offender industry will level against them.
Tired,
Most states with tiers specify they honor / assume the original sentence from the jurisdiction where the crime was prosecuted.
Some say ‘if you’re required to register in any other jurisdiction you must register here’ and that would mean if you’re lifetime in FL you’d be lifetime in that state.
For that reason when a RC is wanting to move I always caution against going to any state with a life registry because then you’re stuck even if you move.
While I understand that this bill may not immediately help everyone on the registry, I would like to remind you that right now in California EVERYONE IS A TIER 3!
Wow, lets set the story straight. This bill, if passed, will allow individuals convicted of other, serious and high risk offenses to eventually be removed from the registry. Otherwise, unless its passed, everyone will remain on the registry? So, if its a minor offense/misdemeanor, you will probably be removed and so on. I would imagine that due to the way politicians operate, they are attempting to not advertise this bill too much due to the misunderstanding most of the public has about this topic ect. Most people want the maximum penalty for any crime, while not taking into affect the implications. Stop complaining and rather ask points of clarification?
Change is good, at least it’s going down a different path. My personal opinion is I do not think the intent is the boost the numbers of VSP as one must be adjudicated as a SVP and if you were not you should not worry. The intent is to identify the very violent and repeat offenders. I missed the meeting and also got the letter. I will be sending my support in shortly.
I agree with a lot of posts, and it seems like there is nothing really to lose. Everyone now is registering for life, so a tiered registry might help at least some to get off eventually. But, I also think that the registry IS a form of punishment, and making it “tiered” does not change that. They just “punish” for a shorter time. I really wished there was a way to just prove that the registry IS indeed intended for punishment, and it affects not only the registrants but also their families. That is why I am hoping again that the family members could speak up more to make awareness of this unjust punishment in conjunction with working on the tiered registry for now.
When we are lobbying or even discussing RC issues with the public. The thing we must avoid is justifying our offenses or coming off as victims of the crime event. We must focus the damages and the deceptions of the SOR. RC must prove that we have the greatest desire to be offense free. Those of us, here, must “go the extra mile” to avoid the slight appears of wrong doing in the eyes of our public and private observers. Integrity will always win.
Just an observation, this tiered proposal is recognizing the registry is punishment, as seen by it being structured around severity of offence (as are punishments) rather than risk, which would be a regulatory matter.
Can anyone tell me how one’s status as parole vs probation affects the implementation of the proposed law? Or for that matter any of the registration laws.
I am new to this community and I applaud all the work of Janice and others who support it. But I have a question.
If California has 108,000 registered sex offenders it is an easy assumption that each registration affects at least 10 other associates or family members on average. That means over a million people in California alone are negatively impacted by these barbaric restrictions. Do the math for the rest of the country and that means 7-8 million citizens are impacted by laws and circumstances that rival segregation and the Salem witch trials. So where is the outrage?
Where are the voices of liberty who can articulate the injustice of government oppression?
Where are the politicians who have the courage to push back against political correctness?
Where are the legal scholars who revere the Constitution?
Where are the clergy? (I know, they are damaged goods)
Where are the media personalities who are willing to analyze issues in depth?
Where are the writers, the novelists, the screenwriters who can sway public opinion?
Where are the 7 million citizens who have tragic stories of wasted lives and destroyed families, persecutions, harassment, intimidation and violence perpetrated by the self-righteous? Surely there are some among us who can tell our stories in a way that affects public opinion. Is it possible to devout a segment of this blog to creating an anthology of this modern tragedy?