The City of Pico Rivera repealed its residency restrictions which prohibited registrants from living in most of that city, on either a temporary or a permanent basis, and the repeal of the city’s restrictions will become effective on July 12, 2018. The City’s repeal followed the filing of a lawsuit in federal district court on February 22, 2018.
“The Pico Rivera lawsuit is number 30 of 31 lawsuits filed thus far challenging residency restrictions adopted by cities and counties,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci “The lawsuits have resulted in either the repeal or the significant revision of residency restrictions in almost every case.”
The effort to eliminate residency restrictions in the state of California began in June 2015 when residency restrictions in the City of Grover Beach were challenged. The lawsuit, also filed in federal district court, resulted in a repeal of the city’s residency restrictions.
There are 19 cities and counties in California that currently have residency restrictions. Letters were sent to the 19 cities and counties notifying them that their residency restrictions violate the state and federal constitutions and are inconsistent with a 2015 decision of the California Supreme Court. The letters also warned the cities and counties that they could be sued if they failed to repeal their restrictions. Future litigation is expected to be required in at least some of the cities and counties in order to eliminate their residency restrictions.
CHALLENGES TO RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS
as of July 2018
Grover Beach – June 2015 – Repealed
Arcadia – July 2015 – Repealed
Cypress – Feb. 2016 – Stayed (not to be enforced)
Murrieta – Oct. 2015 – Significantly revised
Gardena – Dec. 2015 – Significantly revised
Bell Gardens – Dec. 2015 – Significantly revised
Norwalk – Jan. 2016 – Repealed
Long Beach – April 2016 – Significantly revised
Apple Valley – June 2016 – Repealed
Tustin – Aug. 2016 – Repealed
Carson – Aug. 2016 – Stayed (not to be enforced)
Fullerton – Sep. 2016 – Repealed
Desert Hot Springs – Sep. 2016 – Repealed
Covina – Oct. 2016 – Repealed
San Dimas – Nov. 2016 – Repealed
Inglewood – Nov. 2016 – Repealed
Adelanto – Dec. 2016 – Repealed
Seal Beach – Oct. 2017 – Repealed
Monrovia – Feb. 2017 – Pending
Temecula – March 2017 – Repealed
Ontario – April 2017 – Trial set August 2018
Glendora – May 2017 – Significantly revised
Compton – June 2017 – Repealed
Maywood – July 2017 – Trial set September 2018
Claremont – Aug. 2017 – Significantly revised
San Diego – Aug. 2017 – Pending
29 Palms – Sep. 2017 – Repealed
Alhambra – Dec. 2017 – Significantly revised
Hawaiian Gardens – Jan. 2018 – Repealed
Pico Rivera – Feb. 2018 – Repealed
South Gate – April 2018 – Pending
Awesome! Thank you very much, ACSOL!
I thought we have taken care of Carson? Didn’t they settle?
Only if you are on paper
Great news! ACSOL has probably the greatest activity of all organizations in the history of filing federal suits in the state of California for residency restrictions and other registry-spawned laws without a loss. Only the IML seems to be the bugaboo that will never be repealed.
Thank you Janice, Chance, and everyone from ACSOL! May God Bless and continue what you are doing!
Ironic because Pico Rivera is home of a Sharper Future satellite location and tyrant “doctor” Stacey Samaro (who manages that place. Real doctors don’t impose polygraph on their “patients.”
⭐ UPDATE on Maywood?? ⭐
Is there any news about what happened at last night’s Maywood City Council meeting?
Did Maywood repeal its residency restrictions?
It would be great to have citations to every city in CA that still has these residency OR presence restrictions. But yes, ACSOL and Janice have done great. I hope they get paid for everyone of those filings as well…..
Cypress Point: I do a particular sport. I go for massage/normal periodically.
Cypress is full of illegal Massage Parlors! Some have been open for years! I’ve visited a few to get a legitimate massage and 2-3 have turned out to be either providing illegal sensual massages or a basic house of prostitution. Some exist near schools/parks and even a Church! The City of Los Alamitos has declined to enforce the Sanctuary City Law, yet (I ran into these as well) they allow 2 well known Massage Parlors to operate in their city in the open! Selective enforcement?