The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met recently.
Several state agency reports were presented, reflecting changes in registrant statistics.
Below is a chart of registrant statistics showing:
- The category
- The registrant numbers for the most recent meeting date
- The registrant numbers for the previous meeting date
- The most recent registrant numbers minus the previous meeting numbers (plus means increase, minus means decrease)
Also, below this statistics chart is a list of upcoming CASOMB meetings. All are welcome to come.
|
Category |
11/20/25 Meeting Numbers |
9/18/25 Meeting Numbers |
Increase or Decrease in Numbers |
| Total number of registrants | 107,040 | 106,771 | +269 |
| Registrants in violation | 19,216 | 19,210 | +6 |
| Transient registrants | 6,141 | 6,535 | -394 |
| Petitions granted | 9,859 | 9,613 | +236 |
| Petitions denied | 167 | 165 | +2 |
| Petitions dismissed | 836 | 810 | +26 |
| Petitions pending | 1,117 | 1,086 | +31 |
| Petitions filed (granted + denied + dismissed + pending) | 11,979 | 11,674 | +305 |
| Registrants on parole (CDCR statistics) |
7,041 | 7,146 | -105 |
| High risk registrants on parole (CDCR statistics) |
3,574 | 3,680 | -106 |
| Registrants in prison (CDCR statistics) |
20,641 | 20,559 | +82 |
2026 CASOMB Board Meeting Schedule
They normally meet every other month on a third Thursday at 9:30 AM, but the schedule varies.
Attendance at CASOMB meetings is in-person only and cannot be accessed online (e.g. Zoom). It is not necessary to sign up in advance of the meeting in order to attend.
Additional information regarding CASOMB and its meetings can be found online at www.casomb.org
Click here within 30 days of the meeting to see the address it will occur at. Ignore the meetings that are not titled “CASOMB Board Meeting” (the others are specialized subcommittees).
| Month | Date | City | Address: Ignore the meetings that are not titled “CASOMB Board Meeting” |
| January | 1/15/26 | Sacramento | Click here within 30 days of the meeting to find out |
| March | 3/19/26 | Diamond Bar | Click here within 30 days of the meeting to find out |
| May | 5/21/26 | Sacramento | Click here within 30 days of the meeting to find out |
| June | 6/18/26 | Anaheim | Click here within 30 days of the meeting to find out |
| September | 9/17/26 | Sacramento | Click here within 30 days of the meeting to find out |
| November | 11/19/26 | Sacramento | Click here within 30 days of the meeting to find out |
What is the point of CASOMB if the legislature just ignores their recommendations?
I am not a mathematician, but I see that despite 236 petitions granted, the total number of registrants added is 269, which means the numbers are still going up. That is why the registry needs to go. for every petition granted, others get added each day. A lot of them even being new registrants that were in positions of trust and should know the consequences. The registry deters nobody. It is a waste of time.
I know we ask this monthly, but what are the reasons for denial of and dismissing petitions?
I recently requested data from the California DOJ as to the number of registrants in each of their respective Tiers. As of October 13, 2025, registrants (both incarcerated and not incarcerated) is as follows:
Tier 1: 15,143
Tier 2: 21,758
Tier 3: 53,213
Tier 3 Risk Assessment Level: 1,574
Tier 1 Juvenile: 58
Tier 2 Juvenile: 1,236
I am by no means an expert on tier classification, but my preliminary review of the meaning of “Tier 3 Risk Assessment Level” indicates that those in this classification represent those with the highest risk of re-offending. How that is determined is something which I am not qualified to comment upon. Same as to “Tier 1 and Tier 2 Juvenile”.