Grover Beach is being sued over its residency restrictions on sex-offenders, and there shouldn’t be anyone surprised about it.
Officials with the city, which is one of only two in SLO County that passed restrictions on top of those required by state law, likely knew the ordinance would eventually be challenged in court, but moved forward with its creation and enforcement anyway, according to documents obtained by New Times. Full Article
This is a well written and balanced article. The one thing I like about it in particular is that it quotes from a public document statements from the Grover Beach City Attorney knew their ordinance was unconstitutional but recommended the City Council pass it anyway in order to frighten registered citizens from living there. Did the City Council members who voted for the residency restrictions forget that they took an oath to uphold the Constitution? If so, the lawsuit is a reminder of that oath.
I would like to attend the hearings on this case , Please let us know when and where.
Doug Enloe
I too like the “balance” in the article. I read an article on the same subject here in the lower desert and that was just a soapbox for sharon runner. Completely one sided.
” would limit the residency restriction to persons convicted of specific offenses”
Yea Right!!!! How stupid/lazy does someone have to be to believe this!!!