The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met today and during that meeting, several state agency reports were presented. The reports reflect increases in almost every category including the number of registrants in prison as well as the number of petitions granted. Below is a chart listing those and other statistics presented during today’s meeting. Please note that the former category on this chart reflects statistics presented in May 2025. The next CASOMB meeting is scheduled for November 19 in Sacramento. That meeting will be held at 2590 Venture…
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CASOMB Juvenile Registration Addendum: Registration is Counterproductive for Youth Who Have Offended Sexually
Source: casomb.org California Sex Offender Management Board 7/17/25 In 2018, the Board was tasked by the legislature with making policy recommendations about the management of juveniles who have offended sexually. CASOMB continues to monitor the research and discussions related to the management of youth who commit sexual based offenses and provides this updated addendum, on Juvenile Registration, to continue to provide expertise on this matter. The Board recommends that California does not reinstate registration for juveniles whose only sexual offending was under the age of 18. Research supports that juveniles…
Read MoreCA: CASOMB Approves Point Paper Opposing Bill That Could Add 30,000 People to Registry
The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) today approved a point paper opposing Senate Bill 680, a bill that could add 30,000 people to the California sex offender registry. Specifically, the bill could require individuals convicted of illegal intercourse (Penal Code Section 261.5), also known as statutory rape, to register for the first time if the difference between the age of the perpetrator and the victim was at least 10 years. If passed, the bill would be applied retroactively and include convictions that are 30 years old or older. “The…
Read MoreCA: CASOMB 5/15/25 Reports Show Increase in Petitions Filed and Granted, Decrease in Registrants in Violation
The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met today and during that meeting, several state agency reports were presented. The reports reflect increases both in the number of petitions filed as well as the number of petitions granted. In addition, the reports reflect a decrease in the number of registrants in violation due to failure to register. Below is a chart listing those and other statistics presented during today’s meeting. The next CASOMB meeting is scheduled for June 26 in Monterey. The meeting location, time and additional information will…
Read MoreCA: CASOMB 3/20/25 Reports Increase in Petitions Files and Granted, Decrease in Persons Required to Register
The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met this week and during that meeting, several agency reports were presented. The reports reflect increases both in the number of petitions filed (+359) and the number of petitions granted (+313) as well as a decrease of more than 1,000 in the total number of people required to register. Below is a chart listing those and other statistics presented during this week’s meeting. The next CASOMB meeting is scheduled for May 15, 2025, in Sacramento at 2590 Venture Oaks Way. The meeting time…
Read MoreCA: CASOMB 1/16/25 Reports Increase in Petitions Files, Decrease in Persons Required to Register
The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met today and during today’s meeting several agency reports were presented. The reports reflect both an increase in the total number of petitions filed, a decrease in the number of people required to register and other information. Below is a chart listing those and other statistics presented during today’s meeting. The next CASOMB meeting is scheduled for March 20, 2025, in Monterey. Additional information regarding that meeting, including its location, is available at www.casomb.org. Category Former Current Change Total number of registrants 104,571…
Read MoreCA: 11/14/24 CASOMB Reports have limited information this month
Source: CASOMB, reported by Janice The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met on November 14, 2024. During that meeting, statistics were provided regarding the number of registrants on parole, the number of registrants on parole who are considered high risk as well as the number of registrants in prison. Additional statistics regarding registrants, including but not limited to the total number of registrants, were not provided today due to the absence of the board member representing the California Department of Justice. Category Current Former Change Total number of registrants…
Read MoreCA: CASOMB Reports Increase in Petitions Files, Decrease in Persons Required to Register
Source: ACSOL The California Sex Offender Management Board (CAOSMB) met today and during that meeting several reports were presented that reflected both an increase in the number of petitions filed, a decrease in the number of persons required to register and other information. Below is a chart listing those and other statistics presented during today’s meeting. Category Current Former Change Total number of registrants 104,571 104,795 -224 Registrants in violation 19,543 19,602 +59 Transient registrants 6,322 6,578 -256 Petitions filed 9,590 8,982 +608 Petitions granted 7,565 6,927 +638 Petitions denied…
Read MoreNumber of CA Registrants Continues to Diminish, Number of Petitions Granted Continues to Grow
Source: ACSOL The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met today and during that meeting several positive trends were noted. First, the number of people required to register continues to diminish and the number of petitions granted continues to grow. Second, CASOMB continues to work toward improving the Tiered Registry Law . According to the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ), the total number of people required to register is 104,894. Of that total, there are 76,022 registrants in the community (not in custody). The CA DOJ also reported that…
Read MoreNumber of Granted Petitions Increases, Number of Registrants Decreases
Source: ACSOL The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOM) met today in Sacramento. During that meeting, several agencies provided reports on a variety of topics including petitions for removal from the registry as well as the total number of individuals required to register. One of the agencies that made a report today was the CA Department of Justice (DOJ). According to that agency, the number of petitions granted for removal from the registry has climbed to 6,318. Only 116 petitions have been denied and 451 petitions have been dismissed. In…
Read MoreChange IS afoot at CASOMB – Occasional Musings by the President of ACSOL, Catherine L. Carpenter
Occasional Musings by the President Change IS afoot at CASOMB By Catherine L. Carpenter President, Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws Slowly, change is taking place at California Sex Offense Management Board (CASOMB). It is not change with a capital “C,” nor is it the widespread overhaul ACSOL is demanding. But even small positive changes are important in an advocacy movement. So, I want to take a moment to celebrate the small, but powerful shift I witnessed at this week’s CASOMB board meeting. On Thursday, January 18, I attended the…
Read MoreCA: Number of CA Registrants Continues to Decline
Source: ACSOL The number of individuals required to register in California continues to decline, according to a report made by the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) during the January 18 meeting of the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB). Specifically, the number of individuals required to register decreased by 896 from 105,738 to 104,842 between November 2023 and January 2024. Of that total, there are 76,575 registrants in the community of whom 19,789 are in violation due to registration issues. There are also 6,503 individuals required to register who…
Read MoreCA: CASOMB Issues Report Proposing Changes to Tiered Registry Law
The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) has issued a report which recommends to the state legislature several changes to the Tiered Registry Law. If the legislature adopts these changes, thousands of individuals required to register who are currently ineligible to petition for removal from the registry will become eligible. However, no one will be automatically removed from the registry if the legislature adopts these changes. The largest group of registrants who would be helped by these changes are those convicted of felony possession of child pornography. The members of…
Read MoreCASOMB Committee Recommends Delayed Consideration of Off-Ramp for CA Tier 3
The Tiered Registry Committee of the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met today in order to continue its discussions of proposed changes to the Tiered Registry Law. During that meeting, the committee decided to delay consideration regarding the creation of an off-ramp for those assigned to Tier 3 for an indefinite period of time. The committee’s decision is expected to be approved by CASOMB during its next meeting on Nov. 16. In prior meetings, both the committee and CASOMB initially discussed the creation of an off-ramp that would allow…
Read MoreCASOMB Recommends Tier Reductions!
The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) today approved two tier reductions that would benefit thousands of individuals convicted of either felony possession of child pornography or lewd or lascivious acts with a person 14 or 15 years old. CASOMB is expected to share the news of its approvals with the state legislature later this calendar year. The changes will not become law, however, until the legislature passes a bill that includes CASOMB’s approvals. Specifically, CASOMB today approved the reduction from Tier 3, the highest tier, to Tier 1, the…
Read MoreCASOMB Committee Moves Forward with Proposed Changes to Tiered Registry Law
A committee of the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) moved forward today with three proposed changes to the Tiered Registry Law. Those changes would affect individuals convicted of felony possession of child pornography, individuals convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a 14 or 15 year old and individuals assigned to Tier 3, the highest tier. During today’s meeting, the committee members agreed that individuals convicted of felony possession of child pornography and lewd or lascivious acts with a 14 or 15 year old should be assigned to Tier…
Read MoreJanice’s Journal: CASOMB Moving Too Slowly on Proposed Changes
The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) is moving slowly toward recommending that the state legislature make three significant changes to the Tiered Registry Law. If the legislature adopts those changes, tens of thousands of individuals required to register in California will become eligible to petition for removal from the state registry. It is sometimes difficult to watch CASOMB’s slow progress. After all, these changes were originally posed by ACSOL in January 2023, more than five months ago. And during the intervening months, ACSOL has provided CASOMB with a lot…
Read MoreCA: CASOMB Committee Continues Support for Proposed Changes to Tiered Registry Law
The Tiered Registry Law committee of the CA Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met recently and during that meeting the committee expressed their continuing support for three proposed changes to the Tiered Registry Law. The committee is expected to present those changes to the full board during the next CASOMB meeting which is scheduled for September 21 in Santa Clara county. The three proposed changes supported by the Tiered Registry Law committee are (1) reduction from Tier 3 to Tier 2 for those convicted of PC 288(c), (2) reduction from…
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