Source: gvwire.com 10/23/26 The Fresno City Council directed the creation of an ordinance to restrict housing for sex offenders. The ordinance could restrict the total number of group home spaces to sex offenders to 42. City Council could approve the ordinance without knowing how many sex offenders will be left homeless. New legal action may be coming if the Fresno City Council follows through on a ordinance restricting sex offender housing. On Thursday, in a 6-0 vote, councilmembers directed the city attorney to craft an ordinance that requires licensing for…
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ACSOL Registrant Advocates Testify Before Fresno City Council
Source: ACSOL 10/22/26 Three registrant advocates today testified before the Fresno City Council in opposition to a proposed resolution that could result in reduced housing for registrants who reside in that city. Their testimony focused, in part, upon the harms that could result if many Fresno registrants were became homeless. “Public safety would decrease, not increase, if there was a significant increase in the number of Fresno registrants who are homeless,” testified registrant Roger Hunnicutt. “That is because law enforcement would no longer be able to monitor them.” Another registrant…
Read MoreCA: Elderly parole law AB 2727 could cost taxpayers millions to keep sex offenders in prison
Source: sjvsun.com 10/14/26 The new law raises the age threshold for elderly parole eligibility for convicted sex offenders, costing taxpayers millions more each year to keep them incarcerated longer. A new law taking effect in 2027 will cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually to keep convicted sex offenders incarcerated longer. The law is Assembly Bill 2727, which was introduced in the California Legislature this year after two convicted sex offenders over age 50 – but younger than 65 – became eligible for the state’s elderly parole. Under state law…
Read MoreCA: ‘Shame on you’: Manteca residents fume over city contract with business co-owned by registered sex offender
Source: stocktonia.org 10/14/26 A controversial contract with a cleanup company in Manteca has residents incensed that the city would do business with a registered sex offender. Manteca Property Services began working for the city in 2023, and the Manteca City Council approved its most recent agreement in March. The junk removal and trash hauling company has cleared illegal homeless encampments and provided citywide cleanup services. The business is co-owned by Robert Wolfe, a registered sex offender in California. Screenshots of Wolfe’s profile on California’s Megan’s Law database and text messages…
Read MoreCA: Fresno seeks stricter regulations on group homes housing sex offenders
Source: abc30.com 10/13/26 FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Close to 1,300 sex offenders are living in Fresno, and city leaders are fighting to keep that number down. Earlier this year, a convicted child molester was nearly released from prison and sent to Fresno. “This man here is probably one of the most dangerous child predators that the state of California has ever seen,” said Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp during a news conference held by city and county leaders Tuesday. Smittcamp was referring to David Allen Funston, a convicted child…
Read MoreCA: California Law Helps Former Prison Firefighters Get Fire Department Jobs
Source: goodnewsinstead.com For many people in California’s prisons, fighting wildfires offers more than a chance to serve their communities. The work pays better than other prison jobs and can bring purpose and variety to daily life. Incarcerated crews account for roughly half of the state’s firefighters. A new state law aims to help those firefighters turn their experience into careers after release. Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, AB 2483 establishes standardized ways to certify their training and gives qualified former fire-camp workers priority for certain entry-level jobs with Cal Fire. …
Read MoreCA: California restricts parole for sex offenders
Source: calmatters.org 9/30/26 People convicted of serious sex offenses must serve at least 25 years in prison and cannot receive parole until age 65 under a new California. Previously, some could earn parole at 50. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in the Golden State. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that will raise the age of parole eligibility for sex offenders serving life sentences. …
Read MoreCA: After a backlash over votes on sex offenders, two California parole board members were dropped
Source: calmatters.org 9/11/26 In summary Two parole board members who authorized the release of men convicted of sex crimes were ousted after Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón declined to take up their appointments. Criminal justice advocates are concerned. The leader of California’s Senate effectively removed two commissioners from the state’s Board of Parole Hearings this June after releases they granted caused a public backlash. The commissioners, Patricia Cassady and Teal Kozel, had already served nine and three years on the board respectively when they separately approved for release David…
Read MoreCA: Nowhere to live–SVP hysteria continues with Antelope Valley claiming SVP dumping grounds
Source: msn.com 8/26/26 A home in Lancaster is at the center of a brewing debate when it comes to sexually violent predator placement in the Antelope Valley, as a 63-year-old convicted child sex offender is set for possible release in the community, to reside in the home. Neighbors, county and state leaders gathered in front of the Hi Vista house on Wednesday, hoping to stop Harold Wachter from living there. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said if Wachter were to move in, he would be the fourth sexually violent…
Read MoreCA: California Dems trigger outrage after siding with convicted child sex offenders in shocking vote
Source: foxnews.com 8/26/26 California Senate Democrats rejected Republican Sen. Suzette Valladares’ effort to close a “loophole” allowing some people convicted of sex crimes against minors to seek public office, including school board seats. At issue is AB 2691, a proposal to add sexual assault and human trafficking to the felony convictions that disqualify Californians from elected office. Valladares’ amendment sought to undo Democratic-led changes that allow people convicted of certain sex crimes against minors to remain eligible to seek public office. “Right now in California, someone convicted of sexually abusing a child can still…
Read MoreCA: Justice Department Finds ‘Unbroken Pattern’ of Sexual Abuse in Two California Women’s Prisons
Source: reason.com 8/20/26 A Justice Department report documents California’s failure to protect incarcerated women from sexual assault going back decades. The Department of Justice (DOJ) put California on notice last week that the state’s decades-long failure to protect incarcerated women in two state prisons from rampant sexual abuse likely violates the Constitution. An August 13 report by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division concluded that there was an “unbroken pattern of often violent, sexual misconduct by staff against prisoners from 2000 through 2024, continuing to the present” at the Central California Women’s…
Read MoreCA: Judges can stop community-based treatment if it would endanger public safety
Source: nypost.com 7/6/26 California Gov. Gavin Newsom has finally signed legislation cracking down on the “Epstein loophole” that critics said allowed convicted child abusers and other serious offenders to avoid prison through the state’s mental health diversion program. As part of a broader package of legislation and budget measures signed last week, Newsom narrowed the state’s law, which has been in effect since 2018. Under the original law, judges were generally required to grant diversion to eligible defendants if a qualifying mental illness significantly contributed to the crime and the…
Read MoreCA: We win! Senate Committee Rejects Soria Bill AB 2753 to Bar Registered Sex Offenders From California Public Office
Source: losbanosenterprise.com 6/30/26 AB 2753 would have prohibited anyone ever required to register as a sex offender from running for local or state office in California. Sacramento, CA (June 30, 2026) — A bill by Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria that sought to prevent registered sex offenders from running for local or state public office in California failed to advance Tuesday in the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, according to Soria’s office. AB 2753 would have amended California Elections Code Section 20 to prohibit a person from being a candidate for, or…
Read MoreCA: Walnut Creek boy set out to hunt sex offenders with his BB gun, police say
Source: mercurynews.com 6/25/26 WALNUT CREEK — The then-17-year-old boy was armed with two things: his BB gun and a list of local registered sex offenders, available through a public statewide database that tracks them, according to authorities. The teen proceeded to travel around town, accosting and threatening people convicted of sex crimes, and occasionally shooting at them with the BB gun. On March 15, he was arrested on suspicion of brandishing a weapon and assault with a firearm, according to police and court records. … The alleged targeting of sex…
Read MoreWe Won! CA AB 1568 Author Withdraws Bill!
Related link: Janice’s Journal: Victory is Ours! The author of CA Assembly Bill 1568, Assemblymember Juan Alanis has withdrawn that bill from future consideration. As a result, the bill will not be heard on June 16 by the Senate Public Safety Committee and cannot move forward this year. “The registrant community and its allies have stopped Assembly 1568,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “This is a significant victory. ACSOL thanks everyone who made calls as well as sent emails and letters to the state senate in opposition to this…
Read MoreCA: Assembly Approves AB 1568, potentially blocking many registrants from petitioning for registry removal
Source: ACSOL The California Assembly has voted in support of Assembly Bill (AB) 1568 on May 26. If that bill becomes law, many registrants who are otherwise eligible to petition for removal from the registry could be blocked from doing so. AB 1568 will next be considered by the California Senate in what could be a three-step process. First, the bill will be considered by the Senate Public Committee no later than July 2. If that committee passes the bill, the bill will be sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee…
Read MoreCA: Legislators use the lie of high recidivism to delay sex offenses from early parole
Source: calmatters.org 4/22/26 State legislators are taking aim at California’s parole system after two high profile sex offenders were granted opportunities for release from prison last year. David Allen _____ and Gregory Lee _____ each had been convicted of multiple sexual assaults against young children in the Sacramento region, but were both found suitable for parole in 2025 by California’s Board of Parole Hearings. Under elderly parole statutes, many convicted felons with life sentences may become eligible for their first parole hearing if they are at least 50 years old…
Read MoreAction Alert: Click YES on this Fox news poll “Do you think sex offenders can be rehabilitated?”
Source: kmph.com 4/8/26 EXPIRES 4/21/26! FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A California parole program designed to give elderly inmates a second chance is now under scrutiny, as several convicted sex offenders granted early release are choosing Fresno as their destination. The state’s Elderly Parole Program allows certain inmates to be considered for release at age 50 after serving at least 20 years. While those sentenced to death or life without parole are excluded, critics say the law is still allowing dangerous offenders back into communities. … Click here to see the article,…
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