Residency Restrictions (SORR)

FL: Day care opens near transitional house with sex offenders

·February 19, 2020
·2 Comments

[actionnewsjax.com - 2/19/20] JACKSONVILLE,, Fla. — A local day care opened in a neighborhood surrounded with registered sex offenders and predators. An Action News Jax investigation found people convicted of…

National

MN: Minnesota sex offenders sue over residency restrictions in Apple Valley

·February 13, 2020
·9 Comments

[startribune.com - 2/13/20] A group of convicted sex offenders has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a far-reaching ordinance in Apple Valley that severely restricts where they can…

National

IL: Registered sex offenders can stay at Wayside Cross a little longer after ruling again delayed

·January 23, 2020
·2 Comments

[chicagotribune.com - 1/21/20] The child sex offenders living at Wayside Cross in Aurora can remain at the ministry for at least a while longer, after a judge again delayed ruling…

National

WI: Fond du Lac council mulls ordinance to restrict sex offender placement near parks, schools

·January 23, 2020
·3 Comments

[fdlreporter.com - 1/23/20] FOND DU LAC - Should the city regulate the distance from which sex offenders can reside from parks, schools and child-care facilities? Fond du Lac City Council members…

California

CA: San Diego Officially Rescinds Sex Offender Law

·January 23, 2020
·11 Comments

[nbcsandiego.com - 1/22/20] The city of San Diego has agreed to remove a law that restricted potential living locations for registered sex offenders who are no longer on parole for…

National

ME: Old Town will restrict where sex offenders can live

·December 17, 2019
·3 Comments

[bangordailynews.com - 12/17/19] OLD TOWN, Maine — Registered sex offenders who have been convicted of felony-level sex crimes will be restricted from living within 750 feet of areas that children…

National

IL: Wayside Cross child sex offender residents receive new notices citing proximity to Aurora park

·December 14, 2019
·2 Comments

[chicagotribune.com - 12/13/19] For the second time this year, child sex offenders who live at Wayside Cross Ministries in Aurora were given letters stating they must find a new place…

National

NY: Town adopts hotel/motel, special events laws

·December 12, 2019
·3 Comments

[uticaod.com - 12/11/19] New law sets limit on number of registered sex offenders who can stay at a hotel or motel HERKIMER — The Herkimer town board adopted a pair…

National

TX: Neighbors: Sex offenders may follow proposed Good Samaritan homeless shelter to area

·November 30, 2019
·2 Comments

[caller.com - 11/29/19] There was a time when Abel Palacious found himself homeless. Now, he lives across the street from the old Lamar Elementary School. The school, at the corner…

National

WI: 65 percent of registered sex offenders approved for Green Bay housing exemption since Nov. 2018

·November 28, 2019
·5 Comments

[nbc26.com - 11/28/19] Darlene Esquivel did not want Theodore Blazek to be able to live next door. Blazek, a registered sex offender convicted of possession of child pornography, asked for…

National

WI: Gov. Tony Evers Vetoes Changes To Sex Offender Residency Requirements

·November 26, 2019
·5 Comments

[wpr.org - 11/25/19] Measure Passed Legislature With Unanimous Vote, Bipartisan Support Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have lifted state restrictions on how close people convicted…

ACSOL California

CA: Federal Court Voids San Diego Residency Restrictions [NEW LINKS]

·November 20, 2019
·25 Comments

[New related links added] [ACSOL] A federal district court determined today that San Diego's residency restrictions are void. As a result, the city cannot restrict where a registrant who…

National

NY: Sex offender rules an inconsistent maze

·November 16, 2019
·7 Comments

[timesunion.com - 11/9/19] ALBANY — A New York law that is intended to protect children from convicted sex offenders has created a maze of contradictory policies and regulations, leading to…

National

FL: Bringing Sense to Sex Offender Laws [Audio recording]

·November 5, 2019
·0 Comments

[Miami Law Explainer on soundcloud.com - 10/28/19] In the decade since the national shame of a colony of sex offenders made homeless by draconian residency restrictions, how far has the…

General News

When Prison Is A Better Option

·October 7, 2019
·11 Comments

[Scott H. Greenfield at blog.simplejustice.us - 10/4/19] Years ago, I wrote of the creation of a permanent underclass. No, not the one woke people are willing to fight for. Rather,…

California

CA: Can Sex Offenders Legally Live Next Door To Schools?

·September 21, 2019
·38 Comments

[sacramento.cbslocal.com - 9/19/19] An Olivehurst Grandmother is furious after learning that a sex offender is living just feet away from her neighborhood elementary school. “I’m concerned about people not being…

ACSOL News California

CA: City of Commerce Repeals Local Residency Restrictions

·September 10, 2019
·11 Comments

[ACSOL] The City of Commerce, located in Los Angeles County, has repealed its local residency restrictions. The repeal took place during a City Council meeting held on September 3. The…

National

WI: Rhinelander Common Council approves new sex offenders ordinance

·August 13, 2019
·14 Comments

[starjournalnow.com - 8/13/19] The Rhinelander Common Council met Monday and held the final public hearing for the new sex offender ordinance. No concerns or questions regarding the ordinance were brought…

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