ACSOL 2021 Monthly Phone Conference Meetings
ACSOL holds monthly phone conference meetings, usually the third Saturday of each month at 10 am Pacific Time. They last 2 to 3 hours. They are recorded and posted here within…
WI: Judge rules 2nd sex offender cannot be housed near Salem Lakes parks
[cbs58.com - 6/1/21] SALEM LAKES, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Salem Lakes residents are finally feeling at ease. On Tuesday, June 1, a Kenosha County judge ruled against housing a sex…
WA: Kelso council pauses halfway house construction for six months to develop limits on sex offender housing
[tdn.com - 5/19/21] Developers of halfway houses cannot build in Kelso for the next six months while the city council reviews how it can limit the number of registered sex…
What makes school zones “safe” for children?
[floridaactioncommittee.org - 5/11/21] Dear Members and Advocates, What makes school zones “safe” for children? Residency restrictions and proximity ordinances preventing persons required to register as sex offenders from living or…
TX: Kyle approves child safety zones to restrict sex offender residency within city
[communityimpact.com - 5/4/21] After several months of discussion and amending guidelines, the city of Kyle has approved implementation of child safety zones that would restrict where registered sex offenders may…
PA: What protections are in place to stop repeat sexual offenders FOX43 Reveals
[fox43.com - 5/2/21] HARRISBURG, Pa. — Most registered sex offenders are well within their rights to live close to a school or daycare—and many do. FOX43 Reveals how often it…
WA: Washington State Officials Propose Toolkit to Help People With Mental Health, Addiction Issues Find Housing
[chronline.com - 4/29/21] Almost 10 years ago, state researchers conducted a study looking at how many people in Washington state became homeless after leaving inpatient treatment for a mental health…
CA: East County is ‘dumping grounds’ for sexually violent predators, official says
[fox5sandiego.com - 4/28/21] SAN DIEGO – The fight to keep violent sexual predators out of a home on Mt. Helix intensified Wednesday as Supervisor Joel Anderson joined the effort in…
WI: Would-be resident sues Hartland, calls ban on more sex offenders unconstitutional
[jsonline.com - 4/21/21] Karsten _____, 34, has been living with his parents in Nashotah, but he would like to move out to his own place in Hartland to be closer…
NY: Motel’s Lawsuit Says Small Town’s Effort to Kick Out Sex Offenders Is Unconstitutional
[lawandcrime.com - 4/21/21] A small city in Upstate New York is being sued by the owners of a local motel who say they should be allowed to offer their services…
CA: El Cajon neighbors outraged over placement of 10 registered sex offenders together in one house
[cbs8.com - 4/15/21] Neighbors in El Cajon are livid, after learning that ten registered sex offenders are now living together in one house in their kid-friendly community. Calling it "a…
NE: Auburn limits where sex offenders can reside, clarifies street parking laws
[newschannelnebraska.com - 4/12/21] AUBURN – The Auburn City Council adopted several resolutions at Monday’s meeting including an addition to the city code limiting where sex offenders and can live and…
Action Alert for CA: Support for the release of Mr. Badger to San Diego County by April 9
San Diego County residents are fighting the supervised release of Douglas Badger, a 78-year-old registrant designated as a sexually violent predator, to a community in that county. A judge previously…
MN: Apple Valley settles lawsuit over sex offender residency
[hometownsource.com - 4/1/21] The city of Apple Valley has agreed to settle a class action federal lawsuit filed in 2020 that challenges the constitutionality of a 2017 city ordinance that…
CA: Sexually Violent Predator Must Move Out Of Napa, Court Rules
[patch.com - 3/30/21] NAPA COUNTY, CA — As a result of a hearing Monday in San Francisco Superior Court, a convicted sexually violent predator living in Napa County must be…
IL: Illinois House bill would change sex offender residence requirements
[wandtv.com - 3/18/21] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – A bill moving through the Illinois House of Representatives would change how close a registered sex offender could live to a school, playground,…
TX: Proposed Kyle sex offender law has supporters and opponents
[communityimpact.com - 3/15/21] Kyle City Council will consider passing a new ordinance which would restrict where some individuals on the Texas sex offender registry can reside, regardless of whether or…
Action Alert: Oppose Florida Senate Bill 932 Time-Share Block
[floridaactioncommittee.org - 3/15/21] [Note from ACSOL: the bill applies only to registrants in Florida, however, sometimes legislators are swayed by input from those in other states] Florida Action Committee website…