Kat’s Blog: Wakulla County, Florida Discrimination Case
This news out of Florida is one of those David and Goliath type lawsuits, the little guy against the giant. City Walk Urban Mission in Wakulla County, Crawfordville, Florida, a…
CA: Town repeals sex offender ordinance
[hidesertstar.com - 4/24/20] YUCCA VALLEY — Facing costly litigation, the Yucca Valley Town Council discussed repealing the ordinance restricting where paroled sex offenders can live within town limits. The urgency…
Strategies for reducing COVID-19 exposure [paper]
[mitchellhamline.edu - 3/28/20] SEX OFFENSE LITIGATION AND POLICY RESOURCE CENTER Strategies for reducing COVID-19 exposure by revising the implementation of registration policies, housing banishment laws, and other restrictions impacting people…
NJ: Bill seeks to restrict school bus stops and child care facilities from opening too close to registrants
[floridaactioncommittee.org - 3/18/20] In a fascinating twist to Sex Offender Residency Restrictions, a bill pending in the New Jersey Legislature (S2066) also seeks to restrict the placement of a school…
Fresno Co., CA, striking residency restrictions due to ACSOL suit
[narsol.org - 3/11/20] Fresno County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted this week to repeal an ordinance that restricts how close convicted sex offenders can live near schools and parks — a…
MI: Ypsilanti adds ex-offenders as protected class in nondiscrimination ordinance
[mlive.com - 3/4/20] YPSILANTI, MI – People with felony convictions cannot be discriminated against in Ypsilanti in a new addition to the city’s non-discrimination ordinance that passed Tuesday. Ypsilanti City…
FL: Day care opens near transitional house with sex offenders
[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…
MN: Minnesota sex offenders sue over residency restrictions in Apple Valley
[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…
IL: Registered sex offenders can stay at Wayside Cross a little longer after ruling again delayed
[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…
WI: Fond du Lac council mulls ordinance to restrict sex offender placement near parks, schools
[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…
CA: San Diego Officially Rescinds Sex Offender Law
[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…
ME: Old Town will restrict where sex offenders can live
[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…
IL: Wayside Cross child sex offender residents receive new notices citing proximity to Aurora park
[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…
NY: Town adopts hotel/motel, special events laws
[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…
TX: Neighbors: Sex offenders may follow proposed Good Samaritan homeless shelter to area
[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…
WI: 65 percent of registered sex offenders approved for Green Bay housing exemption since Nov. 2018
[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…
WI: Gov. Tony Evers Vetoes Changes To Sex Offender Residency Requirements
[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…
CA: Federal Court Voids San Diego Residency Restrictions [NEW LINKS]
[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…