REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
AND RECORD OF ACTION
December 17, 2019
FROM
MICHELLE D. BLAKEMORE, County Counsel
SUBJECT
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Repeal of County Code restrictions concerning registered sex offenders.
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Consider proposed ordinance relating to the repeal of County Code restrictions concerning registered sex offenders.
2. Make alterations, if necessary, to proposed ordinance.
3. Approve introduction of proposed ordinance.
4. Read title only of proposed ordinance; waive reading of entire text and SCHEDULE FOR FINAL ADOPTION ON TUESDAY, January 7, 2020 on the consent calendar.
(Presenter: Michelle Blakemore, County Counsel, 387-5455)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will incur no additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On November 7, 2006, the voters enacted Proposition 83, the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act: Jessica's Law, adopting Penal Code section 3003.5, subdivisions (b) and (c). The new subdivision (b) made it unlawful for any person for whom registration was required pursuant to Penal Code section 290 to reside within 2,000 feet of any public or private school, or park where children regularly gather.
On the same day Jessica's Law was passed, the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved Ordinance No. 3993 that added several provisions to the County Code, including prohibiting sex offenders from residing within 2,000 feet of a day care center or park, and within one-half mile of a school. The Ordinance also created 300-foot "predator-free zones" around schools and parks where children are present in San Bernardino County's unincorporated areas. On June 28, 2011, the Board approved Ordinance No. 4144 that amended the "predator-free zones" to include public libraries, pub...
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