HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-073 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 02-73
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TEMECULA
SUPPORTING CHANGES TO MEGAN'S LAW TO ALLOW FOR
GREATER PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERED SEX
OFFENDERS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS
OF CALIFORNIA IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE
GUIDELINES OF THE STATES OF ARIZONA AND TEXAS
WHEREAS, California, for more than 50 years, has required dangerous sex
offenders to register with their local law enforcement agencies, and;
WHEREAS, information on the whereabouts of these sex offenders was not
available to the public until the implementation of the Child Molester Identification Line in July
1995, and;
WHEREAS, the information available was further expanded by California's
Megan's Law in 1996 (Chapter 908, Stats. of 1996), and;
WHEREAS, Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a New
Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved across the
street from the family without their knowledge, and;
WHEREAS, California's Megan's Law arms the public with certain information on
the whereabouts of dangerous sex offenders so that local communities may protect themselves
and their children. The law also authorizes local law enforcement to notify the public about high-
risk and serious sex offenders who reside in, are employed in, or frequent the community, and;
WHEREAS, California Law only allows for limited information about registered
sex offenders to be made available to the public unlike the states of Arizona and Texas, and;
WHEREAS, California Law does not allow public information databases to retain
the actual property address and photo of the registered sex offender unlike Arizona and Texas,
and;
WHEREAS, the safety of our families and community are the top priority, the City
of Temecula strongly urges changes to California State Law to allow for more detailed
information about registered sex offenders be made publicly available in the form of websites
and databases for California residents, and;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Temecula urges the legislature
and Governor Davis to enact legislation to permit such changes to Megan's Law to allow for
greater information about registered sex offenders to be made available to the residents of
California in a manner consistent with guidelines of the states of Arizona and Texas
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula at
a regular meeting held on the 27th day of August 2002.
Ron Ro-'b~s~Mayor
ATTEST: ~.~ ~.
[SEAL] (
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 02-73 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temecula at a regular meeting thereof held on the 27th day of August, 2002, by the following
vote:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 0
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Comerchero, Naggar, Pratt, Stone, Roberts
None
None
ity Clerk
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