Strengthening Jessica's Law
The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday called for tougher local restrictions on where the state can place released sex offenders.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.
The supervisors directed the County Counsel's Office to review Jessica's Law, or Proposition 83, to determine options local government have to restrict the housing of sex offenders in neighborhoods.
"Right now, the state has the authority to place them basically anywhere and, as a result of a great outcry in the Altadena community ... we were able to mobilize the community, and the state has now removed the sexual predators from that neighborhood," Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich said.