Chula Vista approves limits on sex offenders
By Shannon McMahon
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
CHULA VISTA – The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to prohibit convicted sex offenders from living within 500 feet of schools and parks.
The law applies to offenders who committed crimes against minors. Violators can be fined up to $1,000 or jailed for up to six months or both.
Similar laws were passed by National City, La Mesa and Santee in recent months.
The city's law supplements a state law, which prohibits convicted sex offenders on parole from living within a quarter-mile, or 1,320 feet, of a school. State law requires convicted sex offenders to register regularly with police every year and when they move.
The law does not apply to offenders who established a residence before July 1, 2006.
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Comment UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
CHULA VISTA – The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to prohibit convicted sex offenders from living within 500 feet of schools and parks.
The law applies to offenders who committed crimes against minors. Violators can be fined up to $1,000 or jailed for up to six months or both.
Similar laws were passed by National City, La Mesa and Santee in recent months.
The city's law supplements a state law, which prohibits convicted sex offenders on parole from living within a quarter-mile, or 1,320 feet, of a school. State law requires convicted sex offenders to register regularly with police every year and when they move.
The law does not apply to offenders who established a residence before July 1, 2006.
Click here to read the complete article.
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