| For Immediate Release January 22, 2013 |
Susan Kang Schroeder Chief of Staff Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami
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MEDIA ADVISORY
WHO: Orange County District Attorney’s Chief of Staff Susan Kang Schroeder
WHAT: Will attend the Huntington Beach City Council meeting tonight to discuss the City Ordinance, which created child safety zones in city parks to protect children from registered sex offenders, and to answer questions while the City Council discusses amending the Ordinance. The City Ordinance that was passed last year is similar to the County Ordinance, proposed by District Attorney Rackauckas and Supervisor Shawn Nelson (Fourth District) and passed unanimously by the Orange County Board of Supervisors on April 5, 2011. In the past year, the Cities of Costa Mesa, Irvine, Laguna Hills, La Habra, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Westminster, Yorba Linda, Fountain Valley, and Anaheim, have passed similar ordinances, and other cities are currently in the process of developing a similar ordinance.
WHEN: Tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: City Hall, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach
To read the full County Ordinance, please select the April 5, 2011, press release titled “Orange County Board of Supervisors Unanimously Votes to Adopt New Law to Keep Registered Sex Offenders Out of Parks, Harbors, Beaches and Playgrounds,” under Press Releases/Media Advisories at www.orangecountyda.com
To read the agenda item, please select “Agendas & Minutes,” under the Government tab-down bar on the homepage at https://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov. Select “Council Agendas,” click on the agenda for Jan. 22, 2013.
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