MEDIA ADVISORY – LAGUNA HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING

For Immediate Release

September 26, 2011

Susan Kang Schroeder
Chief of Staff
Office: 714-347-8408
Cell: 714-292-2718

Farrah Emami
Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405
Cell: 714-323-4486

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHO: Orange County District Attorney’s Chief of Staff Susan Kang Schroeder

 

WHAT: Will attend the Laguna Hills City Council meeting in support of enacting a City Ordinance to create a child safety zone in city parks to further protect children from registered sex offenders. The Council will discuss whether Laguna Hills should direct the City Attorney to provide at the Oct. 11, 2011, City Council Meeting a draft Ordinance establishing City Parks as “Child Safety Zones,” where registered sex offenders are prohibited from entering without written permission from the Orange County Sheriff or her designee. The County Ordinance proposed by Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and Supervisor Shawn Nelson (Fourth District) was passed unanimously by the Orange County Board of Supervisors on April 5, 2011. The County Ordinance makes it a misdemeanor for registered sex offenders to enter County recreational areas where children regularly gather.

 

WHEN: Tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.

 

WHERE: City Hall, 24035 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills

 

 

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 and Minutes,” under Quick Links on the homepage https://www.ci.laguna-hills.ca.us/. Select “City Council,” click on the agenda for Sept. 27, 2011, and go to item 8.

 

 

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