MEDIA ADVISORY- RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA CITY COUNCIL SEX OFFENDER ORDINANCE MEETING ITEM

For Immediate Release

July 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 Chief of Staff Susan Schroeder

 

WHAT: Will attend the Rancho Santa Margarita 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. At the request of City Councilman Steven Baric, the Council will discuss enacting a City Ordinance similar to the County Ordinance proposed by Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and Supervisor Shawn Nelson (Fourth District) and 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, Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.

 

WHERE: City Hall Council Chamber, 22112 El Paseo, Rancho Santa Margarita, 92688

 

To read the full County Ordinance, please visit www.orangecountyda.com and select under Press Releases/Media Advisories the April 5, 2011, press release entitled “Orange County Board of Supervisors Unanimously Votes to Adopt New Law to Keep Registered Sex Offenders Out of Parks, Harbors, Beaches and Playgrounds.”

 

The Agenda for tomorrow’s Rancho Santa Margarita City Council meeting is available at https://www.cityofrsm.org/gov/council/agenda.asp.

 

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