MEDIA ADVISORY- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CITY COUNCIL SEX OFFENDER ORDINANCE MEETING ITEM

For Immediate Release

June 21, 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 Office Chief of Staff Susan Kang Schroeder

 

WHAT: Will attend the San Juan Capistrano 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 the City should enact 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: Today, Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at 6:00 p.m.

 

WHERE: City Hall, 32400 Paseo Adelanto, San Juan Capistrano

 

 

To read the full County Ordinance, please select 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” under Press Releases/Media Advisories at www.orangecountyda.com.

 

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