Safety for Our Neighborhoods. California Senate Bill 381 and 382

Safety for Our Neighborhoods

I want your help to save all of our neighborhoods. Currently in California, group homes for juvenile murderers or sex offenders can be set up in ANY neighborhood and there is NOTHING the neighborhood or community can do about it if there are 6 or less juveniles in the home. They don't even need to tell you about it. These homes can be right next to schools, parks, Little League fields, etc. Once one of these homes moves in there is nothing you can do about it under the current law. Group homes for 7 or more juveniles have some limitations on them, but not many.

Let us change the laws BEFORE a new law is written in the name of one of our children! I do not want my child to be the next Megan or Amber. Currently there are two bills before the California Senate that will help protect our neighborhoods. SB 381 would prevent minors who have been adjudicated for murder or specified sex offenses from being placed in a group home in a neighborhood that has been zoned residential. Those minors located in a residential zoned group home on January 1, 2004 would be required to move.

Senate Bill 382 would require notification to the planning authority and posting a notice at the proposed site for any new applications for a license or permit to run a group home for minors who are registered sex offender.

The status and text of bills 381 and 382 can be found at:

: Senate Bill 381
: Senate Bill 382

You can help us get these bills passed in several ways.

Email this information, or just a link to this page (http://members.aol.com/~Bill381and382/), to everyone you know in California or who might know someone in California. Send requests for an email version of this web page to Bill381and382@aol.com.
Let your State Senators and Assemblymen know how you feel on this issue. Personalized letters are the best, but ANY letter or fax will help (emails tend to be ignored). (Click here for a sample letter). To find the names and addresses of your legislators, just click here and type in your zip code. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html.
Contact each Senator on the Public Safety Committee to get the bill passed to the full senate. (Click here for the list)
Write a letter to the Editor, or guest editorial in your local paper.
Contact any VIPs that you know and get them to support this issue. Look how much support Arnold Schwarzenegger was able to bring to the after school initiative.
Lobby in Sacramento. If you can come to Sacramento and help lobby or meet with legislators, please do so.
Revisit this site to see if any additional contact lists or strategies have been added.

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