How are the rules "stronger", exactly? Someone is angry at sex offenders existing and moving around after asking for legal notifications whenever sex offenders did things like exist and move around. In response: Now we are gonna LAW HARDER!
St. Tammany Parish officials are now putting stricter rules in place to limit how many sex offenders live under one roof.
“I started getting these just about every week, almost every week. We were getting a new one, a new one, a new one,” said Lacombe resident Jeremy Young.
Young has been living in the area for about five years. He says the first few were rough, as a new sex offender notice appeared in the mail daily.
Committee Member: Mu. Editorial Lead: Yesmap
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 380, which directs the Department of State Hospitals to study the feasibility of placing sexually violent predators in state-run transitional housing facilities upon their release, rather than in residential neighborhoods.
Under current practice, sexually violent predators are often conditionally released into local communities, raising serious public safety concerns.
The bill, authored by Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones, R-San Diego, included an urgency clause, meaning it took effect immediately upon the governor’s signature.
Committee Member: Mu. Editorial Lead: Yesmap
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It'll help politicians when it comes to election season. "You can vote for me again, look at how hard I was on sex offenders. I'll be even harder if I get into office next term!" Unfortunately most politics isn't evidence based, it's feelings based. Politicians will do/say what they can to get elected, which often means ignoring evidence and bringing in policy whether it'll be functional or not.
The implication that has on MAPs and sex offenders is that, because people are never going to be pleased with the existence of either group regardless of how hard their lives are, every new election cycle will bring in more and more stupid laws. This fact is relevant towards youth as well, where every new cycle brings in some draconian youth control legislation just because it appeals to voters, ignoring whatever evidence exists towards it effectiveness or lack thereof.
