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RESOLUTION NO. 2006-124
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO IN SUPPORT OF THE SEXUAL PREDATOR PUNISHMENT AND
CONTROL ACT OF 2006, KNOWN AS JESSICA'S LAW
BE IS RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the State of California and the City of San Bernardino place a high
priority on maintaining public safety through a highly skilled and trained law enforcement
as well as laws that deter and punish criminal behavior; and
WHEREAS, sex offenders have very high recidivism rates, and according to a 1998
report by the U.S. Department of Justice, sex offenders are the least likely to be cured and
the most likely to reoffend and prey on the most innocent members of our society, and
more than two-thirds of the victims of rape and sexual assault are under the age of 18 and
sex offenders have a dramatically higher recidivism rate for their crimes than any other
type of violent felon; and
WHEREAS, child pornography exploits children and robs them of their innocence,
and FBI studies have shown that pornography is very influential in the actions of sex
offenders, and statistics show that 90% of the predators who molest children have had
some type of involvement with pornography and predators often use child pornography to
aid in their molestation; and
WHEREAS, the universal use of the Internet has also ushered in an era of
increased risk to our children by predators using this technology as a tool to lure children
away from their homes and into dangerous situations, and to reflect society's disapproval
of this type of activity, adequate penalties must be enacted to ensure predators cannot
escape prosecution; and
WHEREAS, California must also take additional steps to monitor sex offenders, to
protect the public from them, and to provide adequate penalties for and safeguard against
sex offenders, particularly those who prey on children, and existing laws that punish
aggravated sexual assault, habitual sexual offenders, and child molesters must be
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2006-124
strengthened and improved, and existing laws that provide for the commitment and
control of sexually violent predators must be strengthened and improved; and
WHEREAS, additional resources are necessary to adequately monitor and
supervise sexual predators and offenders, and it is vital that the lasting effects of the
assault do not further victimize victims of sexual assault; and
WHEREAS, Global Positioning System technology is a useful tool for monitoring
sexual predators and other sex offenders and is a cost effective measure for parole
supervision, and it is critical to have close supervision of this class of criminals to monitor
these offenders and prevent them from committing other crimes; and
WHEREAS, California is the only state, of the number of states that have enacted
laws allowing involuntary civil commitments for persons identified as sexually violent
predators, which does not provide for indeterminate commitments, and California
automatically allows for a jury trial every two years irrespective of whether there is any
evidence to suggest or prove that the committed person is no longer a sexually violent
predator, and as such, this act allows California to protect the civil rights of those persons
committed as a sexually violent predator while at the same time protect society and the
system from unnecessary or frivolous jury trial actions where there is no competent
evidence to suggest a change in the committed person.
NOW, THEREFORE be it resolved that the City of San Bernardino support and
urge the People of California to vote YES on the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control
Act of 2006, known as "Jessica's Law".
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the doles) hereby adopt this resolution
this _ day of May , 2006.
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24 Approved as to form:
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO IN SUPPORT OF THE SEXUAL PREDATOR PUNISHMENT AND
CONTROL ACT OF 2006, KNOWN AS JESSICA'S LAW
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor
joint
and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a regular meeting thereof, held on the
~ day of May
, 2006, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES
NAYS
ABSTAIN
ABSENT
Council Members:
ESTRADA
x
BAXTER
x
MC GINNlS
x
x
DERRY
KELLEY
x
JOHNSON
x
MC CAMMACK
x
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Rac el G. Clark, City Clerk
The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this :J.. ncL day of May
,2006
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JAMES F. PENMAN
26 City Attorney
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