HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 109-06
RESOLUTION
109-06
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD IN SUPPORT OF THE SEXUAL PREDATOR
PUNISHMENT AND CONTROL ACT OF 2006 KNOWN AS
"JESSICA'S LAW"
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield currently places 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, California has many loopholes in its laws that allow sex
offenders to be released early from prison and these penalties must be
strengthened to adequately protect the public; and
WHEREAS, Global Positioning System technology is a useful tool for
monitoring sexual predators and other felony convicted sex offenders and is a
cost effective measure for parole supervision, and it is critical to monitor these
offenders when they are no longer in prison; and
WHEREAS, child pornography exploits children and robs them of their
innocence, and statistics show a correlation between possessing child
pornography and predators who molest children and use child pornography to aid
in their molestation; and
WHEREAS, the universal use of the Internet has 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 is one of the only states, 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 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; and
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WHEREAS, Californians should be in a better position to keep
themselves, their children, and their communities safe from the threat posed by
sex offenders; and
WHEREAS, California must take additional steps to monitor sex
offenders, to protect the public from them, and to provide adequate penalties for
and safeguards 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 strengthened and improved, and existing
laws that provide for the commitment and control of sexually violent predators
must be strengthened and improved; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Bakersfield
supports the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act of 2006 known as
"Jessica's Law".
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof
held on APR 2 6 2006. by the following vote:
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ABSTAIN:
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COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, BENHAM, MAGGARD, COUCH, HANSON, SULLIVAN, SCRIVNER
COUNCILMEMBER
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CITY CLERK and EX OFFICIO
Council of the City of Bakersfie
APPROVED
APR 2 6 2000
HARV Y . HALL
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By:
'/ IRGINIA GENNARO
, City Attorney
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