Resolution - 2006-85RESOLUTION NO.2006-85
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR PROPOSITION
83 (a.k.a., "JESSICA'S LAW"), AND AUTHORIZING STAFF TO
UNDERTAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS CONSISTENT THEREWITH
WHEREAS, in 1999 the State of California enacted Sections 290 and 290.4 of the Penal
• Code (commonly known as "Megan's Law") to protect the public against sex offenders; and
WHEREAS, Megan's Law has been amended at various times over the past seven years
to establish greater restrictions on paroled sex offenders, with the goal of strengthening
protections that the law affords to children and others; and
WHEREAS, in order to further advance the protections established by Megan's Law and
its amendments, a ballot initiative known as The Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act of
2006 (commonly known as "Jessica's Law") was filed with the California Attorney General's
Office on July 22, 2005. The initiative was thereafter qualified by the California Secretary of
State to appear on the November 2006 general election ballot as Proposition 83 (hereafter, "Prop
83"); and
WHEREAS, Prop 83 would strengthen the protections established under Megan's Law
by, inter alia: (1) increasing to 2,000 feet the distance from any school or park that sex offenders
could reside; (2) authorizing cities to establish additional sites subject to sex offender distance
requirements; (3) requiring felony sex offenders to wear GPS tracking devices which would
enable monitoring of their locations and movements; and (4) increasing certain parole and
sentencing terms for convicted sex offenders; and
WHEREAS, the League of California Cities, along with numerous cities and counties
throughout the State, have formally endorsed Prop 83; and
WHEREAS, the City'Council is supportive of the objectives of Prop 83, and desires to
facilitate the changes in law that would be enacted by Prop 38 in order to advance the legal
protections afforded to children and others against sex offenders.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of West
Covina as follows:
SECTION 1. On behalf of the City of West Covina, the City Council hereby formally
endorses Prop 83.
SECTION 2. The City Council directs City officials and staff to take appropriate steps
to register the City's endorsement of Prop 83. Such steps include, but need not be limited to,
execution of a support letter to the Prop 83 campaign on behalf of the City, and causing the City
of West Covina to be officially named as a supporter of Prop 83.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby delegates to the Chief of Police the 'authority to
execute all documents on behalf of the City consistent with this Resolution.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this Resolution
and it shall thereupon be in full force and effect.
APPROVED and ADOPTED on the 17`h day of October 2006.
ATTEST:
City Clerk L urie Carrico
Resolution No. 2006-85
October 17, 2006
I, LAURIE CARRICO, CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina,
California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17t' day of October 2006, by the following
vote of the City Council:
AYES: Hernandez, Lane, Sanderson, Touhey, Herfert
•NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City Clerk Purie Carrico
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney Am d Alvarez-Glasman
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