San Diego County Supervisors voted 4–0 Wednesday to support state legislation that would restrict the placement of sexually violent predators near homeschooling sites.
The motion by Supervisors Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond directs Chief Administration Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer to request that state legislation governing predator placement take home school sites into account, along with public and private schools. In addition, she was directed to take action against any proposed court-ordered placing of a predator near any school site whether it is home-based, private, or public.
“It’s an issue that affects all of our districts in our county, and we’re all doing what we can to protect our communities,” said Desmond, who referred to the proposed placement of one such person, Douglas Badger, in the rural desert community of Borrego Springs….