[quote]…In our case my wife was interested in schools and crime statistics (sex offenders in particular)…[/quote]
all, I don’t care what you saw on the Megan’s Law website when you decided to purchase your house.
The presence or absence of a “registered sex-offender” in your immediate area is out of your control.
Like the general population, registered sex-offenders frequently move. One or more could move into your area (or maybe already have) since you bought your home. Under CA law, a newly paroled individual is returned to their county of origin (very often the same county they were arrested in) and usually to a relative who can take them in until they can get re-established. In addition, even a parolee termed a sexually-violent predator is entitled by law when paroled to be sent back to their home county, either with roommates or relatives and often with an ankle bracelet transmitting their constant whereabouts.
Sorry, all, but this is not something any of us has any control over, and, in any case, the presence of a “garden variety” sex registrant, especially an aged one, is really not a good reason to shun a perfectly acceptable property. Believe it or not, many of these registrants never served prison time and many also come from moneyed families residing in Pt Loma, La Jolla and Del Mar, where they will reside after their convictions. Just so you know, in CA urban counties, NO AREA IS IMMUNE from the past, present or future presence of a registered sex offender in residence.
