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Two of the 17 sex offenders were also on the registry after being convicted of misdemeanor child annoyance. These 17 sex offenders would be banned from Lake Forest parks if either version of the ordinance passes- Two of the registered sex offenders in Lake Forest were required to register based on non- Califomia sex offenses, thus it is unclear whether they will be banned from parks if the version limiting the ban to child sex offenders passes. The following 5 sex offenders would still be allowed in Lake Forest parks if the version limiting the ban to sex offenders with prior child victims were to be passed. One sex offender was convicted of a sex crime where the victim was unable to give consent. This individual was convicted of oral copulation with a victim unconscious of the nature of the act. Four individuals have violent sex offense convictions against adult victims. Their victims' ages are unknown, but it is possible that the victims could be as young as 18. One was convicted of forcible rape. One was convicted of oral copulation by force or fear. One was convicted of assault with intent to commit a specific sex offense. One was convicted of sexual battery. There are individuals who intend to molest children but unknown to them, did not have an actual child victim to molest. For example, if a sex offender entered a park believing he was meeting a minor to have sex, but the "minor" was instead a fictitious character in a law enforcement sting, the limited ordinance may not apply. In 2006, a California Highway Patrol lieutenant named Stephen Deck went to a park after exchanging numerous online chats with a girl he thought was 13 years old. He inquired if the girl liked older men, made graphic sexual statements and sexually suggestive comments about "eating pie," and arranged to meet the "victim" at a Laguna Beach park- He was met instead by law enforcement who arrested 12 others in the same sting on the same night- He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to probation and one year in jail in 2010, over the strenuous objection by the People, who advocated for state prison. After he completes probation or parole, he is likely to be allowed to enter parks in jurisdictions that limit their ban to sex offenders who "committed a crime against a child," since his victim was fictitious. It should be noted there are 85,000 sex offenders who reside in California and currently have access to Lake Forest parks. They are required to register under Penal Code 290 for a variety of reasons. Would it make a parent feel safer to have their children in a park where there is a violent rapist versus a child molester? Can you distinguish the threat to children by those offenders who sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman from those who pose a danger to minors? Should a person who possesses child pornography be allowed in parks so he can fulfill his fantasies or escalate his acts? Society deems sex offenders and their actions so reprehensible and dangerous that they are required to register annually, within five working days of his or her birthday and/or five working days of their move to a new address. Transients must update their registration every 30 days and sexually violent predators must update their registration every 90 days. Other sex offenders must be electronically tethered to law enforcement through the Global Positioning System. 50A-14