What happens to Sexually Violent Predators once they’ve served their sentences? Apparently, they get dumped in rural San Diego County.Rural areas lack resources to supervise conditionally released SVPs and guarantee public safety. In San Diego County, multiple SVPs have been placed in Jacumba Hot Springs, Campo and Boulevard, with proposed placements in communities like Pauma Valley and Borrego Springs. I’ve written letters in the past opposing placement of SVPs in rural communities, including in 2020 when I wrote to the Superior Court regarding placing an SVP in Pauma Valley. Fortunately that proposal was blocked, but Borrego Springs is still under consideration to house a convicted child molester. There will be a hearing July 8, and I have again written a letter to the judge expl
