By Miriam Raftery
Photo: Parole officers visit a residence, by Scorpion, Creative Commons 4.0 license
Updated June 28, 2023 with statement from Mary Xjimenez from the Calif. Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
June 27, 2023 (La Mesa) – Should a parole office be allowed in La Mesa, just a few hundred feet from elementary schools and a preschool, around the corner from breweries and cannabis dispensaries, also near a senior daycare center and other sensitive uses?
That’s exactly what the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is considering, according to a letter sent to the city dated April 25.
Kristina Khokhobashvili with the CDCR told ECM that the site, if approved, would serve not only parolees from East County and Chula Vista, but also the parolees who have tracking devices –which includes sexual predators and potentially violent offenders.
Thus far, she said, the state has not signed a lease for the site at 8374-8376 Hercules Street, across the street from Carl Burger Dodge and Journey Church, which plans to open an elementary school on its property next year. According to Khokhobashvili, the state is still researching locations.
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