[Thud]

Parolees can't leave the counties they are released in without the permission of their parole officer. It is a big hairy bureaucratic deal for a parolee to formally change his county of residence.

That is why paroled sex offenders in the tiny "City and County of San Francisco", all of four miles across, can't officially reside there yet can't move to Alturas, i.e., they violate their parole by breathing. And that's why this law is both bug-f**k nuts and federally unconstitutional.

[Mr. Jeeves]

It's actually almost eight miles across (and the same north/south)...but your point is still valid. ;)

But hey, passing the law let a bunch of politicans hook their thumbs in their suspenders and brag to their constituents about how they were "tough on crime", so it served its real purpose...

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

I didn’t know that. Thanks for clarifying. Couldn’t they request to move, though?