Dear Senator Migden,

I recently attended the Public Safety Committee on April 19th reference Senate Bill 33. Thank you for taking the time to discuss the issues at hand regarding this most important bill. Senate Bill 33 may be the most important bill you ever sign for it certainly determines the safety of our most vulnerable citizens - our children.

During the testimony you commented that you felt that Probation had done much in the past few years. Your statement is somewhat true, but not entirely.

I am a retired Crime Analyst with over 20 years law enforcement experience and have worked extensively with parole and probation. I also managed the sex offender program for over 1100 sex offenders when I worked with the Oxnard Police Department. Every sex offender had more than one victim with an overwhelming number of victims their own children.

I also managed the Serious Habitual Juvenile Offender Program for two years when I worked in the District Attorney's Office. Over 95% of the juvenile offenders were abused, many of them sexually abused by their own family members.

I have documented literally hundreds of cases of child abuse in my capacity as a Crime Analyst. Personally, I adopted 3 sexually abused children and have lived through their night terrors, food hoarding, rage and other behavioral problems that arise years later from their sexual abuse. The sex offender was never sent to jail and continued to molest other relative-children outside the home when his 3 children were removed. Sexual molestation of children is the most horrific crime we have. It is hard for many to visualize this horrific crime against children. I have seen them first hand.

I am writing to you to ask for your endorsement for Senate Bill 33 in the Appropriations Committee. A Probation Officer is not with the sex offender 24 hours a day. As you heard in Melissa Hammer's victim's testimony, she was pressured into counseling and threatened to be taken to juvenile hall if she did not comply. The sex offender in this case led therapists to believe that he was rehabilitated - only to sexually assault Melissa's younger sister years later. I can attest to what she said as being accurate.

I often ask people if they would give an arsonist a match. Absolutely not, they say. How about a gun to a robber? Again, No. Then why in God's would anyone give a child to a sex offender who has admitted sexually molesting them? Keeping the "Family Unit" together is a misguided effort that prolongs the victimization of the child. Statistics show that all sexually molested victims will suffer from Post Traumatic Stress at sometime in their life. I, myself, didn't tell anyone for over 20 years. A "Family Unit" does not burn, beat, starve, neglect or sexually molest their children. Please look at this crime for what it really is. We must protect our children at all costs. They are our future.

Sincerely,




Jane LeMond-Alvarez
2404 Larkhaven Lane
Oxnard, CA 93036

Jane LeMOND Alvarez