I am a 290 registrant. Are there certain places I’m not allowed to go?

Maybe. Some cities, towns, and counties have enacted local ordinances that prohibit or restrict sex offenders from going to places where children may be present (schools, libraries, museums, parks, bus stops close to parks). However, there have been a lot of recent legal challenges to these types of restrictions.

For example, in 2014, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal struck down a city ordinance in Irvine that barred sex offenders from entering city parks or recreation facilities without written permission from the police chief.[563] The court held that sex offender registration is governed by state law, and that local governments cannot impose additional or different types of registration requirements. Other cases raising such challenges are still in process. Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws, a California-based nonprofit organization, provides updates about recent legal developments on its website at www.californiarsol.org.

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    People v. Nguyen, 222 Cal. App. 4th 1168 (2014). ↑