Carl DeMaio is introducing a bill to prevent SVPs from being released into communities

 

Carl DeMaio, California Assemblymember District 75, is introducing a bill tomorrow. Will California Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Democrats, for once, protect the public,women and children from violent predators?

Liberty Healthcare had an exclusive contract with the California Department of State Hospitals to place sexually violent predators on conditional release. After 2023 and a request to audit, looks like nothing has changed. Senator Brian Jones is the only California legislator doing anything to address public safety and address issues with release of SVPs.

Liberty tried to place SVPs Joshua Cooley and Richard Stobaugh in Humboldt and failed only but what about the next time?

On November 17, Assemblymember DeMaio again reiterated a request to California Governor Newsom to immediately cancel the Liberty Healthcare contract and halt all SVP placements.

November 17 press release:

Assemblymember Carl DeMaio issued the following statement regarding the parole violation of Sexually Violent Predator Alvin Quarles and the continued failures of California’s SVP release system:

“I am outraged that the state of California and Liberty Healthcare once again placed a dangerous Sexually Violent Predator into a neighborhood — and within days, he violated parole. This is exactly the public safety nightmare we have been warning about for years.”

“This was a preventable failure. When Governor Gavin Newsom continues to defend this broken SVP release system — and when the state keeps funneling millions of taxpayer dollars to Liberty Healthcare despite repeated mismanagement — they are knowingly putting our communities at risk. How many more violations, escapes, or near-misses must occur before the Governor acts?”

“Alvin Quarles—known as the ‘Bolder Than Most Rapists — is one of San Diego’s most notorious serial rapists. He should never have been released into any neighborhood. And now, while the public is being kept in the dark about what criminal activity occurred, the state is simultaneously preparing another potential SVP release — with Gary Snavely scheduled for a critical placement hearing this Friday. This is unacceptable and dangerous.”

“I am once again calling on Governor Newsom to immediately cancel the Liberty Healthcare contract, halt all SVP placements, and order full public transparency about this incident and how such a catastrophic failure was allowed to occur. Our communities deserve protection, not politically driven excuses.”

“As Californians, we must demand a system that prioritizes public safety over bureaucratic contracts and failed policies. Enough is enough.”

Assemblymember DeMaio has previously introduced legislation and formal requests to halt SVP placements and terminate the Liberty Healthcare contract.