October 14, 2009
Sex offender parolees, homeless camps in Visalia, evictions?
When 40-year-old Rodney Acevedo was released from state prison in July, the parolee said, he was given two options for housing in the area.
A convicted sex offender who had also served time for battery on a police officer, Acevedo tried making the first option work. He rented a room in a Visalia group home for $600 a month.
But then, only months after the state had yanked housing subsidies for all parolees in a round of budget cuts, the license for that home and several others in Visalia were revoked in a state audit, leaving no sanctioned homes for sex offenders in town. Acevedo sought out his parole officer, who, he said, gave him a clear order…
LINK - VisaliaTimesDelta.com
