In re E.J.

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

On November 7, 2006, the voters enacted Proposition 83, The Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act: Jessica’s Law (Prop. 83, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 7, 2006); hereafter Proposition 83 or Jessica’s Law). Proposition 83 was a wide-ranging initiative intended to “help Californians better protect themselves, their children, and their communities” (id., § 2, subd. (f)) from problems posed by sex offenders by “strengthening] and improving] the laws that punish and control sexual offenders” (id., § 31).

Among other revisions to the Penal Code,1 Proposition 83…