An act of the California State Legislature, commonly referred to as Megan’s Law, gives law enforcement personnel greater freedom to distribute information on registered sex offenders. Starting July 1997, any individual can go to the Police Department and determine if a person is among California’s 57,000 registered sex offenders. The option to use Megan’s Law has been added into the ordinance so that in the future the City can take full advantage of the information this legislation provides.