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FUN FOR A CAUSE - The Aragon Ballroom at the Rancho Bernardo Inn was the setting Sunday for the 10th annual “Tabletops and Tea” fundraiser sponsored by the Poway Unit of the Rady Children’s Hospital Auxiliary. Opportunity drawings were held for the unique decorated tabletops and there were both silent and live auctions. Event Chair Bridgett Brown, right, is shown with emcee Jim Cunningham, a Poway City Council member. Above, standing next to a Cinco de Mayo table are Cori Lombardi and Ellen Gelwix. Photos by Heather Skale
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Former Facebook exec joins Chelsea’s Law effort Chris Kelly, a former Facebook executive who authored and financed a highly successful California initiative to stop sex trafficking, has joined the effort to pass Chelsea’s Law in all 50 states. Signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010, after unanimously passing both houses of the state Legislature, Chelsea’s Law is a one-strike mandate for sexual predators convicted of a violent sexual assault on a child. It’s named after Chelsea King, a 17-year-old Poway girl who was brutally raped and murdered by a convicted sex offender who was paroled after serving five years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. The perpetrator subsequently confessed to the rape and murder of another San Diego area girl, 14-year-old Amber Dubois of Escondido, who had been missing for a year. Kelly, who is best known for his former role as chief privacy officer and general counsel at Facebook Inc., has long advocated for better protection for children against sexual predators. Working with legislators in many states, he championed expansion of Megan’s Law sex offender registration requirements to include online aliases to help prevent sex crimes originating on the Internet. When the California Legislature failed to pass the law, Kelly authored and financed Proposition 35, a voter initiative on Califor-
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nia’s November 2012 ballot that increases fines and prison sentences for human trafficking and requires convicted traffickers to register as sex offenders, as well as to disclose their identities and activities online. The initiative received bipartisan support and was approved by a record 81 percent of California’s voters, garnering more votes than any candidate or initiative had in state history. Through his advocacy on legislation that helps combat sex crimes against children, Kelly was connected with Brent and Kelly King, Chelsea’s parents, and was inspired by their efforts to spare other families the tragedy they endured. In his role with Chelsea’s Shield, Kelly will advocate on behalf of the law and has pledged financial support for the group’s lobbying and outreach activities. Since the effort to take Chelsea’s Law to other states was officially launched in March, bills with the one-strike and other child-safety provisions have been introduced in Illinois, Ohio and Texas. The Texas House of Representatives was expected to take up the bill (HR 1748) this week. Brent King, Chelsea’s father and the founder of Chelsea’s Shield, said Kelly’s commitment to share his voice in advocating for measures that protect children from sexual predators will be enormously helpful in expanding Chelsea’s Law to all 50 states.
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