> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smdp.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # City’s sex offender population at 50 - URL: https://www.smdp.com/citys-sex-offender-population-at-50/ - Published: 2002-08-19T15:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-23T00:39:38.000Z - Author: Andrew Fixmer - Tags: Crime, Venice, #archive-import, Homeless *SMPD monitoring sex offender population* In a time when child abductions are common, local authorities are keeping a watchful eye on the 50 registered sex offenders in Santa Monica. The Los Angeles County Sex Offender database shows that only one of the 50 sex offenders is considered “high risk,” while nearby Venice Beach has 46 sex offenders and Marina Del Rey has 10. In Santa Monica’s five zip codes — 90401, 90402, 90403, 90404 and 90405 — there are 12, 3, 5, 16, 14 sex offenders registered, respectively. (see map) Only one man — living in the 90405 zip code — is considered “high risk,” which means he has multiple sex-related convictions. He is Clark Ashley, a black male, who has been convicted of rape by force or intimidation, oral copulation and oral copulation with a person under 14. Santa Monica Police Lt. PJ Guido said the department has been monitoring all of the city’s registered offenders. SMPD also keeps lists of people with chronic drug and violent crime arrests. In the case of Ashley, Guido said the police department has notified the neighborhood of his presence and history. “People have been notified under (U.S. Department of Justice) recommendations,” Guido said. “Police officers did notify schools and other facilities of his being nearby. But he has followed all the rules and is living here in compliance (with the law).” Santa Monica’s other 49 registered sex offenders are classified as “serious offenders,” and typically only have one conviction — many for crimes that were not against children. Cities with populations over 100,000 are required by state law to give information to the public about registered sex offenders living in the area. For those cities with smaller populations, like Santa Monica, the same information is made available at any Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The database is updated quarterly; the most recent list was updated earlier this month. The state’s registry is often legally challenged. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the state’s program last week after it was challenged by a man who’d been arrested for possession of marijuana and was then found to be an unregistered sex offender. Locally, the SMPD remains vigilant in its lookout for sex offenders that have not registered with the city in accordance with the conditions of their parole or prison release. In the past two weeks, police officers arrested two men who were sex offenders but had not registered in the city. Even transients in town must register if they fit the bill, police say. “Understand that sex offenders who spend their time here that do not have an address still have to register with Santa Monica,” Guido said. “Any of them in our homeless population have to alert us that they are residing in our city.” Guido urges parents to use national media coverage of recent abductions as a “teaching moment” with their children. He advises that parents talk with children about saying “no” to adults who make them feel uncomfortable. “Parents should take these unfortunate times and use them as teachable moments to talk to their kids about personal safety,” Guido said. “And that it’s OK to say ‘no’ to adults sometimes.” According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 90 percent of abductions are committed by close relatives or someone with whom the child is familiar. Guido said a recent SMPD abduction case involved a parent who was not given custody but tried to flee with the child. “It’s something we deal with on more occasions than we do with an abduction by a stranger,” Guido said. “Typically we are contacted on cases of child custody where one parent didn’t win custody and they try to take them away.” Parents interested in obtaining more information can contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at www.missingkids.com. Though specific addresses of the offenders are not listed, local police are permitted to inform residents, schools and childcare facilities of sex offenders with multiple convictions living nearby that are considered a “high risk.” Local filmmaker may appeal ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/2026/10/081902-01_01.jpg) *Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 19, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/081902.pdf?ref=smdp.com)