Los Angeles County Supervisor Opposes Release of ‘Pillowcase Rapist’

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger has written to the Los Angeles Superior Court to formally oppose the placement of a sexually violent predator in the Antelope Valley community of Juniper Hills, her office said Tuesday. “I submitted this letter to formally add my voice to the scores of others urgently asking the L.A. Superior Court to not place Christopher Hubbart in the Antelope Valley,” Barger said in a statement. “Our desert communities should not disproportionately shoulder the burden of housing sexually violent predators because of their rural nature. It’s unfair and unjust.” Barger listed several reasons why the Juniper Hills community, which will be evaluated by the court for its suitability to house Hubbart on Oct. 1, is not appropriate. They include spotty internet and cell phone coverage, long emergency response times by law enforcement, the ongoing burdens experienced by a community still recovering from the 2020 Bobcat Fire, and the fact that 25 homes are located within a square mile of the nominated site—many which Barger said house single women and women with children....