{"id":208416,"date":"2026-03-07T03:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/208416\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T03:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:30:30","slug":"registered-sex-offender-rene-campos-fails-to-get-signatures-needed-for-fresno-city-council-candidacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/208416\/","title":{"rendered":"Registered sex offender Rene Campos fails to get signatures needed for Fresno City Council candidacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Registered sex offender Rene Campos failed to reach the required number of signatures to be included on the ballot for the Fresno City Council District 7 race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Campos had submitted documents for candidacy but still needed to obtain 20 nomination signatures from registered voters in District 7 to the Fresno County Clerk&#8217;s office by 5 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Campos was charged with being in possession of child sex abuse material in 2018. The Fresno native says he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He announced his intent to run in the District 7 race in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/not-past-registered-sex-offender-073128581.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:&#039;You are not your past&#039;: Registered sex offender seeks to join race for Fresno City Council;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;You are not your past&#8217;: Registered sex offender seeks to join race for Fresno City Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His announcement was met with widespread backlash, including from current Fresno City councilmembers and Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria of Merced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Tuesday, Soria introduced a bill that would block registered sex offenders from running or holding any local or state public office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/ca-bill-ban-registered-sex-071420764.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:CA bill would ban registered sex offenders from holding office after Fresno candidate sparks outcry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CA bill would ban registered sex offenders from holding office after Fresno candidate sparks outcry<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Currently, state law does not prohibit registrants from running for council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is a developing story. 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