OK - yes - one more slide down the slippery slope. No, it does not change the age of consent. Nor does it legalize pedophilia. It's another step into oblivion for California. Yes, they already allowed judge's discretion if a 24 year old raped a 17 year old girl. The judge could decide if that perverted piece of crap should be on the registry, or if he would be able to continue to rape kids.

But the law did not allow the judge to have discretion when a 24 year old raped a 17 year old boy. In that case, the judge had to put the perverted piece of crap on the registry. This squares the triangle of kid rape.

Interestingly, it will likely result in more convictions, not fewer. Judges have been exercising judicial restraint through suspended convictions in order to circumvent the requirement to put the child raping piece of crap on the registry.