Gavin Newsom on CNN with Dana Bash Feb, 22, 2026. (Photo: screen capture, Fox)
Another ‘Elderly’ Convicted Pedophile May be Released by Newsom’s California Prison Parole Board
California allows ‘elderly prisoners’ out if they are 50
By Katy Grimes, March 12, 2026 6:49 am
UPDATE BELOW: California Governor Gavin Newsom’s parole board has just granted parole to yet another vile, violent child sexual predator from Sacramento, courtesy of Newsom’s elderly parole law.
According to former Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, Gregory Vogelsang, 57, kidnapped, lured and molested five young children, one as young as 3 years old.
Vogelsang was sentenced to 355 years to life for sexually assaulting children. A jury convicted him of 23 counts of forcible lewd acts on young boys, Schubert reports.
Last month, Gavin Newsom was facing calls to resign his office because his elderly parole program tried to dump another violent convicted child abuser into the community – allowing David Funston, a serial child rapist to be released from prison, the Globe reported.
Newsom appointed or reappointed all of the members of the California Parole Board.
California allows “elderly prisoners” out if they are 50, and have served at least 20 years of their sentence to be considered for parole, and considered no longer a threat. This “law” was a gut-and-amend bill passed in 2020 entirely on party lines without a hearing or notice to the public.
As we noted, there are 2,790 registered sex offender pedophiles living very near the State Capitol in downtown Sacramento according to MegansLaw.ca.gov. In 2022, there were 201 registered sex offender pedophiles living very near the State Capitol. Newsom’s sex-offender early release program has let out thousands of convicted pedophiles.
How did this even happen? What precipitated these evil bills?
- Proposition 47 (2014) downgraded many felonies to misdemeanors.
- Proposition 57 was passed in 2016 enabled early-release of “non-violent” crimes, and sex offenses were reclassified under Prop 57.
- Assembly Bill 109, Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature 2011 “prison realignment” scheme, shifted detainees from state prisons to local jails, overwhelming county jails.
Proposition 57 reduced prison sentences and reclassified violent crimes as “non-violent.” These new laws eroded the Three Strikes law, and have been a disaster for public safety, taking away the tools courts need to rehabilitate drug offenders, opening the door for rampant retail theft, and reclassifying violent crimes and sex crimes as “non-violent.”
And remember, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who is now running for Congress, authored SB 145, which Gov. Newsom signed into law, to protect Sex Offenders who have homosexual sex with minors.
The Globe will update this article as more information becomes available.
The California Board of Parole Hearings is at it again.
They have granted early release via the Elderly Parole program to sexually violent predator Gregory Vogelsang, who molested more than five children in Citrus Heights and was sentenced to over 300 years in prison for his… pic.twitter.com/TUA9SiwgQU
— Sacramento Sheriff (@sacsheriff) March 12, 2026
UPDATE: CDCR’s Press Secretary, Terri Hardy contacted the Globe with this:
“The Board of Parole Hearings made a preliminary decision on November 4, 2025, regarding this case. The case was then referred to the Governor for review, and upon his review, the Governor referred the case to the larger Board of Parole Hearings for additional review. The Board will make its final decision on March 18.”
A California native and Navy mom, Katy lives in Sacramento, CA.
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Excuse the acid sarcasm, but a sentence of “355 years to life” for this Gregory Vogelsang person, this violent pedophile monster, would kinda-sorta tend to indicate that EVERYONE closely acquainted with even a TINY portion of knowledge of his crimes, whether a trial juror or presiding trial judge, then later any number of appeals judges, were all sufficiently alarmed enough to demand that this guy be locked up FOREVER and even longer than that. Ya think? Probably with judicial remarks that ordered extra bars and locks be installed on his prison cell after every appeal.
But never mind! Because NOW, la-di-da-di-da, the poor sad “aging” pedophile monster is a bit over 50 and, because of Gavin Newsom’s insane “elderly parole law” (sorry, Gavin, you can run but you cannot hide from your direct responsibility for this situation), this sick and violent creep who was sentenced to “355 years to life” (!!!) because his crimes were so unbelievably heinous, will likely be released? NO!
100% ShowandTell!
355 year sentence poof gone, wiped away with a pen.
50+ aged men do not suddenly become weak eunuchs. They can and will harm.
This is utter insanity.
If these woke parole boards want to release this monster then maybe they should remove the offending appendage on his body, poof, gone!
What happened to victims rights? They were children for goodness sake.
The only solace I can offer is that his final judgment will come from God.
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.” – Mark 9:42
Yes, ma’am. Amen.
Epstein had an Island, Rodney had an English Disco, where did Ceasar Chavez like to do it?.. in a barn behind some Catholic church… May every day be another wonderful secret