A state audit found that there were 49 cases in which convicted sex offenders appeared to have the same address with child-care facilities. Los Angeles County officials announced Thursday their intention to begin checks.

One of the conclusions of the audit was that even though child-care employees must submit to criminal background checks, the rule ignores people who live at the same address as such facilities.

After comparing the addresses of 8,000 sex offenders registered at the California Department of Justice with 75,000 locations of child care facilities, they found that at least 30 locations matched. 25 matches were found in Southern California, four in San Diego, and one in San Bernardino County. Offenders had been charged with rape, sexual battery to lewd acts on a child, oral copulation with a minor under the age of 14, according to documents released Thursday.

As an example, in the Compton case, Jerome Tillman, who was convicted of four counts of rape in 1977, allegedly lived at the same address with a foster family home on Maie Avenue, the Los Angeles Times noted.

The investigations determined the reactions of the authorities. State Department of Social Services officials decided to temporarily suspend the licenses of at least eight facilities in Los Angeles County, including five in the city of Los Angeles and one each in Compton, Lancaster and Pomona, and one in Rialto in San Bernardino County, the Los Angeles Times reported.   

County officials were shocked when they found about the audit’s conclusions, as Director Patricia S. Ploehn said. Director John Wagner of the Department of Social Services was also concerned about the situation brought to light by the audit.