Santa Ana is the latest city in Orange County to establish regulations for alcohol and drug rehabilitation homes in residential areas amid neighbor complaints of drug use, noise and other disturbances.
Tag: Orange County Sober Living Homes
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Irvine Looks to Increase Enforcement For Sober Living Homes
Irvine City Council members will soon consider an ordinance to increase local oversight on sober living homes and group homes.
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Santa Ana Looks to Crack Down on Problematic Sober Living Homes
City council members in Santa Ana are expected to join a growing list of Orange County cities regulating drug and alcohol treatment homes – cracking down on problematic facilities.
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Another Orange County City Cracks Down on Sober Living Homes
Mission Viejo officials are moving forward with new permitting and management requirements for sober living homes in the city.
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Costa Mesa Scores Legal Victory in Sober Living Home Court Battle
In a ruling filed Dec. 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the City of Costa Mesa, finding the city laws regulating sober living homes aren’t discriminatory.
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Orange County Cities Grapple With Drug Treatment Facilities
Stanton leaders are looking to ban all new methadone centers in town as legislation regulating sober living homes stalls at the state level.
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Third Orange County City Leaves CA League of Cities Over Prop 1
The City of Orange became OC’s third city to leave the state’s largest municipal advocacy organization over its support for a statewide measure officials fear could worsen the drug treatment home situation in neighborhoods.
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City of Orange Considers Leaving CA League of Cities Over Prop 1
City officials throughout Orange County have voiced concerns over existing drug rehab homes and now the City of Orange could bail out of a municipal lobbying organization for its support of a measure that could exacerbate the issue.
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CA State Bill Looks to Give Cities Regulation Over Sober Living Homes
It comes as cities throughout Orange County and California struggle with regulating sober living and other group homes that are a nuisance to neighborhoods – something local officials fear Prop 1 could worsen.
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Another Orange County City Bails on CA League of Cities Over Prop 1
Following in Newport Beach’s footsteps, Huntington Beach City Council members said the municipal lobbying group’s support for prop 1 – which could expand controversial group homes – was the breaking point.
