After a series of wins against sober living homes, Costa Mesa dealt a blow by 9th Circuit
After years of scoring legal wins in an ongoing battle with sober-living facility operators, the city of Costa Mesa hit a roadblock Tuesday, when f...
After years of scoring legal wins in an ongoing battle with sober-living facility operators, the city of Costa Mesa hit a roadblock Tuesday, when federal appeals judges reversed and remanded a 2020 ruling in the city's favor. Limited liability companies SoCal Recovery and RAW Recovery independently operated multiple sober-living homes in Costa Mesa, offering drug and alcohol addiction services, prior to the city passing ordinances in 2014 and 2015 regulating the facilities. The new laws sought to enforce a 650-foot buffer between such enterprises to limit overconcentration observed in certain neighborhoods and mandated use permits that allowed the city to impose its own requirements for approval.