State to local officials: Your job is to support sober living homes, period
That enormously frustrated sigh you hear is from Orange County officials who must promote and protect sober housing for recovering addicts — but ca...
That enormously frustrated sigh you hear is from Orange County officials who must promote and protect sober housing for recovering addicts — but can have no role in ensuring said housing is up to snuff. To wit: Gov. Gavin om vetoed a bill that sought basic quality standards for sober living homes that contract with local governments on Friday. Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a brief in federal appeals court attacking Costa Mesa's rules trying to rein in unruly sober living homes last month. Observers note that there's a class of people some are trying to protect, but a dive into the data and statistics makes it unclear if they're being protected at all.