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  Advocates for Responsible Treatment - Southern California

Harper (R) - Track Record on Recovery Residences,
     aka"Sober Living Homes"

Assembly Member Matthew Harper (R- Long Beach) has served as:
          2010-2014   Council Member and Mayor, City of Huntington Beach
          2014-2018   Assembly Member, California State Assembly

          2/18/16 Coauthored AB 2255 (with Assembly Member Melendez)  that would offer voluntary certification from a third party organization to business-operated, Recovery Care Residences, which would then be deemed a "residential use" of housing.   Recovering addicts from the court system would be first directed to these houses. ​
                    Bill died in November, 2016
          5/13/16  Participated on the dais at a Public Forum on the issue in Laguna Niguel.
         10/3/16  Sponsored and spoke from  the dais of a Public Forum on the issue in Oceanside.
         11/28/16  Sponsored and spoke at a Central Orange County “Sober Living Homes Town Hall" in Costa Mesa.
          2/13/17  Introduced a spot bill, AB 497, which is a bill designed to be "filled in" later.  Was never filled in.  Died a year later.
          2/17/17  Introduced AB 1095, to define Treatment Centers and their residences as a single facility requiring a license and visit at all sites.
                    1/31/18   AB 1095 died.
          11/6/17 Participated on the dais at a Public Forum on the issue in Costa Mesa.
          2/16/18 Introduced a spot bill, AB 3055, which is a bill designed to be "filled in" later.
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