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.
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.