Lara - Track Record on Recovery Residences,
aka "Sober Living Homes"
State Senator Ricardo Lara (D) has served as:
2008-2010 Commissioner, Los Angeles Planning Commission
2010-2012 Assembly Member, California State Assembly
2012-2018 Senator, California State Senate
5/18/11 Voted in favor of AB 40, which required mandatory reporting of deaths in licensed facilities of many kinds, in Appropriations.
5/23/11 Voted again in favor of AB 40.
8/29/12 Voted again in favor of AB 40.
5/22/17 While in Appropriations Committee, voted in favor of moving Senator Bates' SB 34, which originally defined business-operated residences so they can be licensed, but was later gutted to hold hearings on the issue, to the Supense File, where it died.
2/15/18 Introduced SB 1228, which claims to make patient-brokering a crime, but then is unclear what the penalties would be. This bill was made law on 9/26/18.
2008-2010 Commissioner, Los Angeles Planning Commission
2010-2012 Assembly Member, California State Assembly
2012-2018 Senator, California State Senate
5/18/11 Voted in favor of AB 40, which required mandatory reporting of deaths in licensed facilities of many kinds, in Appropriations.
5/23/11 Voted again in favor of AB 40.
8/29/12 Voted again in favor of AB 40.
5/22/17 While in Appropriations Committee, voted in favor of moving Senator Bates' SB 34, which originally defined business-operated residences so they can be licensed, but was later gutted to hold hearings on the issue, to the Supense File, where it died.
2/15/18 Introduced SB 1228, which claims to make patient-brokering a crime, but then is unclear what the penalties would be. This bill was made law on 9/26/18.