News Showing Neighborhoods Affected by Under-Regulated Rehab
5/8/19 A Sober House for a Neighbor: “We Already Have A Stigma Against Us” (MA)
4/12/19 Six Orange County cities add to lawsuits against opioid makers
1/12/19 “Horrific” mass overdose kills one, injures 12 in Chico
12/7/18 Costa Mesa prevails in sober living operators’ lawsuit challenging city regulations
11/10/18 Multiple Rehab Facilities Destroyed in Malibu Fires
11/5/18 One dead, two hospitalized after shooting breaks out at California detox centers as the shooter remains at large
10/19/18 Huntington Beach, Orange County team up to sue sober homes
10/18/18 “I didn’t think I was going to make it out,” Fire nearly destroys sober group home in Del City (OK)
8/31/18 Update: Dana Point Residential Recovery Facility
8/30/18 Kidnapping suspect walked away from recovery home after church (GA)
8/6/18 Costa Mesa goes to court to try to shut down 2 operators’ ‘unlawful’ sober-living homes
7/27/18 As rehab centers expand in Southern California, so do hassles with neighbors
7/24/18 No new group homes in Howell for at least a year as city studies issue (MI)
7/18/18 Costa Mesa council denies permits for 2 sober living homes
7/13/18 More sober-living permit appeals await Costa Mesa council review
7/12/18 Huntington sober living home remains closed after civil complaint (WV)
7/6/18 Murphysboro, IL mayor questions rehab facility legitimacy (IL)
7/4/18 California’s homelessness crisis threatens tourism
6/29/18 Charlton man arrested for disorderly behavior (MA)
6/21/18 Sober house licensing plan approved in Sanford (ME)
6/21/18 Dana Point asks nonprofit feeding homeless at Doheny State Beach to stop
6/18/18 Lowell parents subdue man who allegedly chased two children into house (MA)
6/3/18 Opponents of new sober-living home warn of ‘Rehab Riviera’
Residents worry Encinitas may be the next stop on the Rehab Riviera as new sober home
opens.
5/17/18 Department of Corrections removes murderer originally paroled to La Grange from 2nd location (IL)
5/9/18 Milford Planning Commission discusses regulation of sober living homes (MI)
5/8/18 Listener emails John & Ken to Warn About San Clemente’s Homeless Problem.
Photographs by an anonymous resident regarding homeless addicts
4/24/18 Doing the “sober-living dance” on the Orange County coast
“At many of these group homes, he said, there’s no sober in sober-living.”
3/28/18 OC Homeless: Costa Mesa Gets Their Turn to Say, “Not In My Backyard"
“'We have to call it what it is. It’s not a homeless problem, it’s an addict problem,
and until we treat it as such, it’s not gonna go away,' one man told the council.”
3/28/18 Surfside Beach debates “Recovery Houses” (SC)
2/28/18 Sober Living Facilities in Denver Cause Controversy (CO)
2/25/18 Neighbors concerned about sober home (MA)
2/14/18 Oregon City neighbors concerned about felons and sex offenders moving into nearby home (OR)
1/3/18 City of Addict Entrepreneurs
12/17/17 Are drug rehab centers fueling homelessness in Southern California?
11/14/17 “Sober living” homes raising some concerns in local neighborhoods
11/10/17 Naked man arrested on Pacific Coast Highway after wrestling with deputies
The Georgia man came from one of 65 sober homes in Dana Point. “He was taken to Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach for an evaluation, Himmel said. ‘Thirteen hours later he turns up naked at the library.’”
10/31/17 Elfin Forest Community Fears Rehab Centers Cause Spike in Crime
Drug paraphernalia, stolen mail, and an encounter with someone who appeared to be high.
10/15/17 Mastic residents protest against sex offender operating “sober house”
5/23/17 Is there a link between neighborhood rehab programs and petty crime in California?
“'We’re starting to understand it is directly related to the increase in the recovery homes in our city,' said Katrina Foley, Mayor of Costa Mesa,” the city with the second highest density of licensed Recovery Residences.
5/12/17 Over-Concentration of Rehabs in Residential Areas Continues to Impact Locals
Conditions in Malibu deteriorating; City Councilmember lobbying for passage of SB 786
2/17/17 How this California man got 9 DUIs in less than 6 years
“…he was kicked out of his sober-living home for testing positive for methamphetamine and cocaine… A week later he crashed in Placentia- for his ninth DUI arrest.”
6/3/16 Sex assaults on kids gets sober-living resident 250 years in prison
4/12/19 Six Orange County cities add to lawsuits against opioid makers
1/12/19 “Horrific” mass overdose kills one, injures 12 in Chico
12/7/18 Costa Mesa prevails in sober living operators’ lawsuit challenging city regulations
11/10/18 Multiple Rehab Facilities Destroyed in Malibu Fires
11/5/18 One dead, two hospitalized after shooting breaks out at California detox centers as the shooter remains at large
10/19/18 Huntington Beach, Orange County team up to sue sober homes
10/18/18 “I didn’t think I was going to make it out,” Fire nearly destroys sober group home in Del City (OK)
8/31/18 Update: Dana Point Residential Recovery Facility
8/30/18 Kidnapping suspect walked away from recovery home after church (GA)
8/6/18 Costa Mesa goes to court to try to shut down 2 operators’ ‘unlawful’ sober-living homes
7/27/18 As rehab centers expand in Southern California, so do hassles with neighbors
7/24/18 No new group homes in Howell for at least a year as city studies issue (MI)
7/18/18 Costa Mesa council denies permits for 2 sober living homes
7/13/18 More sober-living permit appeals await Costa Mesa council review
7/12/18 Huntington sober living home remains closed after civil complaint (WV)
7/6/18 Murphysboro, IL mayor questions rehab facility legitimacy (IL)
7/4/18 California’s homelessness crisis threatens tourism
6/29/18 Charlton man arrested for disorderly behavior (MA)
6/21/18 Sober house licensing plan approved in Sanford (ME)
6/21/18 Dana Point asks nonprofit feeding homeless at Doheny State Beach to stop
6/18/18 Lowell parents subdue man who allegedly chased two children into house (MA)
6/3/18 Opponents of new sober-living home warn of ‘Rehab Riviera’
Residents worry Encinitas may be the next stop on the Rehab Riviera as new sober home
opens.
5/17/18 Department of Corrections removes murderer originally paroled to La Grange from 2nd location (IL)
5/9/18 Milford Planning Commission discusses regulation of sober living homes (MI)
5/8/18 Listener emails John & Ken to Warn About San Clemente’s Homeless Problem.
Photographs by an anonymous resident regarding homeless addicts
4/24/18 Doing the “sober-living dance” on the Orange County coast
“At many of these group homes, he said, there’s no sober in sober-living.”
3/28/18 OC Homeless: Costa Mesa Gets Their Turn to Say, “Not In My Backyard"
“'We have to call it what it is. It’s not a homeless problem, it’s an addict problem,
and until we treat it as such, it’s not gonna go away,' one man told the council.”
3/28/18 Surfside Beach debates “Recovery Houses” (SC)
2/28/18 Sober Living Facilities in Denver Cause Controversy (CO)
2/25/18 Neighbors concerned about sober home (MA)
2/14/18 Oregon City neighbors concerned about felons and sex offenders moving into nearby home (OR)
1/3/18 City of Addict Entrepreneurs
12/17/17 Are drug rehab centers fueling homelessness in Southern California?
11/14/17 “Sober living” homes raising some concerns in local neighborhoods
11/10/17 Naked man arrested on Pacific Coast Highway after wrestling with deputies
The Georgia man came from one of 65 sober homes in Dana Point. “He was taken to Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach for an evaluation, Himmel said. ‘Thirteen hours later he turns up naked at the library.’”
10/31/17 Elfin Forest Community Fears Rehab Centers Cause Spike in Crime
Drug paraphernalia, stolen mail, and an encounter with someone who appeared to be high.
10/15/17 Mastic residents protest against sex offender operating “sober house”
5/23/17 Is there a link between neighborhood rehab programs and petty crime in California?
“'We’re starting to understand it is directly related to the increase in the recovery homes in our city,' said Katrina Foley, Mayor of Costa Mesa,” the city with the second highest density of licensed Recovery Residences.
5/12/17 Over-Concentration of Rehabs in Residential Areas Continues to Impact Locals
Conditions in Malibu deteriorating; City Councilmember lobbying for passage of SB 786
2/17/17 How this California man got 9 DUIs in less than 6 years
“…he was kicked out of his sober-living home for testing positive for methamphetamine and cocaine… A week later he crashed in Placentia- for his ninth DUI arrest.”
6/3/16 Sex assaults on kids gets sober-living resident 250 years in prison