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5/18/21 From up to 62 years in prison to zero; plea deal raises anger and questions
An unconscionably lenient sentence proves California courts just don't care about addicts, unless there's the slightest potential for discrimination with no addict involved. Appalling. 5/16/21 Plugging deadly holes in California’s addiction treatment system. Behavioral health experts propose spending more time and money on prevention, while ignoring California's current problems with fraud and sham addiction treatment. 4/9/21 Encinitas City Council to repeal housing ordinances inconsistent with state laws Encinitas folds in a showdown with the state over multiple types of zoning, including both Recovery Residences, and low income housing. 4/5/21 Rep. Mike Levin Introduces Legislation to Analyze Effectiveness of Sober Living Homes Rep. Levin's bill directs the National Academy of Sciences to study the quantity, quality and effectiveness of different kinds of recovery housing, attempting to segment effectiveness by for-profit or nonprofit, occupancy and other factors. 3/25/21 CA Dept. of Housing and Community Development Issues Notice of Violation to Encinitas California cites comments by Encinitas' City Planner as indicative that Encinitas discriminatedagainst recovering addicts in its ordinances. Says there was no evidence of overconcentration. By requiring a house to serve only disabled people, the ordinance "targets a protected class with the intent of creating constraints and barriers to residential uses." It claims, without reference to state court cases that have established the distinction between 6-and-under and 7-or-more, that distinguishing between 6-and-under or 7-or- more occupants "without regard to the size of the structure, the number of bedrooms, or occupancy under State law" is discriminatory. The state, once again, clearly fails to distinguish between requirements of a business-operated house and how requirements do not apply to a communal living situation. |
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