A Recovery Care Residence operating out of a home in your neighborhood may act un-neighborly or downright illegally. To develop a case for recourse, you must take photographs and carefully log dates of events.
You have the following potential areas of recourse.
Contact Emergency Services
911
for:
• You believe someone is dying or has died.
• The house is on fire.
Contact Orange County Child Protective Services
714-940-1000 or 800-207-4464 (24-hour hotline, 7 days a week)
if you believe a child is exposed to illegal drug use, drug dealing, abuse or other criminal activity.
Contact San Juan Capistrano-based Sheriffs
949-770-6011
for:
• Belligerent, erratic behavior by people in front of a house, on a driveway or in the street
• Belligerent, erratic behavior inside the house that can be heard outside the house (disturbing the peace)
• Indications of drug trafficking
• Excessive noise
• People sleeping overnight in vehicles
• Cars or trucks illegally parked across sidewalks
• Excessive parking in the public right-of-way
• Abandoned vehicles or parking for more than 72 hours on the street
• A drug deal taking place
Contact San Juan Capistrano City Code Enforcement
Carlos Yado, Building & Code Enforcement Manager
[email protected]
949-234-4568
7:30-5:30 weekdays
After hours, leave voicemail with offending address or send email and take photo
for neighborhood violations for which you would also report your other neighbors, including:
(see examples of Frequently Referenced Codes)
• Violations of building/zoning codes, i.e. people are being housed in sheds or garages.
• More than 6 unrelated adults are living (not just sleeping) on the property with no Conditional Use Permit
• Abandoned vehicles or parking for more than 72 hours on the property
• People sleeping overnight on the private property in an RV
• People parking cars on lawn.
Contact your Home Owners Association if the number of cars associated with the property violates CC&Rs and other violations of CC&Rs.
To identify whether your neighborhood’s care facilities are licensed with the California Dept. of Health Care Services, go to:
http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/provgovpart/Pages/Facility_Certification.aspx
At the top of the section called “Resources,” select the link Residential & Outpatient Licensed & Outpatient Facilities List. It is organized by county.
To identify whether the business has a license to operate as a business in the state of California, go to:
http://kepler.sos.ca.gov
Search for the business name under both the corporation and limited liability choices.
Contact California Health Care Services on their register-a-complaint line
877-685-8333
or by filing a complaint off this page
http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/individuals/Pages/Sud-Complaints.aspx
for:
• an unlicensed facility
• a facility advertising on a property it doesn’t own
•a facility advertising treatment in your neighborhood,
• a facility making false claims on the internet
• signs that the business is not operating in an above-board fashion (see Sheriffs above).
Contact the Orange County District Attorney’s office
http://orangecountyda.org/howdoi/reportfraud.asp
for:
• Real Estate fraud, including publishing an address as a business that is not owned by the business.
You have the following potential areas of recourse.
Contact Emergency Services
911
for:
• You believe someone is dying or has died.
• The house is on fire.
Contact Orange County Child Protective Services
714-940-1000 or 800-207-4464 (24-hour hotline, 7 days a week)
if you believe a child is exposed to illegal drug use, drug dealing, abuse or other criminal activity.
Contact San Juan Capistrano-based Sheriffs
949-770-6011
for:
• Belligerent, erratic behavior by people in front of a house, on a driveway or in the street
• Belligerent, erratic behavior inside the house that can be heard outside the house (disturbing the peace)
• Indications of drug trafficking
• Excessive noise
• People sleeping overnight in vehicles
• Cars or trucks illegally parked across sidewalks
• Excessive parking in the public right-of-way
• Abandoned vehicles or parking for more than 72 hours on the street
• A drug deal taking place
Contact San Juan Capistrano City Code Enforcement
Carlos Yado, Building & Code Enforcement Manager
[email protected]
949-234-4568
7:30-5:30 weekdays
After hours, leave voicemail with offending address or send email and take photo
for neighborhood violations for which you would also report your other neighbors, including:
(see examples of Frequently Referenced Codes)
• Violations of building/zoning codes, i.e. people are being housed in sheds or garages.
• More than 6 unrelated adults are living (not just sleeping) on the property with no Conditional Use Permit
• Abandoned vehicles or parking for more than 72 hours on the property
• People sleeping overnight on the private property in an RV
• People parking cars on lawn.
Contact your Home Owners Association if the number of cars associated with the property violates CC&Rs and other violations of CC&Rs.
To identify whether your neighborhood’s care facilities are licensed with the California Dept. of Health Care Services, go to:
http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/provgovpart/Pages/Facility_Certification.aspx
At the top of the section called “Resources,” select the link Residential & Outpatient Licensed & Outpatient Facilities List. It is organized by county.
To identify whether the business has a license to operate as a business in the state of California, go to:
http://kepler.sos.ca.gov
Search for the business name under both the corporation and limited liability choices.
Contact California Health Care Services on their register-a-complaint line
877-685-8333
or by filing a complaint off this page
http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/individuals/Pages/Sud-Complaints.aspx
for:
• an unlicensed facility
• a facility advertising on a property it doesn’t own
•a facility advertising treatment in your neighborhood,
• a facility making false claims on the internet
• signs that the business is not operating in an above-board fashion (see Sheriffs above).
Contact the Orange County District Attorney’s office
http://orangecountyda.org/howdoi/reportfraud.asp
for:
• Real Estate fraud, including publishing an address as a business that is not owned by the business.