Costa Mesa’s Ordinance Regulating Sober Living Homes Upheld

Recently, a Federal Judge found that the City of Costa Mesa’s ordinance that regulated sober living homes did not discriminate against recovering alcohol and drug abusers. The case Solid LandPartings Behavioral Health, Inc. v. City of Costa Mesa has important implications for sober living home operators looking to oppose City ordinances that regulate sober living […]

Ninth Circuit Finds Newport Beach Ordinance Regulating Group Homes Discriminatory

The Ninth Circuit recently found that Newport Beach’s regulation of sober living homes violated the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution because the ordinance practically prohibited new group homes for recovering alcoholics and drug abusers from opening […]