Los Angeles Times

Costa Mesa notches win in sober living home battle, as 9th Circuit rejects Ohio House

Since Costa Mesa began drafting local laws in 2014 to regulate sober living homes putting down stakes in residential neighborhoods, the city has been the target of numerous lawsuits that have been ...
Orange County Register

Costa Mesa’s sober living rules can help, rather than harm, recovering addicts, appeals court says

Costa Mesa’s controversial laws governing sober living homes do not discriminate against recovering addicts, but may actually benefit them, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in a ...
Los Angeles Times

Costa Mesa commission approves permit for sober living home despite neighbors’ concerns

The Costa Mesa Planning Commission found no grounds to deny a special use permit at their meeting Monday for a sober living home at the site of a former drug treatment facility located in a ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Upholds Costa Mesa’s Group Home and Sober Living Home Regulations

On December 4, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Costa Mesa’s group home and sober-living-home regulations in The Ohio House, LLC v. City of Costa Mesa et al. The Court’s ...