Yesterday, the City of Costa Mesa filed legal action in Orange County Superior Court against the owner and operators of three large sober living homes operating in violation of the city's ordinances.

By: Costa Mesa City Council member Katrina Foley

Katrina Foley with Orange County Group Meeting with Senator Diane Feinstein

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-- The City is asking the court for a preliminary and permanent injunction and nuisance abatement against the sober living operators, Morningside Recovery, LLC, True Recovery, Inc., the Discovery House, LLC.The owner of the homes, Barry Saywitz Properties One, LP, Barry Saywitz Properties Two, LP and Barry Saywitz as an individual are also named in the complaint. The properties at issue are 1798 Pomona Avenue, 2558 Orange Ave. and 2964 Peppertree Lane."We are done cowering to abusive rehab operators who snub our rules and permit procedures. We will continue to promote the strictest regulatory schemes allowable, and advocate for state and federal reforms to give us local control of this issue. It's our duty to protect the public and our neighborhoods,"said Costa Mesa City Council member Katrina Foley who has championed reforms.The Pomona Avenue property is being used as a group home consisting of 14-16 recovery beds. The Orange Avenue property is a group home consisting of four, two-story condominiums that house people recovering from alcohol and/or drug addiction, and the Peppertree Lane property is four two-story condominiums that also operates as a group home for people recovering from alcohol and/or drug addiction."I encourage other cities to join us in our reform efforts to protect patients and the public. It's no coincidence that there is a correlation the cities in the County with over concentration of rehab homes also have the highest incidences of opioid emergency room visits and deaths.It's no longer a model of recovery but a model of rehab intended purely for profits. Someone has to stand up to stop the abuses," said Foley.During her term as Mayor in 2016, Foley prioritized advocating for the strictest policies in Orange County, and traveled to Sacramento and Washington DC to lobby for Federal and State reforms.For more information on sober living issues in Costa Mesa and to learn more about the city's sober living ordinances go to https://www.costamesaca.gov/index.aspx?page=2116.###ABOUT KATRINA FOLEYKatrina Foley served as Mayor of Costa Mesa 2016-2017, now serving as a member of the Costa Mesa City Council she recently returned from a trip to our Nation's capital in an effort to speak with federal leaders about abuses by sober living home operators and the federal laws that prevent cities, counties and states from regulating their activities. To learn more about Foley visit her website at www.katrinafoley.com.