HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-7 - Residential Drug or Alcoholism Rehab ProgrRESOLUTION NO. 98 -7
• A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING
THAT PERSONS UNDER COURT JURISDICTION WHO
ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A RESIDENTIAL
DRUG OR ALCOHOLISM ABUSE REHABILITATION
PROGRAM BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A RECOVERY
OR TREATMENT FACILITY THAT IS LICENSED BY THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG
PROGRAMS.
WHEREAS, Sober Living Homes are defined as any house, institution, hotel or
other similar place that supplies room and board, or rooms only, and operates as a drug
and alcohol -free residential facility; and
WHEREAS, the Fair Housing Act was established in 1968 to prohibit housing
discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin or sex, and was
subsequently amended to extend its protection to include certain individuals
participating in rehabilitation programs because of an alcohol or drug dependency as
well as persons suffering from chemical dependency; and
WHEREAS, the number of Sober Living Homes is growing at a significant rate,
• with the vast majority of such homes being located in residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, only 25% of Sober Living Homes are licensed by the California
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, and the remaining 75% of Sober Living
Homes are not subject to state regulatory guidelines, state monitoring procedures, or
other requirements imposed by the Department of Alcohol and Drug programs; and
WHEREAS, while the City of Newport Beach believes that the court should
ensure that individuals required to participate in a residential drug or alcohol abuse
rehabilitation program do so in any licensed Sober Living Home or other state licensed
treatment facility;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby
resolves as follows:
1. That any person under court jurisdiction, who is released on probation,
parole, conditional sentence or a suspended sentence on the condition that he or she
participate in a residential drug or alcoholism abuse rehabilitation program should be
required to participate in a licensed alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment
facility.
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• 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution
and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is authorized to sign all
documents and to carry out the provisions of this Resolution.
ADOPTED, this 26th day of January '1998.
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LaVonne Harkless, City Clerk
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Thomas 'Cole Edwards, Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 98 -7, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 26th
day of January, 1998, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Thomson, Debay, O'Neil, Hedges, Glover, Noyes, Mayor Edwards
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 27th day of January, 1998.
(Seal)
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City Clerk of the City of
Newport Beach, California