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WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD <br />oversight. These two factors alone allow anyone to set up, open, and advertise this type <br />of group home anywhere in California. Orange County seems to be the favored location, <br />yet has no say in the siting or quantity of group homes in our residential neighborhoods. <br />Tracking Challenges <br />Just where are these sober hiving homes? All over. How do we know? We actually don't. <br />There are -few local ordinances requiring the registration, licensing, or declaration of any <br />-- - type of unlicensed sober living or recovery residence that has been established in a <br />_ neighborhood. There are no widely adopted methods to track or monitor any aspect of <br />such dwellings —their location, number of people residing in them, on -site management, <br />or their ownership. <br />_ The Grand Jury's. research found that most sober living homes are not required by law <br />- - to have -any -kind of State license. Some cities have enacted ordinances that require a <br />_.permit or registration. When a_sober living establishment is registered and a complaint <br />is received, the complaint may be recorded and could be tracked, at least for the <br />location of that specific home. <br />Except_for the.few cities _with.ordinances regulating sober living homes and the few <br />- homes that_applied .for registration or received ministerial permits, accurate tracking and <br />monitoring remains challenging. Tracking is attainable if cities' code and law <br />._-__enforcement_ establish and actively utilize a searchable database that includes <br />ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY_2022 12023 Page 10 of 42 <br />