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WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD <br />inform their constituents, and allow for a robust but respectful dialogue, they create an <br />opportunity for collaborative problem solving.31 <br />Hoer Has This Issue Evolved? <br />'The timing of this investigation aligned with the required submission of the Housing <br />Element portion of each city's General Plan. The State's disapproval of a city's Housing <br />Element carries heavy consequences, and the State of California has used the <br />withholding of this needed approval to coerce cities to abandon their group home <br />ordinances. <br />The.Grand-Jury was previously -unaware of the power behind group home lobbyists and <br />the number of proposed legislative bills that never made it to a vote. The State's policy - <br />making role limits a city's ability to responsibly manage the integration of group homes <br />and, as a consequence, the trajectory and focus of the study changed and widened with <br />this knowledge. The Grand Jury looked at broader factors influencing the group home <br />industry, its influence, its -effect on communities and often its seeming lack of real <br />concern:about its :clients-. The group home industry is immense, requires improved <br />relations with cities-, and needs more effective local governmental oversight. <br />ORANGE COUNTY GRAND. JURY 2022 12023 Page 23 of 42 <br />