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WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD <br />FINDINGS <br />In accordance with California Penal Code Sections 933 and 933.05, the 2022-2023 <br />Grand Jury_ requires (or, as noted, requests) responses from each agency affected by <br />the findings presented in this section. The responses are to be submitted to the <br />Presiding Judge of the Superior Court. <br />Based on its investigation titled "Welcome to the Neighborhood - Are cities responsibly <br />managing the integration of group homes?" the 2022-2023 Orange County Grand Jury <br />has arrived at eleven principal findings, as follows: <br />F1 -Group homes too close to one another contribute to the problems associated <br />with overconcentration. <br />F2 Common nuisances are more likely and disruptive when sober living homes are <br />concentrated in a small geographic area of a neighborhood. <br />F3 Some cities have successfully addressed and informed community members <br />about the challenges faced in regulating group homes. <br />F4 Community satisfaction was minimal when cities took the traditional public <br />- comment approach towards addressing community complaints. <br />F5- - Cities are not utilizing police, fire, and code enforcement complaints as a means <br />of locating and tracking Group Homes. <br />- --- F6.._-. ----Cities are inhibited from enacting and enforcing ordinances due to fears over the <br />potential cost of litigation. - - _-- __-__ _-- <br />- FT.- Several cities have created an ordinance that requires a ministerial permit or <br />registration.to operate a group home, however many of these cities do not <br />enforce their ordinances. <br />----- : -City and County officials.are deterred from regulating group homes by California <br />- Housing and -Community Development's housing element approval process. <br />::Cities have historically strategized and acted independently in addressing group <br />home challenges and solutions. <br />F1Q Vllell-operated group homes can integrate smoothly into neighborhoods. <br />_ F 1 :: ,There is a lack of_.r_eg.ulatory oversight for the health and safety of residents of <br />unlicensed group homes. <br />ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY 2022 1 2023 Page 24 of 42 <br />