Regulating sober living homes

After hearing complaints from San Fernando Valley residents about noise and other disturbances, Los Angeles will prepare a sweeping ordinance to regulate so-called sober-living homes. Dana Bartholomew in the Daily News.

The Planning and Land Use Management Committee on Tuesday directed city planners to draft a comprehensive ordinance regulating licensed community care facilities, licensed alcohol- and drug-abuse treatment centers, and unlicensed residential group homes.

"I know there is a need in this society for a place for people to recover or regroup, to become healthy again," said Councilman Ed Reyes, chairman of the PLUM committee. "That being said, I would like to instruct the Planning Department to enact a citywide ordinance."