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Resident urges La Mesa to investigate alleged Bellflower Drive 'drug house' and oppose adjacent youth group home

La Mesa City Council · September 9, 2025
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A resident told the La Mesa City Council that a house on Bellflower Drive is operating as an illegal drug-rehab or halfway house and asked the council to stop a proposed youth group home next door; she presented a petition and named local officials she said supported the placement.

Barbie Wheeler, a Bellflower Drive resident, told the La Mesa City Council on Sept. 9 that a residence on her street has long operated as what she described as an “illegal drug rehab house” run by a person she named as Richard Evans and said the property has generated repeated police calls, including an overdose in July and a fireworks incident Sept. 3.

Wheeler said neighbors have filed a petition opposing a proposed youth…

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