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Former senator's staffer praises Mission Viejo role in CASLAR model ordinance to address sober‑living issues
Summary
A former state senator's representative told the council that Mission Viejo led local efforts on sober‑living home challenges and helped form CASLAR, a task force that drafted a model ordinance to address problems where state regulation is absent.
Rhonda Verdon, speaking on behalf of former State Senator Patricia Bates, told the council the city’s work on sober‑living home issues helped form a regional effort known as the California Sober Living and Recovery (CASLAR) task force.
“Beginning in 2022, the city of Mission Viejo spearheaded an effort to address the growing challenges associated with the proliferation of sober living homes,” she said, and described CASLAR as a coalition of cities, the County of Orange and public members working on model regulations where the state has not adopted oversight.
Verdon thanked the council for drafting and pursuing local regulations and said the County of Orange consolidated local concerns and developed a model ordinance for cities to consider. Councilmembers acknowledged the years of work and said they would report back on pending state bills mentioned by Verdon and on next steps to implement model language locally.
The comments noted the state's limited oversight and urged continued local and regional collaboration to protect neighborhoods and residents of recovery residences.
