A bipartisan group of state lawmakers, city officials, and a patient advocate will join the League of California Cities for a news conference calling for increased oversight and transparency over sober living and treatment facilities to protect residents and hold bad actors accountable.

The news conference will feature two state lawmakers authoring legislation seeking to reform alcohol and drug treatment facilities. City officials will also share their experiences when these unlicensed and unregulated facilities operate in their communities, and a patient advocate with lived experience in a treatment facility will provide her perspective on the need for reform.

What: Recovery housing legislation news conference

 When: Friday, May 16, at 9:30 a.m.

Where: Outside the entrance of Santa Ana City Hall
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, 9

Speakers:

• Senator Catherine Blakespear, author of SB 329
• Assembly Member Laurie Davies, author of AB 424
• Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua
• Mission Viejo Mayor Protem and California Sober Living and Recovery Task Force
  Co-Chair Wendy Bucknum
• Sequoyah Thiessen, Patient Advocate
• Cal Cities Executive Director and CEO Carolyn Coleman

Established in 1898, the League of California Cities is a nonprofit statewide association that advocates for cities with the state and federal governments and provides education and training services to elected and appointed city officials.

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