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Submitted by Councilmember McKeon - Request to review Group Home Regulations in the City and recommend amendments and improvements as needed
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Recommended Action:
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Direct the City Manager to work with the City Attorney to return to Council with any recommendations regarding:
1. Possible new ZTA to provide additional protections for disabled occupants requiring at least 9 months’ notice prior to eviction (even after insurance coverage runs out). This kind of a protection for disabled occupants will help prevent their sudden turning out onto the street without a home or place to stay. These protections could also include requiring operators and landlords to relocate the patients/clients back to their original place of origin.
2. Begin investigating complaints of insurance fraud. This may require the City Attorney work with the District Attorney to identify prosecutorial paths for prosecution.
3. Provide City Council a Quarterly basis to give status reports on: list of current complaints regarding illicit Group Home operations harming the disabled, including Group Home locations, nature of complaints, description of complaints, complaints regarding public nuisance activities like loud noise or trash, whether issues are Code Enforcement or whether there is criminal activity; Group Home locations should identify State licensed facilities, sober homes, non-licensed providers, etc. and what efforts have been done that quarter to address the complaints. A full status report.
4. Recommendation on what resources, or assistance, does Code Enforcement need from City Council to step up enforcement, reduce response times, effectively identify problem homes, effectively address the problems of the homes, etc.
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Attachment(s):
1. Memo