Costa Mesa’s controversial laws governing sober living homes do not discriminate against recovering addicts, but may actually benefit them, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said ...
Costa Mesa officials contend in court documents Casa ... There are homeless people living there. [And] the city has immunity, the receiver has immunity — everybody has immunity but me.” ...
On December 4, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Costa Mesa’s group home and sober-living-home regulations in The Ohio House, LLC v. City of Costa Mesa et al.