Bills in state Senate revise recovery-home laws

Some city leaders who want more control over drug and alcohol recovery homes have pinned their hopes on changing state law.

State legislators last week introduced a crop of new bills that could help regulate recovery homes and other types of group homes. Here are some of the bills and what they would do.

If the past is any indication, the bills may not fare well.

Several died in the last legislative session, and others have been vetoed by the governor.

Newport Beach Mayor Steve Rosansky wants to build a coalition of cities to lobby state legislators to get the latest bills passed. At a Friday conference on the issue, Costa Mesa, Mission Viejo, Orange and Temecula were among cities that wanted to join the coalition, Rosansky said.

To Orange Mayor Carolyn Cavecche, legislation is the key to addressing concerns about group homes.

“There has to be new legislation that gives us the tools to protect our neighborhoods,” she said.