GARDEN GROVE City Hall (Orange County Tribune photo).
At a brief special meeting on Wednesday that took less than eight minutes, the Garden Grove City Council voted unanimously in favor of an “urgency interim ordinance” that would create a 45-day moratorium on new substance abuse treatment centers in the city.
According to a staff report, the city has received “inquiries” about bringing such businesses to Garden Grove, but a review of the municipal code indicates there’s no language in the code regarding regulations for drug abuse treatment centers.
The report also notes that while a treatment center could have some benefits, it could also have negative impacts including drug use, loitering, assault and battery, etc. The moratorium would give the city time to study the issue and come up with appropriate safeguards.
The moratorium could be extended for up to two years.
This was the last council meeting of 2023.
Categories: Garden Grove
Yes all we need is a drug treatment center so that wherever it is located can turn into a Beach and G.G. blvd area with the homeless and drug use. Where the dump hotels (The Garden Grove Inn, etc. ) are located. Far away from the civic center where no one does anything about the real problem. Let them just create more problems. We need to include the drug treatment center in the civic center remodel plans and see how quickly the city council approves it !