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News Next Door: San Clemente Sober Living Facility Moratorium, Ladera Ranch Bank Robbery

by Dana Point Times
July 14, 2015 12:08PM
in EYE ON DP, News Headlines
News Next Door: San Clemente Sober Living Facility Moratorium, Ladera Ranch Bank Robbery

The Snowbird Bandit. Photo: Courtesy FBI

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San Clemente Enacts Moratorium on Sober Living Facilities

Sherman Fowler gives a passionate speech about his dislike for the sober living and substance abuse treatment residences in his neighborhood at the Tuesday night San Clemente City Council meeting. Photo: Eric Heinz
Sherman Fowler gives a passionate speech about his dislike for the sober living and substance abuse treatment residences in his neighborhood at the Tuesday night San Clemente City Council meeting. Photo: Eric Heinz

San Clemente City Council voted unanimously to enact two moratoriums on permitting sober living and group substance treatment facilities within the city, one for residentially zoned areas and one for commercial.

The temporary ban is effective immediately and lasts for 45 days.

Community Development Director Cecilia Gallardo-Daly said the city’s investigations found the way in which facilities may be operated was concerning. A steep increase over the last year of complaints of disruptive behavior, including neighbors complaining of too much tobacco smoke, loud swearing and other excessive noise, prompted the council to pass the moratoriums.

This will give the city staff time to examine ways in which to govern these particular residences, the moratorium stated.

During the meeting, 12 people spoke in favor of either moratorium, noted as urgency ordinances, and echoed what’s been said at many past City Council meetings.

Most people who spoke claimed their homes had been broken into, they noticed an increase of trash around their properties and they feared for the safety of their children.

One person spoke against the ban. Joe Scolari said he manages one of the sober living homes in San Clemente but that he had to move out of the area as he has been harassed about it by people in town.

“We understand there’s a lot of curiosity as to how these homes are managed, and I want to be considerate to those concerns,” Scolari said. “(Sober living residents) have nowhere else to go. They have no friends…and they have the same rights as anyone else to live here. I feel like there’s a lot of people who don’t understand us. It’s because we look different. I’ve been sued, followed, people are knocking on my door.”

The moratoriums include a definition of what was adopted and what is considered to be sober living accommodations, which can be found at the city’s website www.san-clemente.org under the “Government” tab under “Agendas.”

It is unlikely the city will be able to ban sober and residential drug treatment l living altogether, City Attorney Scott Smith said. Smith mentioned the federal and state Fair Housing Act and other case law in which municipalities were unable to abolish similar sober living facilities.

State law allows for the temporary ban of certain permits and establishments, Smith said.

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 Snowbird Bandit Robs Ladera Ranch Bank

The Snowbird Bandit. Photo: Courtesy FBI
The Snowbird Bandit. Photo: Courtesy FBI

An armed robbery took place at 3:09 p.m. Monday in Ladera Ranch at the U.S. Bank, located at 111 Corporate Dr., according to Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials. The suspect handed bank employees a note, brandished a handgun and took cash from the bank, officials said. He was last seen on foot.

The suspect is believed to be in his 60s, is between 5 feet and 9 inches and 6 feet tall, and weighs between 200 and 240 pounds. On Monday he was seen wearing a fedora-like hat and a white shirt. Officials said the suspect is believed to be the “Snowbird Bandit,” an alleged criminal who has robbed at least four ‎Orange County banks since March, according to the ‪Federal Bureau of Investigations in Los Angeles.

Members of the Bank Robbery Apprehension Team in Orange County are seeking the public’s assistance in learning the identity of a bank robbery suspect now linked to four robberies in Orange County since March 2015 in the cities of Rancho Santa Margarita; Monarch Beach and a bank in Mission Viejo. During two of the robberies. In the robbery that occurred in Mission Viejo, the suspect carried a white pouch with the word, “Medic” printed on it.

The banks that he has robbed include July 6, U.S. Bank 111 Corporate Dr., Ladera Ranch;

June 6, Wells Fargo Bank 24471, Alicia Mission Viejo; May 22,  First Citizens Bank 29818, Rancho Santa Margarita; and March 20, Cal Bank & Trust 24034 Camino Del, Monarch Beach.

Anyone with information as to the identity of the Snowbird Bandit is asked to contact the FBI or call 911. In Los Angeles, the FBI can be reached 24 hours a day at 310.477.6565.

Additional information about bank robbers wanted in southern California can be found at www.labankrobbers.org.

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