Newport Beach Reaches Tentative Settlement With Group Home Operator

June 27, 2008 Representatives of the City of Newport Beach and Sober Living by the Sea (Sober Living), a subsidiary of CRC Health Group, reached a tentative settlement regarding the group home operators recovery facilities in Newport Beach that will significantly reduce over-concentration of recovery facilities on the Balboa Peninsula and citywide, and place a bed cap on Sober Livings facilities. The settlement will be subject to the negotiation of a definitive agreement documented in the form of a publicly disclosed development agreement, and will not be final until reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission and the City . . .