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8B <br /> Page 13 <br /> Back�round Information on Resolntion#3 <br /> Source: City of Los Angeles, Councilmeinber Jose Huizar <br /> Title: Resolution Relating to the 300-Foot Over-Concentration Criteria far Residential Care <br /> Facilities Seiving Six or rewer People <br /> Backgronnd: <br /> In ihe state of California, a residentia] care facility serving six or fewer people is considered a family use <br /> and is exempt from local land use jurisdiction. To prevent over-concentratioi�, the Siate requires that <br /> certain types of residential care faciIities serving six or fewer people be located at least 300 feet from <br /> another like faciJity. <br /> However, existing over-concentration.criteri� do nat apply to all types of residential care facilzties serving <br /> six oi• fewer people, and do not cross over from category to category of facility (see attached chm�t). <br /> Therefore there are no checks in place on the overall conceutration of different ty�es of six-perscr <br /> residential care facilities in one area. <br /> ror example, currentiy, a senior care iaciiity iacated ai one end of a residential street couid be joined by <br /> an adult residential eare facility two doors down, with a group home next door to that,and so on,becaase <br /> over-concentration criteria do not currently apply to all types of residential care facilities, and what <br /> criteria do exist are nat applied across the various residential care facility categories. <br /> This proposal focuses an the fact that currentIy the 300-foot rule appiies onIy to some types of residential <br /> care facilities, and that it shoUld apply to any and all types of new residential carc faciLties serving six. or <br /> fewer people which inay desire to locate in close proxiinity to another. <br /> As policy makers, we need to iook at the big picture, considering not only the iinpact of one type of <br /> facility near another facility of the same type, but also the potential cumu3ative effect of a number of <br /> different types of 6-bed residential care facilities in one area. This is a statewide concern with which <br /> nrunieipalities throughout the State of Califomza are concerned and seek to address. <br /> Care facilities have a place in residential neighborhoods in arder to offer quality care in family- <br /> style environments. Unless we appiy unifarm and consistent over-concentration criteria for aIl types <br /> of residenfial care facilities for six or fewer people, we risk denigrating the very residential <br /> character these facilities seek to offer to those they serve. <br /> By applying the existing 300-foot criteria uniforiniy and fairly across the board, we will preseive and <br /> protect the residential character that these facilities seek and which the State legislation encourages, while <br /> ensuring the inkent of the Iaw is matched by the impiementation of it. <br /> 6 <br />