Fear of Possible Patient Trafficking in Santa Monica, California  - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

VIDEO – THIS AIN’T RIGHT –

Nov. 30, 2025 – City officials have shut down an unpermitted sober transitional living facility that suddenly housed more than 40 people in a luxury Ocean Avenue building last week, prompting alarm from neighbors who suspect “body brokering” was involved. “Audit all these so called sober living/assisted living houses in LA and OC county. Most of these existed solely to enrich the owners. They don’t provide enough care to the occupants and also destroy the neighborhood.”

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