Hall v. Butte Home Health, Inc.

Opinion

PUGLIA, P. J.

Defendant Butte Home Health, Inc. (defendant) appeals from a judgment permanently enjoining its operation of a nonprofit group home for the disabled elderly in a residential neighborhood in Chico. The trial court granted the injunction to neighboring homeowners (plaintiffs) on the ground the operation of a group home was in violation of a restrictive covenant limiting the use of the property to a “private residence.” The trial court was aware of 1993 amendments to Government Code sections 12955 and 12955.6 forbidding discrimination through the enforcement of restrictive…