McAlister Institute to Appeal to City Council on Rejected Parolee Program

A rehabilitation center that was denied approval by the Planning Commission to locate a program for newly released criminals at its Lemon Grove facility will appeal the decision to the City Council on Tuesday.

The 180-bed McAlister Institute, route: {:controller=>"listings", :action=>"show", :id=>"mcalister-institute-kiva-womens-childrens-learning-center"} -->, which offers drug and alcohol treatment to adults and a long-term residential recovery program for mothers and children, originally sought to transfer 40 beds from its women’s program to create the Community Transition Center, a pilot program that would assess at least 2,085 post-release offenders (PROs) each year at the Skyline Drive facility. The Planning Commission rejected the proposal at its