SANTA ANA, Calif. — Judge Kira Rubin addressed an ongoing concern at the Central Justice Center on Aug. 5, 2026, involving numerous clients in an addiction treatment program missing their progress hearings, while counselors’ confusion resulted in the facility failing to submit necessary paperwork.
Phoenix House is an addiction treatment program with multiple locations across Southern California. Numerous individuals had been referred to the program by the court and ordered to return for hearings regarding their progress in the program.
One man appeared for a progress hearing Wednesday. Judge Rubin instructed the man to remind his counselors to provide updated progress letters to his health agency despite the fact that the issue was “not his responsibility,” as Judge Rubin acknowledged…