Travis County commissioners join sobriety center planning groupCommissioners, council members to determine location for new facility

A sobriety center is in the works for Travis County, and the Travis County Commissioners Court voted June 23 to appoint two commissioners to an intergovernmental working group responsible for planning the project. The sobriety center would aim to divert some people arrested for public intoxication away from the jail system. On June 18, Austin City Council passed a resolution supporting the idea of making a sobriety center a priority and created an Austin/Travis County intergovernmental working group, according to Rey Arellano, Austin’s assistant city manager. Three council members—Greg Casar, Ann Kitchen and Kathie Tovo—were appointed to the group, he […]

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