The State - News from Jan. 5, 1989

Relatives of 82 mentally and physically disabled people began moving them out of a community care residence in Citrus Heights near Sacramento that owes the Internal Revenue Service more than $1 million. Transfer of residents from the Laurel Hills Developmental Living Center to family homes or other facilities was expected to take up to three days, said Ralph Levi of Alta California Regional Center, a nonprofit contractor that places developmentally disabled people for the state. “Nobody will be left untended,” he said. “We believe their care is compromised because the IRS secured the facility’s bank accounts and has levied all income into the facility to offset their tax obligation.” IRS spokesman John Dearing said the agency advised Alta California that it had a tax lien “in excess of $894,000, plus penalties and interest” against Laurel Wood Corp., the home’s parent firm.