Spilman

BACKGROUND

A.

The Salvation Army is a nonprofit religious organization that owns and operates facilities in San Francisco, Stockton, and 1 Chico that provided the six-month residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs attended by the plaintiffs. Seeking substance abuse treatment, Spilman, Chase and Tyler each voluntarily entered a Salvation Army adult rehabilitation program on one or more occasions between 2015 and 2020. Spilman and Chase selected the Salvation Army’s program to resolve criminal proceedings via probation rather than incarceration.

Each rehabilitation facility has a residence, where rehabilitation program participants live and attend classes and meetings; a warehouse for collection and processing of goods donated to the Salvation Army; and a thrift store, where donated goods are sold to the public. The Salvation Army uses revenue generated by the thrift store sales to fund its charitable activities, including the rehabilitation program.

Program participants receive benefits including dormitory housing, three meals per day, clothing, gratuities, and rehabilitation services. Gratuities consist of canteen cards redeemable only at the rehabilitation center…