Sunshine Sober Living is at 5650 Donna Avenue, Tarzana, California 91356, just north of Burbank Boulevard between Wilbur Avenue and Vanalden Avenue. From US-101, take Exit 23 at Reseda Boulevard or Exit 24 at Tampa Avenue, then drive north to Burbank Boulevard. Call 866-216-9789 before visiting so admissions can confirm a time.
Donna Avenue is a residential street in the flat grid north of Ventura Boulevard, two blocks from Tarzana Recreation Center at 5655 Vanalden Avenue. Most people find the house on the first try once they know two things: which US-101 exit to use, and that Burbank Boulevard is the cross street to watch for. Everything else is a short, quiet drive.
This page holds the directions to Sunshine Sober Living from every area the house serves, with the roads in order, the approximate distance and the approximate time behind the wheel. Each area also has its own page with a fuller turn-by-turn description. Transit riders, parking notes and the number to call before a first visit are further down.
Reseda station on the Metro G Line, at Reseda Boulevard just south of Victory Boulevard, is the closest busway stop to 5650 Donna Avenue at roughly a mile and a half north, with a 442-space park-and-ride.
The address is 5650 Donna Avenue, Tarzana, CA 91356. Donna Avenue sits just north of Burbank Boulevard, between Wilbur Avenue and Vanalden Avenue, in the residential grid north of Ventura Boulevard. The blocks here are 1950s and 1960s ranch houses on generous lots with mature street trees, mixed with a few duplexes on the wider avenues. Tarzana Recreation Center on Vanalden Avenue is the nearest landmark, two blocks away.
For orientation, Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center at 18321 Clark Street is south of the house, and the Encino-Tarzana Branch Library at 18231 Ventura Boulevard sits on the commercial strip below it. If you cross Victory Boulevard heading north, you have passed the neighbourhood. The broader picture of the neighbourhood, its meetings and its hospitals lives on the page about sober living in Tarzana.
Two exits matter. Exit 23 is Reseda Boulevard and Exit 24 is Tampa Avenue, and either one puts you about a mile and a half from the front door. Reseda Boulevard is the usual choice coming from the east, Tampa Avenue the usual choice coming from the west. From either off-ramp the pattern is the same: drive north to Burbank Boulevard, turn toward Donna Avenue, then north to the house. Exit 22 at White Oak Avenue is the next one east if Reseda Boulevard is backed up.
The freeway logic in order:
Yes. The Metro G Line busway runs across the Valley on Victory Boulevard, and the Reseda and Tampa stations are the two closest stops, roughly a mile and a half north of Donna Avenue. Reseda station has a 442-space park-and-ride, which makes it a practical meeting point for family driving in. Metro Line 240 runs Reseda Boulevard and Ventura Boulevard and passes closest to the house.
Coming from further afield, the G Line connects east to North Hollywood, where the B Line subway runs to Hollywood, Union Station and downtown Los Angeles. That rail-and-busway pairing is the standard trip for anyone travelling from the central city rather than driving, and it is worth knowing about for residents who plan to keep a downtown job or a therapist on the east side.
This is a quiet residential street with neighbours, children and people who work early shifts. Park considerately, leave driveways clear, keep car doors and conversation quiet in the evening, and do not idle outside the house. Good manners on the street are part of being a good neighbour in Tarzana, and residents are asked for the same thing every day.
Call 866-216-9789 before you visit. The admissions team will confirm a time that works for the house, tell you where to park and meet you rather than leaving you guessing at the kerb. Dropping in unannounced is the one thing that does not work well here, because the daily schedule includes meetings, work commutes and outpatient appointments.
A short arrival checklist:
Wendy Goldberg, Founder and Director of Admissions, and the team around her handle first calls. They will talk through where someone is coming from, what level of care they have just finished and whether structured sober living is the right next step. Sunshine Sober Living is recovery housing, not a detox, a rehab or an outpatient programme, and admissions makes referrals to licensed California treatment facilities and Joint Commission-accredited facilities where a clinical level of care is needed.
If cost is the open question, coverage can be checked in advance through the insurance verification form so the conversation on the day is about fit rather than paperwork. First calls are confidential and nothing has to be settled on the phone. Sunshine Sober Living has served the recovery community since 2019 and is rated 4.7 out of 5 by local reviewers.
SAMHSA names home as one of the four dimensions that support recovery, alongside health, purpose and community, which makes a stable, substance-free address a pillar rather than a detail. A house that sits eight minutes from the freeway, a mile from a hospital and a short drive from dozens of AA and NA meetings keeps outpatient appointments, jobs and family visits genuinely reachable instead of theoretical.
That matters because recovery is long work. NIDA puts relapse rates for substance use disorders at 40 to 60 per cent, comparable to the rates seen in asthma and hypertension, and treats a return to use as a signal to adjust support rather than proof of failure. Being easy to reach is part of how support gets adjusted quickly. More on the daily routine is on the page about how the week is structured.
Directions to Sunshine Sober Living from the twelve areas the house serves, with approximate distances and drive times to 5650 Donna Avenue.
| Area | Approximate distance | Approximate drive time | Route in brief |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reseda | about 2.5 to 3 miles | 8-14 minutes | Reseda Boulevard south to Burbank Boulevard, west, then north on Donna Avenue |
| Tarzana | about 1.5 miles from the Reseda off-ramp | 4-8 minutes | US-101 Exit 23, north on Reseda Boulevard, west on Burbank Boulevard, Donna Avenue |
| Encino | about 3 to 4 miles | 9-16 minutes | Ventura Boulevard west, north on Reseda Boulevard, west on Burbank Boulevard |
| Woodland Hills | about 4 to 5 miles | 10-18 minutes | US-101 east to Exit 24, north on Tampa Avenue, east on Burbank Boulevard |
| Northridge | about 5 miles | 13-20 minutes | Reseda Boulevard straight south from Nordhoff Street to Burbank Boulevard, then west |
| Canoga Park | about 5.5 miles by street, 7 via US-101 | 15-22 minutes on streets | Sherman Way east, south on Tampa Avenue, east on Burbank Boulevard |
| West Hills | about 6 to 7 miles | 13-20 minutes | Sherman Way east, south on Tampa Avenue, east on Burbank Boulevard, then Donna Avenue |
| Sherman Oaks | about 6.5 miles | 12-18 minutes | Van Nuys Boulevard north to US-101 west, Exit 23, north to Burbank Boulevard |
| Van Nuys | about 7 miles via Victory Boulevard | 18-25 minutes | Victory Boulevard west, south on Reseda Boulevard, west on Burbank Boulevard |
| Calabasas | about 9 miles | 15-22 minutes | US-101 east to Exit 24, north on Tampa Avenue, east on Burbank Boulevard |
| Studio City | about 10 miles | 16-25 minutes, longer at peak | Laurel Canyon Boulevard north to US-101 west, Exit 23, north to Burbank Boulevard |
| Los Angeles | about 21 miles from downtown | 30-45 minutes off-peak | US-101 north and west to Exit 23, north on Reseda Boulevard, west on Burbank |
Times assume normal traffic; the US-101 stretch through Sherman Oaks and the 405/101 interchange add considerably at rush hour.
From US-101 take Exit 23 (Reseda Boulevard) or Exit 24 (Tampa Avenue), then head north to Burbank Boulevard and turn onto Donna Avenue.
Sunshine Sober LivingSunshine Sober Living is at 5650 Donna Avenue, Tarzana, California 91356. The street sits just north of Burbank Boulevard, between Wilbur Avenue and Vanalden Avenue, in the residential grid north of Ventura Boulevard and two blocks from Tarzana Recreation Center at 5655 Vanalden Avenue. The main phone number is 866-216-9789 and the admissions team answers questions about visits, referrals and availability.
US-101 Exit 23 at Reseda Boulevard and Exit 24 at Tampa Avenue are the two that matter, and both sit about a mile and a half from the house. From Exit 23, drive north on Reseda Boulevard to Burbank Boulevard and turn west. From Exit 24, drive north on Tampa Avenue to Burbank Boulevard and turn east. Donna Avenue is north off Burbank Boulevard.
Street parking is normal on this block, and the request is simply that visitors use it considerately. Leave driveways and mailboxes clear, avoid blocking neighbours, and keep noise down when arriving or leaving in the evening. Donna Avenue is a quiet residential street of single-storey homes, and being an unobtrusive neighbour is something residents practise daily, so visitors are asked to do the same.
The Reseda and Tampa stations on the Metro G Line run along Victory Boulevard, roughly a mile and a half north of the house, and both are short rides or a manageable walk away. Metro Line 240 runs down Reseda Boulevard toward Ventura Boulevard. Travellers from central Los Angeles usually take the B Line subway to North Hollywood, then the G Line busway west across the San Fernando Valley.
Yes. Call 866-216-9789 first and the admissions team will confirm a time. The house runs on a daily schedule of meetings, work commutes and outpatient appointments, so an arranged visit means someone is free to meet you, show you the place and answer questions properly. It also means the street is not crowded with unexpected cars during the busiest parts of the day.
Roughly 21 miles and about 30 to 45 minutes off-peak, and considerably longer at rush hour. The usual route runs US-101 north and west, past Universal City, Sherman Oaks and Encino, to Exit 23 at Reseda Boulevard, then north to Burbank Boulevard and west to Donna Avenue. From Santa Monica and the Westside it is closer to 18 miles by way of I-405 over the Sepulveda Pass.
Sunshine Sober Living provides structured recovery housing and transitional living. Medical detoxification, residential clinical treatment and other higher levels of care are provided by appropriately licensed treatment providers, and our admissions team can arrange a referral. Recovery is personal, and no sober living program can guarantee a particular outcome. If you or someone you love needs immediate help, the SAMHSA National Helpline is free and confidential on 1-800-662-4357, 24 hours a day.
Getting here is the easy part, and the directions to Sunshine Sober Living above cover every area the house serves. When you are ready to talk about a bed, a referral or simply what the first month asks of someone, call 866-216-9789 or send a note to the admissions team and someone will walk you through it. Ask for a time, come and see the street, and decide from there.