What we know about Newsom’s plan to compel care for homeless, mentally ill Californians
by Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times
Mar 05, 2022
3 minutes
Mayors of some of California’s largest cities on Friday endorsed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to push more people with severe mental health and addiction issues into court-ordered treatment, or at least a framework of the idea.
So far, Newsom has unveiled general details of his plan, which he’s calling the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Court. The goal of CARE Court is to leverage judicial power to compel thousands of people struggling with serious addiction, mental and
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