Newsom's ‘CARE Court' Aimed At Getting Help To Mentally-Ill Homeless People

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new “CARE Court” program aimed at getting homeless people off the streets and into mental health programs has some homeless advocates raving while others claim it will police the unhoused even more.

“Rather than reforming, in the margins, a system that is fundamentally broken, we’re taking a new approach,” said Newsom during a press conference in San Jose.

Newsom’s new court-ordered care plan would force severely mentally ill individuals into treatment for 12-24 months. Under the plan, a judge would order a care plan for a person then a clinical team would create a plan with input from the patient and their supporter.

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