California’s CARE Court aims to provide community-based behavioral health services to individuals with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, but disability advocates argue it is an ineffective alternative to jail that uses coercion to force treatment.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised 2025-26 budget proposal includes $6.1 billion for behavioral health and substance use care, but advocates say it fails to fund critical criminal justice reforms, particularly those required to implement Proposition 36, and eliminates $1 billion in annual funding for homelessness response.
Governor Gavin Newsom has unveiled a new statewide initiative to provide local governments with clear guidance and legal tools to address homeless encampments swiftly and humanely, and has committed to giving every local government in the state the path forward.
By Melinda Kukaj SACRAMENTO, CA – Proposition 1, the two-step initiative aiming to improve mental health service…