Newsom unveils plan for California mental health courts to help homeless

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a new plan Thursday to help homeless people with mental health and substance abuse disorders.

The Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court would require all California counties to provide free comprehensive treatment to homeless citizens suffering from a list of ailments.

"CARE Court is about meeting people where they are and acting with compassion to support the thousands of Californians living on our streets with severe mental health and substance use disorders," Newsom said at a mental health treatment center in San Jose. "We are taking action to break the pattern that leaves people without hope and cycling repeatedly through homelessness and incarceration."

The will allow community members including family members, first responders and mental health service providers to refer homeless people struggling with disorders to community-based services in an effort to treat people before they are "hospitalized or arrested."

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