hen it rolled out last year in eight counties, CARE Court took aim at one of the state’s most vexing challenges: how to treat people whose illness often makes them believe they are not sick and who, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court program is being launched in Los Angeles County on Friday. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) ...

CARE Court will soon be in session. In about a week, San Diego and six other counties will begin accepting petitions to participate in California’s newest court program. Created under the passage of ...

CARE Court, a state law passed in 2022 that allows a wide range of people to suggest that a loved one or fellow citizen should receive mental health care, has caused many to worry that already ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Two years after Governor Gavin Newsom signed CARE Court into law, preliminary numbers show there's a lot of room to grow. The program is aimed at getting people suffering from ...

As she walked through the glass double doors of the San Francisco Superior Court building on Polk Street, Ann Keith clutched a letter she hoped would save her son. At 35, Connor Keith was homeless, ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court program is being launched in Los Angeles County on Friday. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Gov. Gavin Newsom's mental health program known as CARE Court arrives in ...