" said Kevin Baker, director of government relations for ACLU California, in an email. He said homeless is caused by skyrocketing housing costs "and we won’t solve homelessness, mental health, or substance abuse problems by locking people up and drugging them against their will."...
Right now,homelesspeople with severe mental health disorders bounce from the streets to jails and hospitals. They can be held against their will at a psychiatric hospital for up to three days. But they must be released if they promise to take medication and follow up with other services. The...
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Kelsey Jukam (CN) — It’s official: California voters have approved Proposition 1, a ballot measure aimed at boosting mental health resources and addressing the state’s homelessness crisis. The Associated Press called the razor-thin race Wednesday night, more than two weeks after voters went t...
California proposition 1, also known as the Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure, offers voters a chance to shape the state's approach to mental health and homelessness. It aims to expand access to mental health addiction treatment, create supportive ...
California's public systems play a key role in the effort to end youth homelessness. Many youth who experience homelessness or who are at-risk of homelessness are at some point in contact with these systems (e.g. child welfare, mental health, corrections, benefits programs, etc.). ...
to the most desperate among us. Some of these people live outside nearly year round, and may have been for years. My church also supports an initiative called the “Welcome Home Collaborative” which helps them get into free private apartments, and offers services for mental health and dr...
“Seeking Shelter,” is no saint. She makes questionable decisions that skirt the law and potentially endanger her children. But both her fortitude and her motives seem heroic. In Hobbs’ telling, Evelyn is less a victim of a society that countenances widespread homelessness than a survivor...
The Governor's Office laid out the framework for his speech and said he would be focusing on issues like homelessness, mental health, and public safety. The 2024 State of the State address will be posted tothe governor's YouTube channelat 10 a.m. on June 25....
His plan to end California’s homelessness problem is to force the state’s unhoused population to receive mental health and addiction treatment before being provided housing. Kevin Faulconer: The former San Diego mayor has the experience of being elected to lead a Democratic-majority city as a...