A coalition of civil and disability rights organizations filed a petition for writ of mandate that challenges the constitutional validity of Gov. Newsom’s CARE Court
– depending on who you ask – individuals with severe mental illness to access treatment, medication and housing. It is geared toward people with untreated schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychotic disorders and seeks to prevent them from returning to, or winding up, behind bars or on the streets.
The coalition says the CARE Act was passed too quickly, without adequate stakeholder consultation, and worries that the program will disproportionately impact people of color who make up the majority of the state’s homeless. Dr. Brain Benjamin talks with Brian Case, 42, at his assisted living home in Santa Monica, CA Wednesday, January 25, 2023. Dr. Benjamin, a psychiatrist, works with People Concern Street outreach team delivering medicine and mental health care to unhoused individuals in Santa Monica.
“It is profoundly inhumane to allow people to suffer mental illness and die on our streets,” said Bass in a Jan. 13 statement. “We will lock arms with Los Angeles County, building CARE Courts and expanding mental health and substance abuse programs to help Angelenos get well while respecting all civil liberties.”
Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles speaks with a homeless woman in Alexandria Park North Hollywood, CA, during the first night of the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, Tuesday, Jan 24, 2023.
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