Gov. Newsom is proposing a plan to offer more services to homeless people with severe mental health and addiction disorders even if that means forcing some into care.
SANTA CLARA CO., Calif. -- California's governor proposed a plan Thursday to offer more services to homeless people with severe mental health and addiction disorders even if that means forcing some into care, a move that many advocates of homeless people oppose as a violation of civil rights.
"One of the most heartbreaking, heart-wrenching and yet curable challenges that we face ... is how do we serve the needs of individuals who are the sickest of the sick?" said Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, at a news briefing in advance of a press conference by Newsom.
Newsom has made homelessness and housing a focus of his administration. Last year, the Legislature approved $12 billion for new housing and treatment beds for the homeless and this year Newsom has proposed an additional $2 billion, primarily to shelter people suffering from psychosis and behavioral health disorders.
Currently, Laura's Law in California allows for court-ordered outpatient treatment in certain conditions, but officials said it's only been used for about 200 people in a state of nearly 40 million. Counties can also opt of the program.
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