Posted on 09/20/2023 8:47:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Under the new system, family members and first responders can ask county judges to order people with psychotic illness into treatment, even if they are not unhoused or haven't committed a crime.
A judge will then determine if a person meets criteria for the program and may oversee a care agreement or compel a treatment plan. That treatment plan could even include involuntary commitment.
The bill creating the program sailed through the state legislature with near-unanimous support last year amid growing frustration from voters over the state's increasing number of homeless people, even as it drew vehement opposition from disability rights groups, who argued CARE Courts' hallmark — compelling people who have done nothing wrong into mental health care — is a violation of civil rights.
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Orange County is expecting between 900 and 1,500 residents will be eligible for CARE Court in any given year, according to the county public defender's office.
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Orange County behavioral health director Veronica Kelley is sympathetic to advocates' concerns.
Kelley is trying to shape the new court process into something its critics can accept.
This means social workers from her behavioral health department or the public defender's office might visit people 20, 30, or 40 times to build trust, listen, and set goals.
(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...
They now have an unconstitutional tool to get rid of those that they don’t like.
Just bring back vagrancy laws and problem solved, but methinks this will be used as a backdoor to lock up “anti-social” thought criminals ...
Just bring back vagrancy laws and problem solved, but methinks this will be used as a backdoor to lock up “anti-social” thought criminals ...
Just bring back vagrancy laws and problem solved, but methinks this will be used as a backdoor to lock up “anti-social” thought criminals ...
Just bring back vagrancy laws and problem solved, but methinks this will be used as a backdoor to lock up “anti-social” thought criminals ...
Communism increases exponentially
Everyone in the State needs mental health care. Should be interesting.
Dad watches Fox News and has a Trump sign in his yard. We need to have him committed
Well, they are “judges” for cryin’ out loud.
except for troonys...
I’m curious to see how it goes.
Too many mentally ill adults harming people and they need to be off the streets before they harm.
Family members can do nothing. Police can do nothing.
Very interesting, the homeless arose from the bill that JFK signed in 1963 that emptied the mental hospitals.
Now that we are a feminized leftist nation I wonder how this will be handled.
Don’t think we should chop off your child’s body parts because he once played with a Barbie? Why that is just CRAZY! off to the asylum with you!
My brother was the CEO of a mental health organization. One of his patient turned out to be a victim of Jeffrey Damier. Kid was off his meds and there was nothing they could do to admit him into care.
Started slamfiring on ya....
If they have committed no crimes the government should have absolutely NO ability to impact their choices and lives.
I am actually huge proponent of increasing mental health support, even the the the need for bringing back institutions for those with mental health issues.
I am also very aware how easily this can and will be abused and misused against the citizenry. Unless someone can be shown to be a serious risk to the population on legal / criminal grounds we much ensure the government cannot do anything.
I can’t get residential care for my 32 year old mentally ill son (caused by smoking marijuana) because of his civil rights. He is not homeless because my ex and I pay his bills. No help from SS or anything else. He can’t live with any of us because he is too threatening and disruptive.
Gulags next.
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