Alex Barnard

assistant professor of sociology at New York University

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Gov. Newsom’s CARE Court would give judges more power to push people struggling with addiction and severe mental illness into court-ordered care.

Newsom wants to force unhoused mentally ill people into treatment. What could that look like?

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