Alameda County Agrees To A Settlement Of ADA Violations Case

Alameda County, California has agreed to a proposed comprehensive settlement agreement to settle an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violations case brought by Disability Rights California (DRC) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). In the agreement, announced on November 7, 2023, the County agreed to enhance mobile crisis response, expand specialty services, enhance discharge planning and community engagement, and add peer respite capacity.

Following an investigation that started in 2018, DRC found that Alameda County institutionalized people at a rate 3.5 times higher than the statewide average. Hundreds of Alameda County residents have been institutionalized more than . . .