The Homelessness Imperative

Earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new initiative focused on addressing the housing insecure population with mental illness and substance use disorder (see California Governor Proposes CARE Court—Court-Ordered Treatment Services To Intervene In Homelessness). But the focus of the announcement was not a surprise—and will likely be a repeated theme in other states.

Governor Newsom unveiled the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court, a new framework to provide individuals with mental health and substance use disorders new services who are unhoused and living on city streets (see California CARE Court Fact Sheet). His . . .