Here are today’s headlines:
- California has taken on a grand experiment when it comes to its CARE Courts–a judicial approach to getting people struggling with severe mental health issues into treatment programs. The law, which went into effect statewide last December, empowers judges to mandate that a person with mounting mental health problems undergo treatment, whether the person consents or not. Orange County is taking a different approach, however–with something called “relentless outreach” in getting mental health treatment to those that need it the most.
- Lawmakers in Sacramento have proposed a bill that would prohibit online video streaming services, like Netflix and Amazon, from making their advertisements louder than the programs their viewers have subscribed to watch–and it has bipartisan support.
“Relentless Outreach” is Key to Orange County’s CARE Court Strategy
Giovanni Figueroa put 30,000 miles on his car last year, roaming the streets of Orange County, trying to determine who might be one of his missing clients with schizophrenia.
Figueroa is among the first to work for California’s brand new CARE Courts. While the 2022 law gives judges authority to force people into treatment, Orange County decided early on that its program would be utterly voluntary, leaning on the tenets of relentless outreach to coax, rather than coerce, people into care.
New Bill Targets Streaming Ads That Ring Out Louder Than Shows
