Taken along with today’s signature of the involuntary confinement law, Senate Bill 43, the moment marks a significant departure from the decades in which the civil liberty protections for Californians with mental illness seemed virtually untouchable because of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature mental health policies allow the involuntary treatment of more Californians with severe mental illnesses. Some fear the new laws will infringe on the civil liberties of people confined against their will.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced he signed the first of a series of bills that aim to transform California’s mental health system. Depending on who you ask, this transformation
Nevada County was recently honored for its role in creating the Disaster Livestock Access Program which helps ranchers safely evacuate their livestock in the event of a wildfire.