Santa Clara County leaders are supporting a proposal to simplify access to a community-led mental health response team and help a growing population of people who experience psychiatric emergencies but fear that police will be sent out to them.
Drawing on this news organization's two-year investigation into police force on people with mental health problems, community advocates and a Santa Clara County supervisor are looking to streamline public access to a community-led response program.
Santa Clara County is eliminating hybrid committee meetings in favor of an in-person only format, which residents said could reduce community engagement.