Can California's CARE Court Can Rid Its Mental Health System of 'No Treatment Until Tragedy'?

Date:  07-14-2022 Governor Newsome proses Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Courtfor cases of people with severe mental health

From Los Angeles Times: SACRAMENTO — Fusako Petrus and a friend were taking their regular early-morning walk around a high school track here five years ago when a stranger came from behind and attacked them. Petrus, 86, tried to fight off the assailant with a cane, but he turned on her, knocking her to the ground, stomping on her head and removing some of her clothing, in what authorities said was an attempted rape. By the end of that day, Petrus was dead, and Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies had a suspect in custody: Neven Butler. Then 18, Butler was also charged in another assault that took place that afternoon, when he allegedly walked into an elderly care facility — where his grandmother and mom worked — and punched a 92-year-old woman in the face, then calmly returned to his mom’s car. Continue reading >>>