A group of civil rights attorneys filed an emergency request in federal court Monday, asking a judge to order the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department to make immediate changes to address serious lapses in care in its jails.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is backing a sweeping proposal to overhaul California’s mental health care system and end homelessness for the sickest people living on our streets.
Legislation sponsored by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would allow courts to order treatment plans for individuals suffering from severe mental health disorders cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday.
The California State Capitol is abuzz with hearings as lawmakers rush to act on high-profile crime and homelessness bills ahead of a key Friday legislative deadline — but when it comes to rebates for skyrocketing gas prices, all’s quiet on the Western front.
Battle lines have emerged in the debate over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s far-reaching and controversial effort to provide court-ordered treatment for homeless individuals with severe mental illness, with Democrats and local government officials divided even though the plan easily cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday.
San Diego police have stopped enforcing the city’s so-called vehicle habitation ordinance amid an ongoing legal challenge. Meanwhile, vehicle homelessness has become increasingly visible.
Six weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a far-reaching effort to push more people into court-ordered treatment for severe mental illness and addiction, homeless advocates are calling it legally misguided and immoral as the proposal’s first public hearing at the state Capitol has been delayed.
State Sen. Susan Eggman called 911 on her way to the Capitol earlier this month because a person was standing in the road pouring water on their head in the middle of the turn lane.
Each year, a greater percentage of students in California qualify for special education. Last year, about 13 percent of students in California's K-12 public schools received individualized services for special needs, up from about 10 percent in the early 2000s.
Life in solitude has become the norm for Mount Helix resident Jillian Parramore as she sought to avoid contracting the coronavirus. For nearly two years, the Disability Rights California board member has stayed at home, aside from the occasional car ride with her wife to run errands...
To make sure her 3-year-old daughter survived the night on her ventilator, Amber Suarez stayed awake for four hours, then woke up her husband to watch Mia for another four hours as the girl dozed.
One in four people in the United States are living with some sort of disability. These may range from vision, hearing, or cognitive, to challenges with mobility, self-care tasks and living.
Days after a state audit said conditions in San Diego County jails are so unsafe that legislation is needed to impose reforms, the Sheriff’s Department is facing new allegations of deficiencies and mismanagement within its jails.
A federal class-action lawsuit has been filed against San Diego County, the county Sheriff’s Department and other agencies following the release of a scathing report showing the area’s inmate jail deaths are among the highest in the state.
