Hey Human Rights Warriors, 
On August 11th, Newsom's "Care" Act passed out of the Appropriations Committee. The bill was amended on the 15th and will be scheduled for a floor vote any time between August 17th and 31st. We expect that it will pass as it has through all of the other committees it was referred to, almost unanimously, and we are mobilizing local and state-wide opposition and working to spread the word to people about what the real dangers of this proposal are! Check out the rest of the newsletter for more information about what's moving and how to get involved.
Statewide opposition
Sacramento, CA. Open Letter to Governor Newsom re:...

Dear Allies, Thank you to everyone who signed the open letter to Governor Newsom urging him to reconsider his CARE Court proposal. There were over 500 signatories! Yesterday, Disability Rights California staff along with other disability and...

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Local Organizing #NoCARECourt
Local groups in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles are organizing teach-ins to inform community members about the potential impacts of this legislation and what ongoing organizing efforts exist to stop it.
#NoCARECourt KPFK Lawyers Guild Show "CARE" court Wed....

Tune in Wed., Aug. 17 from 2-3pm on KPFK 90.7 FM for this week's edition of the Lawyers Guild Show. First, Paul Boden & Kath Rogers will talk about the State's latest effort to criminalize mental illness, aka "CARE" court. Then, Services Not...

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San Francisco Say NO to CARE Court! Teach In & Direct Action

Join us for a teach in and direct action to say no to care court August 18 at 11AM

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Resolution
While we all most continue the fight at the State level, a clear pattern has shown that eventual passage is highly likely….Groups have been making plans to ensure that regardless of what happens in Sacramento, we are prepared to continue the fight to ensure this crap does not actually get implemented.

Local Town Halls, Direct Action, Kick Ass artwork and local Resolutions City’s and County’s can pass to put on record “We will “NOT” implement this unfunded State Mandate to harm and oppress our community”

The fight ain’t over till WE stop fighting,,,, and that ain’t gonna happen!!!

Use this template resolution to push county supervisors to refuse to implement CARE Courts at the local level! Reach out wrap@wraphome.org
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Forced Treatment Isn’t What Unhoused People Need
I remember how my heart pounded as I drove cross-country to Los Angeles in the fall of 2019. I was anxious about whether I could start again and leave behind a string of traumas, including a forced hospitalization in New York.

The violations that I saw in that hospital plague the behavioral health system. My ward held mostly unhoused people. After a drive-through-style clinical assessment that lasted only 20 minutes, the staff pressured me to accept injections of a powerful anti-psychotic drug, without fully informing me of alternatives and side effects.
LA TIMES Editorial: The false promise of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE courts
It’s only natural to scour Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed CARE Courts plan for enough redeeming features to make it worthwhile. Californians are desperate for solutions to help people struggling with debilitating mental illness because the state has failed utterly to provide sufficient mental health care. Cities have tried criminalizing the homelessness that can be a result of severe mental illness, and some lawmakers have tried to more easily compel mentally ill people into treatment — anything but make the necessary investment in housing, treatment and care.
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