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New laws make incremental tweaks to California’s mental health court, while bigger changes nixed
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Sunday designed to help his mental health court reach more vulnerable Californians. But two other bills that would have made much bigger, and more controversial, changes to the program died without ever making it to his desk. […] The post New laws make incremental tweaks to California’s mental health court, while bigger changes nixed appeared first on Redwood City Pulse .
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Sunday designed to help his mental health court reach more vulnerable Californians. But two other bills that would have made much bigger, and more controversial, changes to the program died without ever making it to his desk. […] The post New laws make incremental tweaks to California’s mental health court, while bigger changes nixed appeared first on Redwood City Pulse .
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According to Redwood City Pulse’s source item, New laws make incremental tweaks to California’s mental health court, while bigger changes nixed, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Sunday designed to help his mental health court reach more vulnerable Californians. But two other bills that would have made much bigger, and more controversial, changes to the program died without ever making it to his desk. […] The post New laws make incremental tweaks to California’s mental health court, while bigger changes nixed appeared first on Redwood City Pulse .
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