State Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman heads the Senate's health committee, where she will focus on expanding mental health services and moving homeless people into housing and treatment.
Eggman said the CARE Court initiative seeks to strike a balance between civil rights and public health. She said she believes people should be in the least restrictive environment necessary for care, but that when someone is a danger to themselves or the community there needs to be an option to hold them against their will. A Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll released in October foundSen.
But it will be hard to show quick results. The measure will unroll in phases, with the first seven counties — Glenn, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Stanislaus and Tuolumne — set to launch their efforts in October. The remaining 51 counties are set to launch in 2024. County governments remain concerned about a steady and sufficient flow of funding to cover the costs of treatment and housing inherent in the plan.in seed money for counties to set up local CARE Courts, but the state hasn’t specified how much money will flow to counties to keep them running, said Jacqueline Wong-Hernandez, deputy executive director of legislative affairs at the California State Assn. of Counties.
Robin Kennedy is a professor emerita of social work at Sacramento State, where Eggman taught social work before being elected to the Assembly. Kennedy described Eggman as someone guided by data, a listener attuned to the needs of caregivers and a leader willing to do difficult things. The two have known each other since Eggman began teaching in 2002.
“Most of us, when we become faculty members, we just want to do our research and teach,” Kennedy said. “Susan had only been there for two or three years, and she was taking on leadership roles.”
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