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California governor: Lower bar for forced mental health care

by Associated Press
| February 19, 2020 2:05 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California should lower the legal bar for providing forced treatment to the mentally ill and building more homeless shelters, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday in his second State of the State address.

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