SAN JOSE, Calif.—Amid California’s homeless crisis, some residents suffering from severe mental health and substance use disorder might be forced to receive care by court order under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new proposal announced on March 3. Newsom unveiled a plan on Thursday to combat homelessness and mental illness by proposing court-ordered care focused on housing and medical services. “We’ve done a deep analysis of what’s working [and] what’s not working in our care system,” Newsom said at a San Jose press conference. The proposed Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court, seeks to prevent homelessness and get homeless individuals off the streets and into housing and mental health treatment for up to 24 months. The court-ordered program would speed up the process of providing care to ensure homelessness is alleviated at a quicker rate. According to California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly, an individual experiencing a mental …