No more excuses: San Francisco, Santa Clara among counties on Newsom’s ‘CARE ICU’ list

FRUSTRATED BY THE SLOW ADOPTION of one of his signature efforts to get Californians with severe mental illness off the streets, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday threatened to take funding from counties he said aren’t doing enough.

Newsom called out 10 counties that he said are underperforming when it comes to CARE Court — a program he launched in 2023 that uses the courts to get people into mental health treatment. Counties that “haven’t gotten it done” in his view are: Los Angeles, Orange, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Bernardino, Kern, Riverside, Yolo, Monterey and Fresno.