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b'Governor Newsom and the state legislator recently enacted CARE Court to help address chronic homelessness and mental health problems. But reformers believe that the program, while well intentioned, will exacerbate rather than solve existing problems.\\n\\nCriticisms range from the compulsive nature of the treatment to the lack of new money put into mental health treatment \\u2013 a system stretch way too thin.\\n\\nJoining Everyday Injustice is Karen Chien to discuss what she and others see as the problems and shortcoming of CARE Court.\\n\\nKara Chien has worked as a Deputy Public Defender since 1989 and has led the San Francisco Public Defender\\u2019s Mental Health Unit since 2007.\\n\\nShe and her team advocate against criminalizing individuals with mental illness, representing clients with developmental disabilities and chronic and severe mental illness in both civil and criminal court.'