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New California law aims to force people with addiction or mental illness to get help

More Californians with mental illness and addiction issues that are untreated could be detained against their will and forced into treatment under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. It's a move to help overhaul the state's mental health system and address its growing homelessness crisis.
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