HAYWARD, Calif. (CN) — The problems stemming from substance abuse and mental health issues aren’t far from the office of Judge Sandra Bean.
The Alameda County Superior Court judge sees the unhoused people near the courthouse. As the judge overseeing her county’s Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court program, she knows it can take 20 or 30 visits before some of them will accept assistance.
“They don’t trust when you come and offer them things,” she said. “They’re understandably suspicious.”…