How is CARE Court going in your county?

Several counties launched their CARE Courts in 2023, and the rest started by December 2024.

Table with most California counties and how many CARE court petitions they've received, dismissed, and turned into agreements or plans.
Notes: * means the county suppressed the number. Most counties provided data through July 2025.
Chart: Erica Yee, CalMattersSource: Data requested from county courts. The following are from county behavioral health because court data was unavailable: Orange (all); San Diego (graduations); Glenn, Monterey, Santa Cruz (agreements, plans), Tuolumne (agreements, plans, graduations), Sonoma (agreements) and Butte (dismissals, agreements, plans). Calaveras, Del Norte, Humboldt and Inyo did not provide data by publication. See full methodology and download data.Embed