Research and Publications

Quarter Turn Strategies | The Lost Legal Pathway to Mental Health Care: Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5200 by Ann Marie Council, JD, Aaron Meyer MD, Anne Jenson BS, and Jordan Lowery JD | Feb. 20, 2026

California League of Cities | CARE Court: Can California Cities Make it Work? by Ann Marie Council, JD, Arvinder Kaur JD, Jordan Lowery JD, and Aaron Meyer MD | May 9, 2025

Western City Magazine | CARE Court isn’t working as expected. What can cities do to strengthen it? by Aaron Meyer MD, and Ann Marie Council, JD | Feb. 20, 2026

Media Articles

Los Angeles Times | An answer hiding in plain sight by Steve Lopez | February 21, 2026

The Steinberg Institute | InFocus Monthly Highlights | February 2026

San Diego Union-Tribune | A little-known law can help people who slip through the cracks, but San Diego won’t use it, by Paul Sisson and Kelly Davis | March 22, 2026

San Diego Union-Tribune | ‘The status quo isn’t acceptable’: How a San Diego lawmaker aims to help the hardest-to-reach people with mental illness, by Paul Sisson and Kelly Davis | March 29, 2026

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