Learn about SB 1016

• California Legislative Information | SB 1016 Bill Language

• California State Senate| How to Submit Position Letter

• Contact your California Representatives | Find your Senator or Assemblymember

• California State Senate Media Archive | Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on SB 1016 | With testimony by Aaron Meyer MD and Ann Marie Council JD | April 21, 2026 at minute 40.25

• San Diego Union-Tribune | Blakespear’s Bill to help the seriously mentally ill passes first hurdle by Paul Sisson | April 22, 2026

• CalMatters | Plans to fix gaps in Newsom’s mental health court reopen divisions over involuntary care by Marisa Kendall | April 27, 2026

Academic Articles

Quarter Turn Strategies LLC | 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