Knies on Monday spoke out in favor of supervisors implementing Laura s Law, also known as Assisted Outpatient Treatment, or AOT.
If supervisors decide to opt in, court judges would have the power to compel residents into mental health treatment if they fail to stick to voluntary programs and have landed in jail or the hospital multiple times as a result of mental illness. One of the challenges is that often the mentally ill cannot advocate for themselves to get treatment or stay in treatment, said Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, who supports the county opting in. Laura s Law is one of the many tools we have.
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At one time, Santa Clara County desperately needed more COVID-19 vaccine shots. But when hundreds of thousands of extra doses recently arrived from the federal government, county officials now say that they have more than it’s administering.
“We have this precious amount of vaccine that other parts of the world don’t have and we need to use it and we need to protect ourselves to help with the whole global approach,” said Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Officer for Santa Clara County.
South Bay congressman Ro Khanna said other countries including India and Brazil could use some of the U.S. surplus vaccine. He wants the U.S. to send more supplies.
Santa Clara County leaders calling for more teens to get vaccinated
KTVU s Ann Rubin reports.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Leaders in Santa Clara County are concerned that demand for the COVID vaccine has decreased over the last week and not enough young people are signing up.
Officials are now waging an information campaign and enlisting youth to help.
In Santa Clara County young people have the lowest rate of vaccination, and also the highest rate of COVID infection. County officials say that needs to change.
Getting the vaccine wasn t a hard decision for Overfelt High School senior Andrea Hernandez. It was actually really straightforward for me. I didn t really have any second thoughts about whether or not I should get it, Hernandez said.