Letters: Santa Clara County courts are longtime leaders on treatment
Published on March 9, 2026.
The article discusses the importance of collaborative courts in Santa Clara County, where the number of persons who actually received a treatment plan is unknown. The article criticizes Gov. Ed Kahl for criticizing the self-enrichment system in California, suggesting that Gov. Gavin Newsom's comparison to Alameda County's CARE Court program indicates a larger scale of the problem. The author argues that California's self-enhancing system is not being perfected, with President Donald Trump's tendency to create distractions out of self-preservation or self-promotion. Bilingualism should be taken more seriously in schools and should be taught in schools, particularly as being bilingual helps students succeed in school and prepares them for the global workforce, and helps communities to connect and understand each other better.
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