It would be interesting to see the numbers, clearly it penciled out for Ms Carrera, otherwise she would not have been in this business. The place looks grim. I wonder where Ms Carrera lives?

"We're going to put forward the case that she wasn't negligent."...good luck with that.

Gabriel Ave. That's the street where I grew up. The people from that home were always quite friendly and nice but scruffy looking. In the late 80's and 90's, they were all veterans originating out of the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital. Recently, I observed an all male clientele, early 50's to 60's, disheveled looking, walking (sometimes barefoot) to nearby stores for a soda. There was never a problem. In fact, the mentally-abled on Gabriel Ave had more issues than this group of neighborly people.

Second, "All residents were relocated to other certified facilities or to the care of their families" may or may not be true because 1) other facilities are already overcrowded and 2) families were not able to take care of them in the first place which is why the disabled ended up at the group home.

In a very tight housing market, our system of yanking licenses is totally out-dated. In the article, the owner "was not taking swift enough action" could have been followed up with help and assistance from government organizations as in, how can we assist to correct these problems. Furthermore, "56 violations” (not to be ignored) is still better than putting these vets out on the street or in jails. There are many homeless vets today. Now the money is used up on $400+ an hour attorneys. New beds could have been purchased, walls ripped out to eradicate mold and new sewer pipes could have been installed cheaper than the rate of regaining a license.

Being the brother of a mentally disabled adult, I would have to agree with Mrs. Carerra and her attorneys that there are persistent, "systemic problems and poor public financing in the mental health field.” California Regional Centers and Abilities United in Palo Alto would be happy to back up my claim that the mental health system is held together by frayed threads and broken bank-aids. I believe the government leaders need to be held accountable for not taking swift enough action to address our growing mental health crisis in California. I hope drastic improvements are made and Mrs. Carerra gets her license back.

In this article, "All of the residents were relocated to other certified facilities" is questionable when in fact, Friday at 3pm, the San Jose Mercury News published an article stating that there is no space available. Quote: "A judge had wanted him (Michael Tyree) sent to a mental health facility, but since no space was available it was deemed he was safer in jail than the streets"

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Chief Operating Officer Gary said, "There's high demand for mental health and substance abuse facilities but not only is it hard for community organizations to find space for such uses, it's difficult to recruit and keep staff -- a problem hardly unique to Santa Clara County."

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Stephen Manley said: "That at any given time, there are 90 to 160 people in jail who should be released to community programs, but there just isn't anywhere for them to go."

Kathy Forward, a committee member who is director of the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness said: "The system is sicker than the people in it."

So please tell me, where did these people go?

Where did the clients go? I did my own research. I had no idea this info existed! According to the DSS site:

Feb. 06, 2016

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"R-1 moved out yesterday by his Social Worker to an unlicensed facility home in San Jose (name and location unknown); R-2 moved-out on 02/04/2016 to Momentum for Mental Health (Crisis) in San Jose, and R-3 is expected to leave the facility to another facility in Hollister by 02/10/2016."

Feb. 08, 2016 report:

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"Representatives from the Santa Clara County Public Guardians Office, San Mateo County Public Guardians Office, Veteran's Affairs, Santa Clara County Adult Protective Services, San Mateo County Behavioral Health, and the City of Mountain View were on site engaging with residents and assisting with the relocation efforts."
Veteran's Affairs? So there were veterans living in this facility.

January 30th, 2016 Firearm discovered

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To prove that some will eventually end up homeless, R-2 moved-out on 02/04/2016 to Momentum for Mental Health (Crisis) in San Jose and Momentum only offers a 6 month stay policy Web Link

I'm also tired of seeing so many homeless people on a daily basis. So where did the other 12 clients go?