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California replaces indefinite commitment with time limits
California’s 1967 law replaced indefinite commitment with a sequence of time-limited holds and conservatorship. It became operative in 1969, when amendments also added counsel at certification.
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What the record says
California case and incident register · Batch 1
- Date
- 1967–1969
- People / institutions
- Legislature; Gov. Reagan
- Mechanism
- Statute (Stats. 1967, ch. 1667; 1968 chs. 1170, 1199, 1374; 1969 ch. 722)
- Allegation
- —
- Finding or outcome
- Ends indeterminate commitment; creates 72-hour / 14-day / conservatorship ladder; 1969 adds counsel on certification
- Open questions
- Wikipedia dates "full effect" to 1972 — reconcile with Thorn's "operative July 1, 1969" (likely phased county implementation)
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1967-CA-LPS-ENACTED