One of Gov. Gavin Newsom 's marquee mental health programs may broaden its reach despite persistent questions about the number of people it’s helping and whether it’s achieving the goals he set out for it when it launched .

Newsom on Friday signed a law that expands eligibility for CARE Court to include people who experience psychotic symptoms as a result of bipolar disorder. Under the law’s previous constraints, only people with schizophrenia and other limited psychotic disorders were eligible.

Newsom in a written statement called the law and its expansion an important part of his administration’s efforts to bring people with serious mental illness into treatment.

“California doesn’t sit on the sidelines while people fall through the cracks,” he said. “We don’t stand by while peop

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