Editorial: Answers Needed To Explain Why Patients Were Left at Closed Long-Term Care Facility

A San Jose Mercury News editorial argues that the state Department of Social Services must explain how Valley Springs Manor left 19 residents behind after it was shut down by the department and why the public should trust that such an incident will not happen again. The authors wrote, "The department is said to be reviewing internal procedures, but from the paper record available so far, this looks less like a breakdown in procedure than an utter failure of common sense."

• "Mercury News Editorial: State Abandoned Residents of Care Facility" (San Jose Mercury News, 11/13).