Mental Health

CalMatters and CatchLight are partnering on a three-year initiative to tell powerful stories about mental health in California. We’ll spotlight solutions, personal stories, investigate systems, and bring greater awareness to this historically stigmatized topic. This initiative is supported by:

Enlight Foundation
California Health Care Foundation
Flourish Impact Fund
Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Foundation
Resonance Philanthropies
Sarlo Family Foundation
Sand Hill Foundation
Stuart Foundation

Lights off on top of police car. Photo by ChiccoDodiFC, istockphotos.com

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Newsom signs landmark police use-of-force bill

Under the new law, which takes effect January 1, police may use deadly force only when “necessary in defense of human life.”

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Dan Morain

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Laurel Rosenhall

• 8월 19, 2019

중요한 것은 무엇인가

Trying to help mentally ill jail inmates, trying to quit cars, and the $3 billion cash crop

Legislator wants money for mentally ill inmates. California looks for new ways to get people out of cars. State leads the way in super commutes.

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Dan Morain

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Barbara Harvey

• 8월 16, 2019

where John Lam, the 33-year-old brother-in-law of Speaker Anthony Rendon, awaits his parole hearing for a murder he took part in as a teen.

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Ethnic studies pause, prison issues, Elizabeth Warren’s California foray, and the West Hollywood dream

Ethnic studies plan hits roadblock. Federal class-action suit against California prisons drags on. Family reaches settlement in prison suicide.

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Dan Morain

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Barbara Harvey

• 8월 15, 2019

중요한 것은 무엇인가

Blowback on ethnic studies, mental illness, fighting to save forests, and cannabis

A look at mental illness through the lens of families. New ethnic studies curriculum met with criticism. Jerry Brown's school funding formula is graded.

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Dan Morain

• 8월 9, 2019

Mental Health

Watch: How California’s mental health system fails people, families

As more Americans seek help for symptoms of mental illness, the healthcare industry can’t keep pace with demand. In California, the largest de facto mental institution is now the Los Angeles County jail. All too often, the criminal justice system is the first stop toward getting long-term care. A few decades ago, fewer than half […]

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Byrhonda Lyons

• 8월 8, 2019

An elephant sitting in a hammock on the beach and look at sea.

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Gas taxes, crisis beds, a gun tax, a Reagan remembrance, a GOP loss, and CCPOA’s $2 million headache

California leads the way in gas taxes. Cut in Sonoma County crisis beds alarms law enforcement. Regan son-in-law urges perspective on racist comment.

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Dan Morain

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Barbara Harvey

• 8월 5, 2019

중요한 것은 무엇인가

Homelessness from San Francisco to Orange County, and window into these times

San Francisco's homeless woes draw more scrutiny, as homeless numbers swell in Orange County. Santa Clara's homeless find a place to pick up their mail.

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Dan Morain

그리고

Barbara Harvey

• 8월 1, 2019

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Postpartum mental illness: The health crisis no expectant mother expects

California has become a national model for maternal health improvement. But less attention has been paid to new mothers' postpartum mental health.

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Barbara Harvey

• 7월 31, 2019

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Newsom’s fire plan, lack of mental health leadership, a transgender barrier to fall

Newsom eyes package to address wildfires crisis. Mental health services vary widely by county. Legislation focuses on school records for transgender alumi.

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Dan Morain

• 6월 24, 2019

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Vaccines, soda, mental illness and an ice cream man-candidate

Vaccination fight heats up in Legislature. Efforts to curb soda use fall flat. San Diego DA calls for mental health reform

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Dan Morain

• 5월 23, 2019