Read this story in English. Hace tres años, los líderes de California aprobaron una legislación que prometía la expansión más espectacular de la cobertura de atención de salud mental y adicciones en décadas. Mientras los residentes del estado luchaban contra el estrés y el trauma de una pandemia devastadora y una temporada récord de incendios forestales, los […]

Author Archives: Jocelyn Wiener
Jocelyn Wiener writes about health and mental health for CalMatters, exploring the intersection between government policies and people’s lives. She has worked as a reporter in her native California for close to two decades. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, Kaiser Health News, the San Francisco Chronicle and many other state and national publications.
After graduating from Stanford University, she received a Fulbright Scholarship to spend a year and a half working with young people living on the streets of El Salvador. She earned a master’s degree at Columbia University’s School of Journalism, and reported on poverty and homelessness for The Sacramento Bee. She has worked as a freelance journalist in Central and South America and India, as well as in California.