Originally published by CalMatters, March 31, 2021 Read the original story here By Taun Hall, Special to CalMatters MARCH 31, 2021 IN SUMMARY Assembly Bill 988 would lay the groundwork for a 988 mental health crisis hotline, […]
Dear friends and supporters, As we move into 2021 and approach the start of spring, it feels like there are at last some reasons for hope and optimism. That knowledge fuels our determination to create policies that […]
We’re very happy to have entered a new year and a new political climate with so much more hope on the horizon. We’re also resolved to keep pushing for change, and to make mental health justice and […]
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release February 18, 2021 Contacts: Tara Gamboa-Eastman, Steinberg Institute: tara@steinberginstitute.org, 916-580-2089 Jordan Curley, Office of Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan: Jordan.Curley@asm.ca.gov, 916-319-2016 Landmark Legislation Will Transform California’s Response to Mental Health Crises Legislation introduced today will […]
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release February 17, 2021 Jen Kwart, jennifer.kwart@asm.ca.gov, 714.749.2001 Assemblymember Chiu Introduces Bill to Create a Legal Obligation to Reduce Homelessness in California Legislation would create a statewide homelessness strategy and ensure governments take steps […]
Originally published by Capitol Weekly, September 3, 2020 by Sigrid Bathen Read the original story here When Darrell Steinberg first ran for the state Assembly in 1998, he made mental health the bedrock of his legislative agenda. […]
Originally published by Capitol Weekly, September 3, 2020 by Sigrid Bathen Read the original story here Landmark legislation to improve California’s notoriously fractured mental-health system has been passed and sent to the governor in the waning days […]
A package of mental health-related bills that passed the California legislature this week and headed to the desk of Governor Gavin Newsom will – if the governor signs them — create the most sweeping set of changes […]
