Vision 2030 Solution Symposium
Join a powerful community of leaders ready to shape what’s next in behavioral health.
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What is the Vision 2030 Solution Symposium?
Hosted by the Steinberg Institute, California’s leading force in behavioral health policy and advocacy, the Vision 2030 Solution Symposium is where the most influential visionaries, changemakers, and advocates convene to discuss how to transform California’s behavioral health systems of care.
Held in Sacramento, the symposium is a powerful demonstration of leaders across sectors working together to drive real, systemic change. Join us to connect with hundreds of leaders across the behavioral health sector and help shape the next chapter of mental health and substance use care.
Insights from the second annual Vision 2030 Solution Symposium
Strategies for Advancing California Behavioral Health Reform
2026 panels
Our second annual symposium panels centered on the areas where the stakes are greatest: homelessness, parity enforcement, crisis response, and the criminalization of substance use.
Protecting California’s Progress: Advancing Reform Amid Uncertainty
Featuring
Susan Talamantes Eggman, Former State Senator and BHSA Author
Dr. Mark Ghaly, Former Secretary of California Health & Human Services
Aligning Systems for Impact: Policy, Provider, and Payer Perspectives on Behavioral Health Reform
Moderated by Kana Enomoto
Director of Brain Health at the McKinsey Health Institute
Modern Systems for a Strained Workforce: Technology, Access, and the Next Era of Behavioral Health
Moderated by Andrew Barr
Founding Partner at GreyMatter
From Incarceration to Care: Decriminalizing and Caring for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders
Moderated by Karen Larsen, LMFT
Chief Executive Officer of the Steinberg Institute
Breaking the Cycle: Strategies to Reduce Homelessness, Incarceration, and Hospitalization
Moderated by Margot Kushel, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division Chief, UCSF Division of Health and Society, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Redefining Response: Building a Safe and Effective Crisis Response System
Moderated by Tara Gamboa-Eastman
Director of Government Affairs at the Steinberg Institute
Highlights from our 2026 Solution Symposium
Key takeaways
Our blog highlights the biggest themes that emerged from the Symposium: the challenges, opportunities, and strategies to building an accessible, effective system for every Californian.
Panel recordings
Panels included roundtable discussions on how to achieve our Vision 2030 goals to build a robust behavioral health workforce, expand access to care, and dramatically reduce hospitalization, homelessness, and incarceration among those living with behavioral health conditions.
2026 SPONSORS & PARTNERS
We hope, and expect, that the Steinberg Institute's Vision 2030 approach — bringing together research, data analysis, and pushing our system further — is not just going to benefit those who pay close attention, but all Californians wherever they are.
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What is Vision 2030?
In 2023 we launched Vision 2030 to address these challenges by aligning policy, implementation, and accountability to transform our system and improve outcomes for Californians with significant behavioral health challenges.
Vision 2030 is our plan to come armed with information, ready to rally resources where they are needed, and ultimately have care systems in this state that are rising to the challenge and helping people. We’ll challenge assumptions, ensure transparency and provide recommendations based on solid data to fix what’s broken and rapidly scale what’s working.
Vision 2030 Goals
Build Our Workforce
Modernize and strengthen California’s behavioral health workforce to meet the diverse needs of the entire state.
Reduce Homelessness
Reduce the number of unhoused people with mental illness or substance use disorders by half.
Reduce Incarceration
Reduce the number of people with mental illness entering our criminal justice system by half.
Reduce Hospitalization
Reduce the number of people entering hospital emergency departments due to behavioral health crises by half.