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KTVU: New California law aims to force people with mental illness or addiction to get help (video)

By TRÂN NGUYỄN | Published October 11, 2023 5:12AM SACRAMENTO, Calif. - More Californians with untreated mental illness and addiction...

Pleasanton Weekly: Ashland nurse, former state candidate Esteen running for Alameda County sup

Says her main priorities include housing, health care, job security, social justice Wed, Aug 2, 2023 — Increased health care and housing...

Ebony: Tips for preserving your family's well-being from a mental health advocate who is on a...

During this unprecedented time, while we are being bombarded with images of tragedy, racism and an on-going pandemic, it’s quite common...

SF Examiner: Conservatorships: Can the CARE Court actually provide care?

We are both health care professionals with decades of experience caring for people with mental illness, substance use disorders and...

SF Chronicle: San Francisco to add 400 beds for mental health and addiction treatment

San Francisco is adding 400 mental health and addiction treatment beds — an 18% jump in capacity — as the city tries to expand help for...

48 Hills: Teachers, nurses, students rally for Prop. 15

On Monday, a coalition of roughly 30 teachers, nurses, and parents gathered outside of the Bank of America building at 555 California...

SF Chronicle: Defund the police? Debate rages at SF General Hospital over use of sheriff’s deputies

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is rethinking its two-decades-long relationship with the Sheriff’s Department guarding its...

The Guardian: 'A slap in the face': how racial bias dogs US coronavirus response at every level...

Early this year, Jennifer Esteen noticed a sudden shift in personnel and supply priorities for medical facilities in the communities...

Mission Local: More than a dozen chronic mentally ill residents in limbo, as South Van Ness Manor...

A 21-room board-and-care facility housed in a gargantuan Victorian home on South Van Ness Avenue is stated to close its doors Nov. 30,...

Mission Local: Nurses, mental health workers storm Health Commission meeting, shut it down

You can say this about the nurses staffing the imperiled Adult Rehabilitation Facility on the campus of San Francisco General Hospital:...

Mission Local: Fiasco: Behind the mayor and Department of Public Health’s alarming decision to...

Nostalgic readers of a certain age may find themselves grinning at the mention of a long-ago recurring bit in Sesame Street in which a...

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