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A new 988: California’s vision for mental health crisis line plagued by delays

William Melhado I Sacramento Bee

Three years after police killed Miles Hall, a young Black man who was shot in the throes of a mental health crisis blocks from his Walnut Creek home after his family had called emergency services, California lawmakers enacted a bold new vision for how professionals should respond to behavioral health issues. 

UC Santa Cruz partners with UC Davis to launch new Central Coast medical program

UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis are partnering to launch a new program that will train future physicians deeply committed to the health and well-being of Central Coast communities and increase access to care.

Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) was responsible for including $1.5 million in the state budget for the two campuses to establish the UC Programs in Medical Education Central Coast (PRIME Central Coast). The new program, which will...