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We are working to address California’s addiction crisis by expanding access to evidence-based treatment. We focus on integrating treatment into primary care, strengthening the behavioral health workforce, and reforming payment systems to sustain high-quality care.

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    Santa Cruz Sobering Center Benefits Patients and County Justice System

    County residents support this low-barrier entry point to substance use treatment and mental health care.

    November 20, 2024
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    Substance Use Disorder in California — a Focused Landscape Analysis

    August 27, 2024
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    Managing California’s Behavioral Health System: County Contracting Strategies

    October 21, 2024
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    California Pays Meth Users to Get Sober

    June 13, 2024
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    Recent graduates of the PEDAL program with their certificates. Photo: Courtesy of UCSF

    Promotor Training Seeks to Improve Outcomes for Latinos/x With Substance Use Disorder

    August 26, 2024
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    Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: Behavioral Health

    This fact sheet draws from a major research project and examines the experiences of Californians with behavioral health conditions. Participants shared the need for integrated care with fewer eligibility requirements and the importance of care managers with lived experience, especially early in the treatment process.

    September 22, 2025
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    Listening to Californians with Complex Needs

    Learn about the first-hand experiences of Californians with complex health and social needs as they seek care. Read the full report and its fact sheets from EVITARUS.

    September 22, 2025
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    Four people standing in front of the Skid Row Care Campus in Los Angeles, a plave where people expriencing homelessness can get health care , find a place to rest, charge their phones, grab some food, or even get connected with housing.
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    In a Nation Growing Hostile Toward Drugs and Homelessness, Los Angeles Tries Leniency

    As they contend with a homeless population estimated around 75,000, LA County leaders embrace harm reduction, a range of more lenient strategies that can include helping people more safely use drugs.

    July 21, 2025
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    Patients in Crisis Get Face-to-Face Help from ‘Bridge Navigators’ in the Emergency Department

    CHWs are pioneering a way a way to ease the overload in hospital emergency rooms and steer patients toward lifesaving therapies.

    July 10, 2025
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