Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - In Los Angeles County, the northern San Joaquin Valley, San Diego ‑Imperial, and the Superior region (generally, the northern inland counties, including Sacramento County), RAND estimated a shortage in some bed types but excess capacity in others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - In January 2024, fewer counties will have a regional model and no county will have the San Benito or Imperial models. COHS = county organized health system. Historically, CCS Generally Was Administered Outside of Managed Care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Mental Health Workforce Proposal

May 9, 2019 - While the Greater Bay Area has 70  p ercent more psychiatrists than the statewide average, the Inland Empire and San Joaquin Valley have only about 50  p ercent of the statewide average on a population basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4031

An Alternative Approach: Treating the Incompetent to Stand Trial [Publication Details]

Jan 3, 2012 - In response to the waitlist, which averages between 200 and 300 individuals a month, the Department of Mental Health began a pilot program in San Bernardino County to treat ISTs in county jail instead of at a state hospital.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2549

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - In the South San Joaquin Valley, Inland Empire, Central Coast, and San Francisco Bay Area, RAND estimates a general shortfall across all categories. The shortage is generally most severe in these regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the Governor’s January and May Mental Health Workforce Proposals

May 16, 2019 - For example, funding could be prioritized toward regions of the state —such as the Inland Empire and the San Joaquin Valley —that are likely experiencing the most acute mental health workforce shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4049

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - (For example , in 2020, the San Joaquin Valley had 6.5 psychiatrists per 100,000 population compared to 18.7 psychiatrists per 100,000 population in the San Francisco Bay Area.) University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) researchers also have projected —absent changes in the workforce pipeline —that the state will have half as many psychiatrists as needed by 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - In 2022-23, the majority of this local assistance funding will go to the first cohort of counties (Glenn, Orange, Riverside, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and San Francisco) that must implement the CARE Court Program no later than October 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Mar 9, 2017 - There are two GMC   counties —San  Diego and Sacramento. Regional.   Finally, in the Regional model, there are two commercial health plans available to beneficiaries across 18  counties. Imperial and San Benito Counties have managed care plans that are not run by the county, and that do not fit into one of these four models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3612

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - There are two GMC counties —San Diego and Sacramento. Regional. Finally, in the Regional model, there are two commercial health plans available to beneficiaries across 18 counties. Imperial and San Benito Counties have managed care plans that are not run by the county, and that do not fit into one of these four models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3350