An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - The state and several local health jurisdictions (LHJs) —mostly counties and a few cities —have laboratories that provide public health laboratory testing services. (When referring to counties and LHJs, we are also referring to these city LHJs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

Feb 5, 2025 - For example, RAND found that the shortage in adult inpatient mental health beds results in occupancy rates that are higher than generally accepted levels, long wait lists, facilities unable to transfer patients to settings of more appropriate levels of care, and excessive patient stays in hospital emergency departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954