Event Date: Apr 24, 2024
Location: San Francisco, CA
Sat on in-person panel for Cal Matters in San Francisco regarding “modernization” of mental health laws. Cal Voices represented the consumer and peer points of view and educated the audience based on subject matter knowledge of laws and active issues in the state. Other panelists were Toby Ewing with the MHSOAC, a member of NAMI, the SF County Behavioral Health Director, Advocate Steve Fields, and moderated by reporter Jocelyn Weiner. Cal Voices summarized a large number of recent laws and civil rights issues including the Olmstead violations in Los Angeles uncovered by Disability Rights California and implementation of Senate Bill 43.