It can take a long time to build anything in California. The governor's office is trying to move fast on mental health ...

It can take a long time to build anything in California. The governor’s office is trying to move fast on mental health ...

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers.  A little more than a year ...

which California voters approved by the slimmest of margins — 50.2% to 49.8% — in March 2024. About $4.4 billion of that $6.4 billion bond is for mental health and addiction treatment beds.

Officials say Ventura County faced significant competition with more than $8 billion in requests submitted statewide for the ...

California voters narrowly passed the measure in March 2024 to provide money for mental health treatment facilities and housing in the state grappling with homelessness. One of the local projects ...