Public and Mental Health

County to Open Two New Homeless Shelters in the Antelope Valley 865 481 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

County to Open Two New Homeless Shelters in the Antelope Valley

Barger Motion Identifies Lancaster National Guard Armory and the former High Desert Multiple Ambulatory Care Center On a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved funding…

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Supplemental County Budget Expands “Mental Evaluation Teams” and Funds a 24-hour Mental Health “Triage Help Desk” 546 318 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Supplemental County Budget Expands “Mental Evaluation Teams” and Funds a 24-hour Mental Health “Triage Help Desk”

Supervisor Kathryn Barger praised County CEO Sachi Hamai on a fiscally-prudent Supplemental Budget which fortifies the county’s Rainy Day fund, expands the number of Mental Evaluation Teams (MET) from 15…

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Supervisor Barger Announces First Meeting of the Antelope Valley Homeless Consortium 1024 680 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Supervisor Barger Announces First Meeting of the Antelope Valley Homeless Consortium

Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced the first of two meetings of the Antelope Valley Homeless Consortium to provide the opportunity for all local stakeholders to convene to identify a path forward…

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Barger Initiates Antelope Valley Homelessness Consortium to Enhance Services and Access to Housing 1024 680 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Barger Initiates Antelope Valley Homelessness Consortium to Enhance Services and Access to Housing

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, coauthored by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, to immediately establish the Antelope Valley Homelessness Consortium (AVHC), comprised of the cities…

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Database to Track Mental Health Resources to Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness 336 336 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Database to Track Mental Health Resources to Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness

Supervisor Kathryn Barger authored a motion unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors directing the Department of Mental Health to move forward in developing a database that would track mental…

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County Convenes Measure B Advisory Body to Ensure Effective Reinvestment of Unallocated Funds 336 336 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

County Convenes Measure B Advisory Body to Ensure Effective Reinvestment of Unallocated Funds

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the development of a Measure B Advisory Body to be tasked with ensuring that Measure B trauma funds are being disbursed to best serve…

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County Establishes U-C.A.N. Program to Fight Growing Opioid Epidemic 1024 704 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

County Establishes U-C.A.N. Program to Fight Growing Opioid Epidemic

On a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, and coauthored by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, the Board of Supervisors established the U-C.A.N. (Conquer Addiction Now) working group to specifically examine drug overdoses…

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Board of Supervisors Approve Measure H Funding Allocation Strategy 1024 575 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Board of Supervisors Approve Measure H Funding Allocation Strategy

Following the Board of Supervisors approving Measure H funding allocation strategy recommendations, Supervisor Kathryn Barger said, “Education is the key to addressing NIMBYism in the full rollout of Measure H.…

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Solis and Barger Motion Ensures Funding of Public Safety Homeless Teams in Measure H Planning Effort 1024 575 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Solis and Barger Motion Ensures Funding of Public Safety Homeless Teams in Measure H Planning Effort

Following the Board of Supervisors approving Measure H funding allocation strategy recommendations, the Board passed a motion, co-authored by Supervisors Hilda L. Solis and Kathryn Barger, that identifies key ways…

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Barger’s Letter to the Editor, ‘Developmentally disabled in L.A. need more help’ 150 150 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Barger’s Letter to the Editor, ‘Developmentally disabled in L.A. need more help’

Los Angeles Daily News Re: “State must not siphon off developmental services funding” (Editorial, May 9) Posted: 5/14/2017 Your editorial was right about the need to prevent Sacramento from siphoning…

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