Public and Mental Health

Barger Visits Rural Homeless Slowly building trust to provide services 600 425 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Barger Visits Rural Homeless Slowly building trust to provide services

3/16/18 By: Allison Gatlin POTENTIAL HOUSING – Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority emergency response team member, Chyheeb Joseph, right, talks Thursday with Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, left, and her staff…

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County Votes To Support Legislation Amending State Law To Provide Lifesaving Medical Care For The Mentally Ill 724 483 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

County Votes To Support Legislation Amending State Law To Provide Lifesaving Medical Care For The Mentally Ill

The Board of Supervisors today voted 4-1 with Supervisor Sheila Kuehl opposing, to approve a motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Mark Ridley-Thomas sponsoring state legislation amending the state’s definition…

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County To Evaluate The Impact And Scope Of Homelessness Activity On First Responders 724 483 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

County To Evaluate The Impact And Scope Of Homelessness Activity On First Responders

To improve the effectiveness of homeless outreach efforts and public safety, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda Solis calling for a report…

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Development of Legislative Proposals to Expand the Definition of Gravely Disabled Approved 916 768 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Development of Legislative Proposals to Expand the Definition of Gravely Disabled Approved

On a 4-1 vote, with Supervisor Kuehl voting no, the Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda Solis instructing the Department of Mental Health and…

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County Orders Adoption of Recommendations to Improve Standard of Care for the Mentally Ill 591 591 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

County Orders Adoption of Recommendations to Improve Standard of Care for the Mentally Ill

The Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger to adopt Department of Mental Health recommendations to improve the delivery of quality and humane treatment for those who…

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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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