Below please find important news items from previous years.
- November 2021: Improving Mental Health Guardianship: From Prevention to Treatment
- October 2021: County of Los Angeles Department of the Treasurer and Tax Collector CAMS RFI Project
- October 2121: CA PA|PG|PC Final Legislative Update 2021
- July 2021: The Britney Effect: How California is grappling with conservatorship
- May 2021: Cal Matters: Counties face choice about forcing more mentally ill Californians into treatment
- May 2021: National Center on Law & Elder Rights – SSI Recipients and Economic Impact Payments
- April 2021: In Defense of Guardians: Responding to “I Care A Lot”
- April 2021: Updated SNF Visitation Guidelines
- March 2021: FEMA to Help Pay Funeral Costs for COVID-19-Related Deaths
- March 2021: KQED – How One Woman’s Cycle of Incarceration and Mental Illness Helped Heal a Rural System
- January 2021: CA State Budget from CSAC
- July 2020: CalMatters – I faced a challenge one out of every three people in America has: depression and anxiety
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Together We EngAGE: Ensuring Equity in Aging Webinar begins 12/1
- WINGS Briefing Paper: Advancing Guardianship Reform and Promoting Less Restrictive Options
- The Judicial Council has created an information sheet (click here) that show the various working practices for the Courts in each county during COVID-19
- April 17, 2020: County Coalition Governor Letter: CRF County Funding
- April 16, 2020: COVID-19 Crisis: Medi-Cal Waiver Request for Vulnerable Populations in Board and Care Homes
- April 15, 2020: NGA: Frequently Asked Questions by Guardians About COVID-19 Pandemic
- April 14, 2020: FEMA Fact Sheet: Disaster Financial Management Guide and COVID-19 Response
- April 4, 2020: DHS Activities Re: COVID-19
- January 4, 2020: Do California’s Most Severely Mentally Ill Need More Forced Treatment (with Quotes from CA PA|PG|PC Team Members)
- April 25, 2019: Education, Advocacy and Networking: 2019 CSAC Legislative Conference
- February 28, 2019: CSAC urges DHCS to engage Institutions for Mental Disease exclusion waiver opportunity
- February 22, 2019: NAMI Announces new program that will directly fund training for California Law enforcement agencies. Click for full program info sheet
- January 11, 2019: CSAC Budget Action Bulletin of Governor Newsom’s 2019-20 Budget Proposal
- November 16, 2018: The 2019-20 Budget – California’s Fiscal Outlook
- November 1, 2018: 2019 CBHA California Mental Health First Aid Summit
- October 2, 2018: Conservatorship of the Person of M.B.
- June 13, 2018: The Impact of Proposition 47 on Crime and Recidivism
- April 9, 2018: CSAC Call for County Best Practices for Annual Challenge Awards
- April 6, 2018: Expanding Civil Commitment Laws is Bad for Mental Health Policy
- March 15, 2018: Opportunities to Invest in Affordable Housing and Combat Homelessness
- March 14, 2018: 2018-19 State Budget- REJECT Governor’s proposal to eliminate 340B Drug Discount Program from Medi-Cal
- November 8, 2017: New Requirements for Medical Record Retention
- March 3, 2017: State Supreme Court Rules in PRA Case
- January 2017: CSAC Overview of IHSS MOE (PDF)