Jocelyn Wiener
Reporter, CalMattersJocelyn Wiener writes about health and mental health for CalMatters, exploring the intersection between government policies and people’s lives. She has worked as a reporter in her native California for close to two decades. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, Kaiser Health News, the San Francisco Chronicle and many other state and national publications.
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The union representing 2,000 Kaiser Northern California mental health workers announced plans to strike, citing high workloads and long waits for patients. -
While lawmakers are still gung-ho about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court, county officials are worried they don’t have the resources to implement the idea. -
The Newsom administration plans to spend $4.4 billion addressing mental health needs among young people. But will it come soon enough? -
The governor’s new proposal would require all 58 counties to participate in the program to compel people with serious mental illnesses into treatment.
