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New Investigation Into Teen Found Dead In SF Driveway Paints Damning Picture of For-Profit Mental Health System

Before Jázmin Pellegrini was found dead in an Oceanview driveway last year, she’d been through the ringer of dozens of hospitalizations, discharges, and drug regimens at for-profit health facilities that made a litany of highly questionable decisions.

Gavin Newsom Throwing Around That $6 Billion Mental Health Bond Money Early

After his $6.4 billion mental health bond measure just barely squeaked by with voters in March, Governor Newsom will begin disbursing half of it on July 1, and has combative words to the effect that counties better jump on it fast.

North Bay School Gymnasium Evacuated After Naked, Bloodied Woman Walks In

A woman experiencing a mental health crisis who wandered into a high school gymnasium in Petaluma on Tuesday had apparently suffered self-inflicted wounds after exiting her house through a window.

Berkeley Mother Allegedly Stabbed and Killed by Her Own Daughter While Daughter Was Having Mental Health Episode

A 60-year-old Berkeley woman was stabbed and killed Sunday afternoon in her University Avenue apartment, and her 23-year old daughter who reportedly has mental health issues is in custody on murder charges.

Gavin Newsom on a Blitz Pushing Prop 1, a Statewide $6.4B Mental Health Bond

Remember Gavin’s Newsom’s old “Care Not Cash” phrase? He’s dusting off that rhetoric with the new phrase “Treatment Not Tents,” in hopes of pushing California voters to pass his $6.38 billion mental health bond.

Marin Woman Allegedly Kills Mother, Broadcasts Murder on Facebook Live

A 28-year-old woman in San Rafael was arrested Monday after allegedly stabbing her mother to death while on Facebook Live, in the midst of what appears to have been a mental health crisis.

San Francisco to Begin Compelling More People Into Mental Health Treatment January 1; Newsom Slams Counties That Are Delaying

California's new conservatorship law, which expands the pool of potential candidates who can be involuntarily compelled into mental-health or substance-abuse treatment, takes effect January 1, and San Francisco is one of the counties opting to implement it right away.

Newsom’s CARE Court Deadline Looms October 1, But SF Lacks the Beds And Staff to Enforce It

Gavin Newsom’s state-mandated CARE Court system is supposed to take effect October 1, but San Francisco doesn’t have the facilities or the staff to make it work, if it works in the first place anyway.

Newsom Unveils $4.7 Billion ‘Master Plan’ to Treat Mental Health Among Young People

With a statewide youth suicide rate that’s spiked by 20% during the pandemic, Newsom a announced a new plan Thursday to double the number of school counselors in the state, and add 40,000 more behavioral health professionals.

Oakland Man Causes Panic at Las Vegas Airport Amid Apparent Mental Health Episode

A 33-year-old Oakland man who reportedly really wanted to go home and get the eff out of Vegas was arrested twice last weekend at Harry Reid International Airport for causing disturbances that police compared to terrorism.

Oakland Pivots Certain 911 Calls to Mental Health Crews, Helping Better Address Non-Violent Emergencies

Launched this month, Oakland's MACRO program has responded to specific 911 calls related to non-violent emergencies — like mental health issues, wellness checks, and panhandling — helping to de-escalate particular crises without the need for police.

City Scoops Up More Houses for Use as Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers

Two homes on Florida Street and Dore Street are the latest pieces to Mayor Breed’s plan to add 400 treatment beds, in the form of “cooperative housing.”

Business & Tech

Prince Harry Takes Job With SF-Based Mental Health Startup

In addition to their Netflix and Spotify money, Harry and Meghan will have another income source in the form of a job that the self-exiled Duke of Sussex has just taken with the San Francisco-based startup BetterUp.

Non-Police ‘Street Crisis Response Team’ Launches Today in Tenderloin

It’s sort of like “Care Not Cops,” as the hopefully less escalatory Street Crisis Response Team starts its Mental Health SF pilot program today for non-violent incident response.

Supervisors and Mayor at Odds Over Dueling Mental Health Plans

After Supervisors Haney and Ronen introduced their sweeping Mental Health SF initiative, Mayor Breed counters with her own Urgent Care SF plan, which is ironically the less urgent of the two.

Supes Haney And Ronen Unveil Sweeping Mental Health Bill, Mayor Is Quick To Oppose It

Mayor Breed comes out swinging against the scaled-down compromise bill, because people with health insurance could qualify for taxpayer-funded care.

SF's Largest Mental Health Facility? It's The County Jail, Claims Report

"Most of the patients I see as a psychiatry resident at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are very ill," Alison Hwong, a psychiatrist in her residency at UCSF, writes in an op-ed

Inspired By Spate Of Palo Alto Deaths, Facebook Makes Suicide Prevention Tools Available To All Users

Some cries for help are clearer than others, and sometimes there are no cries to be heard at all, but even when a so-called "red flag" is (metaphorically) held aloft by someone contemplating

San Francisco Sues Nevada For Being A Horrible Neighbor

After news broke earlier this year that a psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas was loading mental patients on Greyhound buses and shipping them out of the state to San Francisco and L.A.

Masturbating Dude Arrested At Muni Bus Stop

This is gross. A 35-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly rubbing one out at a Muni bus stop in Presidio Heights. At around 9 a.m. Wednesday, officers received a report

S.F. Investigating Nevada Hospital For 'Dumping' Mental Patients

Prerequisite lede: by differing standards, there are lots of mental cases in S.F. But San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera's office has opened a formal investigation into allegations that Nevada health officials

Toddler-Kicking Woman Too Volatile For Court

Sabryna Bell, 24, the woman who stands accused of kicking a two-year-old in the torso in Golden Gate Park on Monday, didn't appear in court on Thursday. Why? Because she's mentally unwell. To

Lady High On Bath Salts Found Barefoot, Screaming In Middle Of Intersection

Remember when bath salts were all the rage ? Well, it's back in the news and worse than ever. One Tuesday, police found a "highly agitated female" standing in the middle of an intersection

Man With Bounty Of Firearms, List Of Politicians Names Arrested In Haight-Ashbury

Yikes. A man, initially busted by cops for merely smoking a cigarette in Golden Gate Park, was arrested in the Haight for having several weapons, ammunition, and "a card that contained a list

Aubrey Huff's Anxiety Disorder Prompts Local Media Mental Health Disclosures

It was announced yesterday that Aubrey Huff will be placed on the disabled list due to an anxiety disorder, which explains why the first baseman and outfielder suddenly left the Giants. "Obviously, we’