COMING UP NEXT ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT, THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT CAMPUS WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS ANTI-GAZA WAR PROTESTORS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY BUILDINGS AND UNIVERSITY STAFF MEMBERS ISSUE A LETTER DECRYING THE TREATMENT OF PROTESTORS BY POLICE AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.

ALSO, WE TALK WITH MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE LEA NAGY AND JACOB ROSEN FROM THE CITY OF EUREKA ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH MONTH AND THE RECENTLY PASSED PROPOSITION 1 AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN CALIFORNIA, COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH, BUT CHOOSING ONE MONTH PER YEAR TO MARK THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH IS HARDLY A SUFFICIENT REMINDER.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE SUFFERED FROM ANXIETY.

I'VE WRESTLED WITH DEPRESSION.

BOTH OF THESE CONDITIONS LED ME TO LIVE A MISERABLE LIFE THAT WAS ONLY MADE BEARABLE THROUGH A PRACTICE OF SELF MEDICATING THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO A FIERCE OPIATE ADDICTION.

IT WAS ONLY AFTER I GOT TREATED FOR THOSE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THAT I WAS ABLE TO FULLY FACE THIS ADDICTION AND MAKE THE SORTS OF CHANGES THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO ME SITTING IN THIS CHAIR.

AS GLORIOUS AS IT IS.

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE PATIENCE AND LOVE THAT MY FAMILY DEMONSTRATED, REPEATEDLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE SURVIVED MY OWN STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

I'VE SEEN THE ISSUE FROM BOTH SIDES AS A CHILD WHOSE FATHER WAS SCHIZOPHRENIC AND LARGELY UNABLE TO LEAD A NORMAL LIFE, A MAN SHACKLED BY HEAVY MEDICATIONS AND DESPAIR TO THE BEAT DOWN SOFA IN OUR LIVING ROOM.

AND ALSO AS A PATIENT MYSELF, WHO DESPITE KNOWING THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY MY CONDITION WAS FOR YEARS UNABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ULTIMATELY SAVED MY LIFE.

EMPATHY FROM ALL SIDES IS WHAT'S REQUIRED.

TONIGHT WE SPEAK WITH MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE LEA NAGY FROM THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL, OR NAMI HUMBOLDT, AS WELL AS JACOB ROSEN FROM THE CITY OF EUREKA, TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NOW THE RECENTLY PASSED PROPOSITION 1 MAY HELP CHANGE THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT FIRST, THE NEWS.

_ DOZENS OF PROTESTORS HAVE OCCUPIED PARTS OF THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT CAMPUS, INCLUDING SIEMENS HALL, TO PROTEST THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA.

TENTS AND FOOD STATIONS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS, AND TENSIONS HAVE SIMMERED SOME AFTER AN EARLIER CONFRONTATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROTESTORS LED TO THE BUILDING'S OCCUPATION.

THE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THE CAMPUS WILL BE CLOSED THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE PROTESTS, WITH SOME INSTRUCTION CONTINUING REMOTELY.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE UNIVERSITY, “THE SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENTS IS PARAMOUNT AS THE SITUATION HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY COMPLEX.

THERE ARE UNIDENTIFIED NON-STUDENTS WITH UNKNOWN INTENTIONS, IN SIEMENS HALL.

THIS CREATES AN UNPREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENT.

” THE SCHOOL CLAIMS THE BARRICADING OF THE BUILDING IS A FIRE HAZARD, AND THE TOILETS HAVE STOPPED WORKING.

“IN RECENT DAYS, HATEFUL GRAFFITI HAS BEEN PAINTED ON UNIVERSITY PROPERTY.

THE UNIVERSITY CONDEMNS IN THE STRONGEST TERMS ALL FORMS OF HATRED, BIGOTRY, AND VIOLENCE.

ANTI-SEMITISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA, HATRED, AND BIGOTRY IN ALL FORMS HAVE NO PLACE AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT.

THE UNIVERSITY IS ACTIVELY OFFERING SUPPORT TO ALL STUDENTS AND HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS.

” THE PRESS RELEASE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE UNIVERSITY SUPPORTS FREE SPEECH THROUGH AN OPEN DIALOGUE THAT IS RESPECTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE.

“THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE BEHAVIOR THAT INVOLVES DESTROYING AND DAMAGING PROPERTY, AND DISRUPTING STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF FROM LEARNING, TEACHING, AND WORKING.

” THIS TAKE ON THE WEEK'S EVENTS IS HARDLY UNANIMOUS.

A LETTER ISSUED BY THE UNIVERSITY'S FACULTY, SIGNED BY HUNDREDS OF STAFF MEMBERS AND PROFESSORS, DOESN'T MINCE WORDS.

“AS FACULTY AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT, WE DEPLORE THE USE OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BY UNIVERSITY, LOCAL, AND REGIONAL POLICE OFFICERS AND SHERIFFS AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF OTHER EXTREME TACTICS SUCH AS HELICOPTERS, TO SURVEIL STUDENTS, ESCALATE TENSIONS, AND CRIMINALIZE FREE SPEECH EXERCISED BY STUDENTS CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.

WE ALSO FIND UNACCEPTABLE THE ATTEMPT TO SHUT DOWN STUDENT VOICES BY SHUTTING DOWN CAMPUS ” THE LETTER READS.

THE FACULTY LETTER CALLS ON UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS TO “REFLECT ON THE REAL HARM THAT THIS CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH INFLICTS AND THE MESSAGE IT SENDS TO CURRENT AND FUTURE STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITIES WITHIN AND BEYOND HUMBOLDT.

BRUTALIZING STUDENTS WHO RAISE URGENT PROTEST ACCORDING TO THEIR CONSCIENCES IS SHAMEFUL.

OUR STUDENTS ARE RESPONDING IN EARNEST TO OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT OF GENOCIDAL VIOLENCE AGAINST AN OPPRESSED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, PALESTINIANS LIVING IN GAZA, WHO ARE ALREADY REFUGEES, THE VICTIMS OF PREVIOUS ETHNIC CLEANSING.

” IT WAS A LOT OF WORDS BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT.

WE WILL HAVE MORE COVERAGE OF THIS ISSUE, AND WILL HEAR FROM STUDENTS, NEXT WEEK.

NOW FOR THE INTERVIEW WE'RE JOINED BY LEA NAGY AND JACOB ROSEN.

>> AND MENTAL HEALTH IS CLOSE TO MY LIFE.

I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH MENTAL HEALTH MYSELF IN MY LIFE.

AS IT TENDS TO DO IT COMES UP IN FAMILIES.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE PROPOSITION 1 AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT.

CAN YOU JUST SORT OF DESCRIBE HOW THE FIGHT IS GOING IN GATHERING RESOURCES GETTING THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM IN A AN APPROPRIATE MANNER.

ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS.

>> WELL I CAN ANSWER THAT FIRST JACOB.

BUT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF COVID WHICH WASN'T A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR MOST OF US I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE ATTENTION ON MENTAL HEALTH, IS MENTAL WELLNESS, MORE PEOPLE ARE NEEDING SERVICES.

THERE'S STILL A LONG WAYS TO DO.

LITTLE BY LITTLE ESPECIALLY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY WITH THE CARE TEAM AND THE MISS TEAM, AND NAMI HUMBOLDT, OTHER ORGANIZATION COMING TOGETHER WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE.

AND WE'LL TALK IN A FEW MINUTES ABOUT OUR UPCOMING EVENT ON MAY FOURTH.

I LOOK AT IT AS LITTLE BABY STEPS AND TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK JACOB.

I'M HOPEFUL.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS.

ON HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE CHANGES END UP HELPING THAT ALONG.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL AND IT PASSED BY A HALF PERCENT.

IF THAT WILL HELP OR NOT.

FOR A LONG TIME IT'S BEEN KIND OF A RED QUEEN AFFECT.

WE'RE RUNNING AS FAST AS WE CAN JUST TO KEEP UP.

ESPECIALLY WITH COVID THAT REALLY EXACERBATED THINGS.

THE DEMAND FOR SERVICES HAS INCREASED.

COMBINED WITH THE FACT WE NEED TO GRADUATE MORE PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY.

WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR WORKFORCE.

SO WE END UP IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMS AND MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT REALM.

AND HOW DO WE FACILITATE MORE PEOPLE INTO THE FIELD AND BEING INTERESTED.

THAT'S THE CHALLENGE AND THE BALANCE WE HAVE TO WALK.

>> WHEN I WAS A KID THE MAIN BATTLE WAS STIGMA.

WE COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING WHAT WAS WITH MY DAD WITH MY MOM AND GRANDMA.

DEPOUT THAT PART OF THAT IS EVOLVING.

IT SEEMS PEOPLE ARE MORE EMPATHETIC, AND MORA WEAR.

BUT STARTING WITH YOU JACOB DO YOU THINK THAT'S SLOWLY CHANGING OVER TIME.

>> I DO.

I THINK IT IS CHANGING.

I THINK IT'S GETTING BETTER.

WE OWE THE CHANGE TO PARTNERSHIPS.

IF WE LOOK AT THE PARTNERSHIP THE SAY THE CITY OF YOOUFRK WITH NAMI HUMBOLDT AND COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

I THINK THE MORE WE COME TOGETHER, AND YOU KNOW THE EVENT WE'RE PUTTING ON MAY FOURTH TO KICK OFF MAY AS THE MENTAL HEALTH MONTH.

THE MORE WE CAN GET THAT OUT MAKE IT PUBLIC THAT MENTAL HEALTH AFFECTS EVERYBODY AND THERE IS TREATMENT FOR IT.

IT IS A HEALTHCARE CONDITION.

IT IS NOT A MORAL CHOICE.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE STIGMA.

IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS CANCER OR ORGAN FAILURE.

A BRAIN IS AN ORGAN.

WE NEED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH.

THE MORE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT THE MORE PROGRESS WE WILL MAKE.

>> NAMI HUMBOLDT IS RIGHT ON THE FRONT LINES.

I HEARD QUITE A WHILE AGO THAT EMPATHY AND REDUCING STIGMA AND REDUCING DISCRIMINATION WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS A MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE CAN DEVELOP MENTAL ILLNESS FROM THE GRACE OF GOD MAYBE I DON'T BUT MAYBE MY SON DOES.

JUST THAT LITTLE KNOWLEDGE.

EVEN ONE OF OUR FAMILY NOW I LOOK AT PEOPLE ON THE STREET I KNOW IT COULD BE MY SON OR DAUGHTER.

IT CHANGES YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND LIKE JACOB I THINK WORD QING WITH OTHERINGS IS, DOING AS MUCH ADVOCACY AS YOU CAN, YEAH IT CAN HAPPEN OVERNIGHT ALMOST TO ANYONE.

MY SON WAS FAIRLY NORMAL AND THEN THREE DAYS LATER HAD A MAJOR MANIC BIPOLAR END SEWED.

I WAS DRAFTED AND I'M STILL IN THE ARMY THE FIGHTING ARMY AGAINST STIGMA.

>> I KNOW THAT.

SO IT'S BEEN INTERESTING AND SORT OF UPSETTING OVER THE YEARS AS SOMEONE MY FAMILY IS INVOLVED IN MENTAL HEALTH.

TO CHART THE LATEST LEGISLATION SOLUTIONS OR LACK THEREOF.

THERE WAS A LOT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH MONEY CUT AROUND THE TIME HE WAS GOVERNOR.

SO A LOT OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR HIM WERE SHRUNK AND PUT IN SUB BURDENS AND PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THEM ANYMORE.

AND THEN THIS MOST RECENT CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 1 IS AN UPDATING ON THAT.

IT INCLUDES ADDICTION AMONG THE DISEASES OR WHATEVER IT'S DEALING WITH.

I THINK THAT'S MAJOR PROGRESS.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT PROPOSITION 1 IS AND HOW IT'S PROGRESSING.

>> SO PROP 1 AND IS CONTROVERSIAL.

IT PASSED BY HALF A PERCENT.

WE'RE AS SPLIT AS WE CAN BE ACROSS THE STATE.

I THINK THERE'S A PROS.

>> VERY LONG STORY SHORT PROP 1 THAT REPURPOSES SOME OF THE HOLDS MHSA TO BE REDISTRIBUTED TO TRIBES AND IMMUNITIES AND THEN IT ALSO CHANGES THE CATEGORIES THAT THE COUNTIES HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY ON, AND BY RE-SHIFTING THOSE CATEGORIES THAT THAT MAY CUT FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

THE CATEGORIES THEN SHIFT TO PUSH MONEY TOWARDS SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND SUPPORTING FOLKS WHO'RE HOMELESS.

>> THAT'S JUST SUCH A LARGE ISSUE.

>> ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF MICROGRAM WORKS WITH WHO'RE EXPERIENCE BEING A MENTAL HEALTH OR ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING HOOEMTION.

ABOUT THE TIME WE'RE TWO-THIRDS OF OUR RESPONSES ARE REQUIRING SOME SORT OF ATTENTION HOW DO WE GET THIS PERSON HOUSING.

WE NEED MORE RESOURCES IN THAT REALM.

THE HOPE IS THAT SOME OF THESE CHANGES AND HOW THAT FUNDINGTION USED CAN WELL AND ALSO GETTING SERVICES ROLLED IN.

THE CONCERN WE'RE KIND IN A SITUATION WE NEED MORE MONEY ALTOGETHER.

MOVING MONEY FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER IS CONCERNING BECAUSE WE MAY BE LOSING MONEY.

THEY MAY BE USING THAT MONEY FOR PRAMINGS THAT ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL AND HELPFUL.

COMBINED WITH THEM BEING PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT POTS.

WHICH WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE.

>> THIS DOESN'T RAISE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING IN THEN.

FOR THE MHSMHSA COMPONENT THAT .

THERE IS THAT $6.4 BILLION BOND.

THERE'S SOME WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

CREATING PROGRAMS AND FUNDING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS WHO'RE GETTING EDUCATED AND GETTING IN MENTAL HEALTH.

WE TALKED ABOUT SB43 WHICH ADDS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.

BY THE HUMBOLDT HAS DELAYED THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR 2 YEARS AS HAS MOST OF THE COUNTIES IN THE STATE BECAUSE THERE ISN'T FACILITIES.

IF SOMEONE IS PLACED ON 5150.

PSYCHIATRIC QUITE LITERALLY CAN'T BILL FOR A PRIMARY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT.

A LOT OF THE MONEY FROM THE BOND IS SUPPOSED TO GET GETTING PEOPLE THOSE SERVICES.

>> SUCH A HUGE ISSUE WHERE WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE MAKING UP A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE TREATMENT IF IT'S ADDICTION RELATED.

YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM.

IF IT'S COMING AT THE COST OF TREATING OTHER PSYCHIATRIC PEOPLE.

>> IT'S TOUGH.

I THINK THAT'S WHY THE VOTE WAS SO SPLIT.

>> THERE WAS SOME MIGHT FAMILIES INVOLUNTARILY FOLKS COMMITTING WHO'RE MENTALLY ILL. YOU MADE A VERY COMPELLING WHY IN SOME CASES WHY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

>> I DON'T KNOW FAMILIES CAN INVOLUNTARY COMMIT SOMEBODY.

>> THAT MAY BE A MISUNDERSTANDING.

THE SB43 EXPANDED THE DEFINITION OF GRAVELY DISABLED SO WHAT HAPPENS IS FAMILIES WILL PROVIDE HOUSING AND FOOD AND DRIVE THEM TO APPOINTMENTS, AND THEY BECOME PSYCHOTIC.

IF THE FAMILIES WEREN'T PROVIDING THOSE THINGS THEY WOULD BE HOMELESS ON THE STREET.

I THINK WHEN 5150 WELFARE CHECK IS CALLED, FOLKS TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THIS PERSON WOULD BE HOMELESS AND GRAVELY DISABLED IF THINGS WEREN'T PROVIDED.

BECAUSE IN THE PAST YOU WOULD SAY IN FAMILY MEMBERS YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM HOMELESS.

YOU CAN'T GIVE THEM FOOD OR GIVE THEM RIDES.

WHAT PARENT IF THEIR CHILD IS ILL, YOU DON'T TELL A PARENT SOMEBODY WITH CANCER OR DIABETES.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FAMILIES CAN'T DO IT.

BUT THIS EXPANSION HELPS WITH FAMILIES TRYING TO HELP SOMEONE GET INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT.

BUT FAMILIES THEMSELVES DON'T ACTUALLY PUT THEM THERE.

>> NOT THE ONES RESPONSIBLE.

>> THE OTHER EXPANSION PART IS THE MEDICAL PART WHERE THEY'RE MENTALLY ILL AND PSYCHOTIC.

MAYBE THEY HAVE BLEEDING ULCERS AND/OR FEET THAT NEED ATTENTION THEY CAN BE PLACED ON A 5150 HOLD TO GET THE SERVICES FOR THE MEDICAL NECESSITY PART.

JACOB THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S DIFFERENT.

>> SO IT KIND OF SB43 DOES THREE MAIN THINGS.

IT ADDS TWO CATEGORIES TO GRAVELY DISABLED.

THE PERSON HAS TO ACCOUNT BEING FOR PERSONAL SAFETY.

THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS.

>> SO THAT BASICALLY THAT IMPERVIOUS TO THEIR OWN WELL-BEING.

THEY MIGHT GO IN FRONT OF A TRUCK.

AND THAT KIND OF THING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO THERE'S SOME CLARIFICATION WHAT WE WOULD LIKE WHAT THE PERSONAL SAFETY.

THE NEGLECT IS MEDICAL ISSUES.

IF SOMEONE HAS DELUSIONS THEY DON'T NEED TO TAKE THEIR DIABETES MEDICATION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR SUGAR IS 800.

THAT COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE THAT PERSON COULD BE PLACED IN 5150.

>> WHEN I WAS OUT AND USING THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE ADDICTS THAT MAY HAVE MANIC-DEPRESSIVE BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.

BUT THEY HAD HEALTH ISSUES LIKE ABSCESSES OR THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES COULD VERY QUICKLY TURN SEPTIC.

COULD THAT POTENTIALLY BE USED IN THE SAME WAY.

>> IT POSSIBLY COULD.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE DEFINED AS A CRITICAL MEDICAL ISSUE.

THEN IT ALSO GRAVELY DISABLED FOR WELL UNDER THE 5150 UNDER SB43 HAS TO BE RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER.

AND SO IT REALLY WE GO FROM HERE TO HERE.

>> YEAH.

AS FAR AS THE SCOPE GOES.

IT CREATES THE SITUATION WHERE IT WILL BE AN EXCELLENT TOOL WHEN WE HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WE NEED TO CATCH UP AND BUILD UP THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT $6.4 BILLION BOND IS ABLE TO ABLE TO CREATE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE TIME MOST OF THE COUNTIES HAVE DELAYED SB43 FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK?

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPLIT OUT THAT BOND SPECIFICALLY.

I KNOW IF WE LOOK AT THEY'VE BEEN USING FROM A BLOCK GRANT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.

AND THEY HAVE A SEPARATE POT USE AT THEIR DISCRETION.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS BENEFITTING FROM THAT.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ALONG WITH A WHOLE SHREW OF PARTNERS WITH MAD RIVER HOSPITAL AND THEY DID SUCCEED FORGETTING A GRANT FOR 6.7 ON MAD RIVERS CAMPUS THAT WHICH IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED AROUND 2027.

THAT IS PART OF THAT KIND OF BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.

SO FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS I'VE TALKED WITH MAYBE THEY WILL FUNNEL THAT BOND INTO A SIMILAR BLOCK GRANT STYLE SITUATION WHERE THEN GROUPS OR DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS CAN APPLY FOR THAT MONEY AND THEN DO IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.

>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FORGET CAN YOU BE, AND THEN I HAVE A BUNCH FOR YOU.

>> DOES PROPOSITION 1 CREATE AN OPPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTIES.

HOW IS THAT GETTING WORKED OUT.

>> WE HAVEN'T HIT ANY OF THOSE BARRIERS YET.

FOR ME GREAT.

NOW THAT MAY ALLOW OUR PROGRAM TO APPLY FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE AS SOME POINT.

WHEN THAT STARTS TO ROLL THROUGH.

AND AT THE SAME TIME I KNOW SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND HAVE DO WORK WITH THE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WORK WITH THE MHSA FUNDING.

IT'S YES IF THINGS WERE WORKING WELL WE WOULDN'T HAD PROP 1 IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.

PERSONALLY I DON'T KNOW IF MOVING MONEY FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER IS GOING TO BE THAT SHIFT.

WE NEED TO TRY SOMETHING.

DEMAND IS FAR EXCEEDING OUR CAPACITY TO SERVE AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GET WORSE BY 2030 SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DRASTIC.

I KNOW THAT WORKS IN THAT DIRECTION.

I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR MORE MONEY OVERALL.

>> LEA, YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS OR IN THE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS.

WHAT ARE THEY FEELING RIGHT NOW.

DO THEY FEEL THAT ALL THESE CHANGES OR ALL OF THIS FUNDING IS A BETTER PLACE FOR THEM.

>> THEY'RE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE STEP THAT THE LEGISLATION HAS TAKEN.

OF COURSE JACOB THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PROVIDERS.

YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

PEOPLE WILL REALIZE YOU NEED MORE MONEY TO GET THESE THINGS OFF THE GROUND.

AND ALL IN ALL THEY'RE HAPPY IT PASSED AND LIKE IN THE PAST WITH NAMI HUMBOLDT SUPPORTING MHSA MONEY AND THAT WHOLLY LEX NAMI HUMBOLDT IS ON THE FOREFRONT IS OF GETTING BETTER SERVICES.

THEY'RE OKAY WITH THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE.

MY ROLE IS TO HELP FAMILIES THERE ARE LIMITED RESOURCES, AND THERE ARE INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT LAWS.

YOU DON'T RUN THEM THE SHIP.

IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS.

I THINK EDUCATING FAMILIES THROUGH THE THREE SUPPORT GROUPS I DO A WEEK, AND LETTING THEM KNOW WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE, THE COUNTY AND CITY AND NAMI HUMBOLDT.

AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO GET BETTER AND LESS HOMELESSNESS.

>> WE HAVE THE LOWER THIRD THE WEB ADDRESS.

>> NAMI-HUMBOLDT.org.

AND YOU CAN GET ON THERE.

YOU CAN SEE MY SUPPORT GROUPS.

I THINK OUR PHONE NUMBER IS ON THERE.

FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THAT DATE WILL APPEAR.

WE'RE HOPING TO START ONE IN THE FALL.

WE JUST HAD A YOUNG A MAN VOLUNTEER TO UPDATING OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S CURRENT.

AND SO AND THEN THERE'S A NATIONAL NAMI WEBSITE WHICH IS NATIONWIDE.

THIS NAMI-HUMBOLDT.org IS REALLY LOCAL AND IT WILL ALLOF THE EVENTS FOR MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH.

THERE'S A WALK.

THERE'S A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROCLAMATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON SO THEY CAN GET ON THE WEBSITE AND FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE UP TO.

>> COMING UP NEXT WEEK.

>> MAY FOURTH.

>> IT'S THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY.

BUT SATURDAY MAY FOURTH FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.

EMBRACING HUMANITY.

>> WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED.

I'LL SAY A LITTLE BIT AND THEN JACOB ADD.

JACOB AND I WENT TO DETROIT TO INTERNATIONAL CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING AND THERE WAS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER THAT WAS NAMED JOE ROBERTS.

AND SO WE WANTED A DYNAMIC KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THIS EVENT.

AND WE'VE GOT JOE TO COME FROM CANADA.

HE WAS HOMELESS, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND WAS LIVING UNDER A BRIDGE IN CANADA AND HE ENDED UP WITH RECOVERY AND WITH PEOPLE THAT HELPED HIM IN TREATMENT.

THEN HE ENDED UP PUSHING A SHOPPING CART ACROSS CANADA 5,000 BRINGING AWARENESS TO HOMELESSNESS.

AND I'LL LET JACOB.

>> WE HAVE 90 SECONDS LEFT IN THE SHOW.

>> YEAH.

EMBRACING HUMANITY IN THE TOWN HALL SERIES WE DID THAT QUARTERLY.

YOU KNOW THIS YEAR WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO HAVE A BIGGER EVENT AND DO SOMETHING MORE DYNAMIC.

WHY NOT DO IT DURING MAY DURING MENTAL HEALTH MONTH.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE SKID ROW SPEAKER JOE ROBERTS.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE TWO PANELS A PROFESSIONAL PANEL AS WELL AS A PERSONALLY LIVED PANEL BEFORE THAT.

THAT WILL BE A GREAT TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND ASK QUESTIONS.

AND TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

>> IT'S OFTEN THE FOLKS WHO HAVE FIGURED OUT A TRANSCENDED THAT SITUATION THAT INSPIRE PEOPLE AND TEACH EMPATHY.

NO ONE IS GONE.

THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE.

>> THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE.

>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOU COMING IN.

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