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Board Retreat Public Comment (Extended)

This is my public comment to the BHAB Board Retreat participants in full. A summarized version was presented in order to meet the 3-minute limit. Hello Chair Stewart, Chair Fletcher, BHAB Members, Dr. Bergmann, and Staff This is an important day for you all to set the tone for the next 14 months of how and what BHAB will focus…

My Public Comment (extended version)

I gave a summary of the longer public comment below urging the Executive Board to: My longer comment is as follows. Thank you Executive Board Members, Dr. Bergmann, Staff and any other guests For nearly a decade you have heard me either on the Alcohol and Other Drug Advisory Board and the Behavioral Health Advisory Board, implore these boards to…

Why was the MHSA Annual Update (Plan), released during, not before, the applicable year… and released without the public knowing about it?

UPDATE: A September 22nd version of the plan including active hyperlinks was updated on the county website sometime thereafter, almost a full week after I notified the BHS, and is available for your review. UPDATE 10/5/2022: My original letter to the BHS was answered by the MHSA liaison which I appreciated. It turns out I was mistaken saying there was…

Public Comment – Getting our act together

August 5, 2021 Public Comment submitted by Jerry Hall, former BHAB Member (read by staff into record). Good afternoon Board Chair Judith, Board Chair Fletcher, Members, Staff and Guests. On July 21st I emailed a proposal to several stakeholders in the hope that it would spur the BHAB and BHS to collaborate on creating an updated process for key BHAB…

San Diego County Has Cut Jail & Prison Return Rates by 50%!

If it costs county taxpayers 26 Times more to put someone back in jail than a helping hand to stay out, why are we not fully funding Project In-Reach? The San Diego County Behavioral Health Services (BHS) Project In-Reach program successfully helps incarcerated individuals with substance abuse and or mental health disorders prepare for re-entry back into society. Participants focus…

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