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One interviewee said she felt pressure to give her child up for adoption. Another said women who chose adoption were told that a closed adoption, in which the mother would have no contact with the child, was the only option.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/31/s...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/31/s...
Sheriff’s Office disputes study that found problems with reproductive care at Santee women’s jail
The recent study found that women incarcerated at Las Colinas jail face numerous challenges when trying to access reproductive care
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
One interviewee said she felt pressure to give her child up for adoption. Another said women who chose adoption were told that a closed adoption, in which the mother would have no contact with the child, was the only option.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/31/s...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/31/s...
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Judge Andrew Oldham sounded frustrated by the UnitedHealthcare lawyer arguing 15-year-old Emily Dwyer no longer needed residential treatment.
United’s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to “We’ll just gamble with her life.”
By @deldeib.bsky.social & @mayatmiller.bsky.social
United’s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to “We’ll just gamble with her life.”
By @deldeib.bsky.social & @mayatmiller.bsky.social
Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions…
propub.li
January 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Judge Andrew Oldham sounded frustrated by the UnitedHealthcare lawyer arguing 15-year-old Emily Dwyer no longer needed residential treatment.
United’s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to “We’ll just gamble with her life.”
By @deldeib.bsky.social & @mayatmiller.bsky.social
United’s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to “We’ll just gamble with her life.”
By @deldeib.bsky.social & @mayatmiller.bsky.social
“After waiting a year, the expectation would be that year was gonna result in certainly more than no beds,” Gloria said.
voiceofsandiego.org/2024/12/27/t...
voiceofsandiego.org/2024/12/27/t...
Treatment Beds Still Elusive as County Enacts Conservatorship Expansion
The county has spent months preparing to enact state legislation making people struggling with severe addiction eligible for conservatorships but has yet to deliver new treatment beds expected to be i...
voiceofsandiego.org
December 28, 2024 at 3:14 AM
“After waiting a year, the expectation would be that year was gonna result in certainly more than no beds,” Gloria said.
voiceofsandiego.org/2024/12/27/t...
voiceofsandiego.org/2024/12/27/t...
Ms. Lujan Grisham, 65, said her state must face a hard truth: Mentally ill or drug-addicted people living on the streets must be compelled to get help.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/b...
New Mexico’s Governor Was A Liberal Hero. Then She Got Blunt about Crime. (Gift Article)
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has clashed with her own party over how to tackle the nexus of addiction, mental illness and violence in New Mexico.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Ms. Lujan Grisham, 65, said her state must face a hard truth: Mentally ill or drug-addicted people living on the streets must be compelled to get help.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/b...
Hours later, Abbot said, a nurse arrived and told them the hospital did not treat patients with that combination of autism and mental illness. They had spent more than four hours there and not seen a doctor, she said.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Emergency room visits at this Loma Linda hospital are long — really long
Patients typically spent roughly seven hours at the Loma Linda emergency room before leaving — the third-longest duration nationwide, a Times analysis found.
www.latimes.com
December 24, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Hours later, Abbot said, a nurse arrived and told them the hospital did not treat patients with that combination of autism and mental illness. They had spent more than four hours there and not seen a doctor, she said.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
In an interview with the Union-Tribune in October, Sheriff Kelly Martinez said the practice of triple-bunking had stopped. A spokesperson said in a Dec. 6 email that triple bunks were “being phased out.”
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/22/d...
Despite years of warnings, local jails confined mentally ill men together. One recent unreported death highlights the risks.
The attack on Eric Van Tine in a cell shared with two other men raises questions about how San Diego County jails house the people in its custody — including its continued practice of triple-bunkin…
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:05 PM
In an interview with the Union-Tribune in October, Sheriff Kelly Martinez said the practice of triple-bunking had stopped. A spokesperson said in a Dec. 6 email that triple bunks were “being phased out.”
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/12/22/d...
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San Diego County supervisors voted in September to loan @ucsdhealth.bsky.social $32M to open up to 30 new inpatient psychiatric beds and a potentially, a crisis unit meant to divert patients from hospital care. The county just announced that UCSD has called off those plans.
December 17, 2024 at 1:37 AM
San Diego County supervisors voted in September to loan @ucsdhealth.bsky.social $32M to open up to 30 new inpatient psychiatric beds and a potentially, a crisis unit meant to divert patients from hospital care. The county just announced that UCSD has called off those plans.
Zevin, who has spent > 30 years in the field, said most of the patients he treats want to be healthy but their addiction — and the cognitive impairments it has caused — make it difficult to follow-through on medical appointments and caring for their bodies.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d...
Gaping wounds, puffy hands, heart infections: S.F. drug users suffer from more than overdoses
Gaping wounds, puffy hands, heart infections: San Francisco drug users and addicts suffer from more than overdoses, including a number of health issues.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Zevin, who has spent > 30 years in the field, said most of the patients he treats want to be healthy but their addiction — and the cognitive impairments it has caused — make it difficult to follow-through on medical appointments and caring for their bodies.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d...
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d...
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The region is housing more homeless people than it did last year, but that figure is still outpaced by the number of people who became unhoused, @lisahalverstadt.bsky.social writes.
voiceofsandiego.org/2024/12/04/n...
voiceofsandiego.org/2024/12/04/n...
Newly Homeless Residents Still Outpacing Newly Housed
San Diego’s efforts to house homeless San Diegans aren’t keeping up with the number of people losing their homes.
voiceofsandiego.org
December 5, 2024 at 9:18 PM
The region is housing more homeless people than it did last year, but that figure is still outpaced by the number of people who became unhoused, @lisahalverstadt.bsky.social writes.
voiceofsandiego.org/2024/12/04/n...
voiceofsandiego.org/2024/12/04/n...
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Today is World AIDS Day.
As we face a new federal government dedicated to tearing down health care access — & the resurgence of HIV that action will bring — we remind ourselves we’ve been here before, in the 1980s.
We came together then to save lives & we’ll do it again.
My statement:
As we face a new federal government dedicated to tearing down health care access — & the resurgence of HIV that action will bring — we remind ourselves we’ve been here before, in the 1980s.
We came together then to save lives & we’ll do it again.
My statement:
December 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Today is World AIDS Day.
As we face a new federal government dedicated to tearing down health care access — & the resurgence of HIV that action will bring — we remind ourselves we’ve been here before, in the 1980s.
We came together then to save lives & we’ll do it again.
My statement:
As we face a new federal government dedicated to tearing down health care access — & the resurgence of HIV that action will bring — we remind ourselves we’ve been here before, in the 1980s.
We came together then to save lives & we’ll do it again.
My statement:
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there will be more articles written next week about the threat of “cancel culture” than there will be about this
Kash Patel: We will prosecute journalists www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/p...
December 1, 2024 at 2:09 PM
there will be more articles written next week about the threat of “cancel culture” than there will be about this
“I think we’re undermining our progress if all we have is, ‘Listen, we’re just harm reduction, no judgment on people’s drug use.”
“I’m not against that kind of housing, and I’m not against housing first. What I’m for is we should have some categories that are drug-free for people who want that.”
“I’m not against that kind of housing, and I’m not against housing first. What I’m for is we should have some categories that are drug-free for people who want that.”
Two competing visions over how to tackle the homelessness and drug abuse crises are dividing elected officials, residents, and activists on San Francisco’s east side — all over just 42 units of housing.
#sfpol #sfnews from @ggreschler.bsky.social
sfstandard.com/2024/11/26/s...
#sfpol #sfnews from @ggreschler.bsky.social
sfstandard.com/2024/11/26/s...
San Francisco drug-free housing faces an uncertain future
Housing first vs. drug-free living: A fresh dispute over just 42 housing units in west SoMa highlights competing theories on how to tackle the drug crisis.
sfstandard.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:11 AM
“I think we’re undermining our progress if all we have is, ‘Listen, we’re just harm reduction, no judgment on people’s drug use.”
“I’m not against that kind of housing, and I’m not against housing first. What I’m for is we should have some categories that are drug-free for people who want that.”
“I’m not against that kind of housing, and I’m not against housing first. What I’m for is we should have some categories that are drug-free for people who want that.”
"If we can't get them conserved, there's a trail of dead bodies in the wait," Deborah warned.
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www.foxla.com/news/moms-sp...
Moms speak out against LA, Orange county delaying start of major mental health law
California's SB would make it easier to get conservatorships for people with severe mental illnesses. Los Angeles and Orange counties are delaying its implementation until 2026.
www.foxla.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:28 AM
"If we can't get them conserved, there's a trail of dead bodies in the wait," Deborah warned.
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www.foxla.com/news/moms-sp...