Lawmakers Must do More to Fund Mental Health Care at the University of California [calmatters.org]

By Emily Estus, Special to CalMatters, October 28, 2019

This summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature passed a $214 billion budget that includes $5.3 million earmarked for improving mental health services in the University of California system.

Students returning to campus this fall might cheer that a long-underfunded issue is finally getting state attention and, more importantly, an injection of cash. Sadly, that’s not the whole story.

Here’s why: This is only a stopgap, a temporary infill of cash forestalling a serious and still growing funding crunch for mental health at the University of California.

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