And I want to remind people where we were a few decades ago, frankly, where we were just six or seven years ago. No strategies, no plans, no approach. State of California was absent. State did not have a strategy for behavioral health. Did not have a strategy for integrating issues of substance abuse and mental health. Did not have a strategy to integrate housing. (25:15–25:21)
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Asserts that California previously lacked a strategy for behavioral health.
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