You’ve heard me talk about this for a while, how our mental health system doesn’t work the way it should.

Care exists. But it’s scattered. People get sent all over town - referrals, waitlists, starting over - at the exact moment they need help the most.

We’ve been working to fix that. And last month, we secured nearly $100 million to build the model we’ve been pushing for.

From Fragmented Care to One System

San Diego County has been conditionally awarded $99.5 million through Proposition 1 to build a Behavioral Health Wellness Campus in the Midway area.

This is about changing how the system actually works.

Instead of bouncing between providers, people will be able to go to one place and get connected to care — crisis support, treatment, recovery services, outpatient care, and peer support — all under one roof.

That matters.

When the system breaks down, you see it everywhere, in ERs, on our streets, and in families trying to hold things together on their own.

This campus will serve more than 20,000 people each year and create 210 new places for care, and it connects the system in a way that makes it usable.

That’s the shift we’ve been driving: care before crisis, built into how the system is designed.

This didn’t happen overnight. It’s the result of sustained work by our Behavioral Health team, partners, and voters who made this investment possible.

And we’re going to keep building on it.