Department of Mental Health

L.A. Council Votes to Create Pilot Program of Unarmed Mental Health Responders

October 16, 2020

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted today to create a pilot program to divert nonviolent emergency calls involving mental health issues from armed police officers to unarmed professionals. ... read more »

L.A. County Coronavirus Cases Up to 231

March 20, 2020

The overall number of coronavirus cases in L.A. County stood at 231 today -- out of a state total of 675 -- and a second person in the county has died from the virus. ... read more »

Public Defender Leads $1.2 Million Mental Health Diversion Grant

February 7, 2020

The LA County Public Defender’s Office is the lead agency for a $1.2 million grant to divert people suffering from mental illness out of jail and into treatment. LA County has been awarded the two-year grant from the MacArthur Foundation to directly address the over-incarceration of the mentally ill. ... read more »

Los Angeles County Swears in New Health Officer

August 2, 2018

A family medicine specialist who earned his medical degree from UCLA and practiced extensively in urban and rural primary care and urgent care clinics in Northern and Southern California was sworn in today as Los Angeles County's health officer. ... read more »