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State Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, on Thursday will be hosting a town hall meeting on Zoom to discuss mental health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Glazer will be joined by Suzanne Tavano, director of Contra Costa County’s Behavioral Health Services, and other local mental health experts to discuss the pandemic’s toll on mental health and what actions, legislative and otherwise, that can be done to address it.

The town hall will take place at 5 p.m. and will be streamed on Glazer’s website at https://sd07.senate.ca.gov/.

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