Regional health leaders urge Gov. Newsom to restore funding for mobile crisis intervention

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News May 26, 2026May 22, 2026

FILE: Care Link mobile units park outside the Stockton Ballpark during the launch of a mobile crisis intervention pilot project in Stockton on Nov. 3, 2022. California mental health service providers are worried about a state budget proposal that would shift financial responsibilities for mobile crisis response teams from Medi-Cal onto counties. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News/Catchlight Local)

Health officials in the Bay Area and across the state are demanding that Gov. Gavin Newsom restore proposed budget cuts of mobile crisis intervention services.

“We must protect and expand mobile crisis response,” said Mae Sampani, executive director of crisis services at Pacific Clinics, in a virtual briefing this past Thursday. “It saves lives.”

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.

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