The governor’s office announced the Ritter Center in San Rafael has opened; it called the center the first behavioral health facility funded by Proposition 1. This story is the administration’s account of the program’s progress and results.
The release said Proposition 1’s Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, or Bond BHCIP, has delivered 6,948 residential treatment beds and 27,868 outpatient treatment slots; those totals are 102% and 104% of the program goals, respectively. The Ritter Center is listed as a Bond BHCIP project offering a community mental health clinic, office-based opioid treatment, and outpatient substance use disorder services; it includes 1,412 outpatient treatment slots projected to serve more than 7,000 individuals annually.
The state said Bond BHCIP has funded 176 projects across 334 facilities so far, and that Bond BHCIP builds on earlier BHCIP funding awarded since 2021. The release said that since 2021 BHCIP has awarded $6.1 billion, resulting in 436 projects across 543 behavioral health facilities that will create 9,570 new beds and 44,863 new outpatient slots projected to serve more than 5.4 million individuals annually.
The administration said the Ritter Center is the first Bond BHCIP Round 1 project to begin serving Californians; the release said the state expects to open 13 more Bond BHCIP-funded facilities by the end of 2026 and to complete all construction by 2028. The release also announced a reinvestment of more than $146 million to support three behavioral health projects in Los Angeles and Shasta counties.
The release named the three projects the reinvestment will support: Signature Healthcare Services, LLC in Shasta County, which the release said will create 107 beds across a 10-county region; Cangress in Los Angeles County, which the release said will build a 50-bed facility in the Skid Row community offering peer-led behavioral health support and stabilization services; and Compatior, Inc. in Los Angeles County, which the release said will create 30 residential substance use disorder treatment beds and 120 outpatient treatment slots.
The release placed the facility openings and capacity gains inside the administration’s broader homelessness strategy; it said California has seen a two-year drop in homelessness, with preliminary estimates showing unsheltered homelessness declining for the second consecutive year and down nearly 13% since 2024. The administration directed readers to accountability.ca.gov to track local progress on mental health, homelessness and housing.
Governor was quoted in the release saying, "In 2024, voters demanded action, results, and accountability with the passage of Prop 1. Today’s announcement is another major step in reversing a crisis decades in the making, and we’re just getting started. We now have more than 100% of the beds and treatment slots we promised to voters, ahead of schedule."
California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary was quoted in the release saying, "This s what meaningful progress looks like: new facilities opening their doors, more treatment options becoming available, and more Californians getting connected to the care they need." DHCS Director Michelle Baass was quoted saying, "Every BHCIP project reflects the commitment of local communities and partners to strengthen California’s behavioral health system."
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Gavin Newsom
Governor · Democrat
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Kim Johnson
Secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency
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