Environment

County LEEDing the Way

| 1:45 PM

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When the County broke ground last month on its seventh Crisis Stabilization Unit—a place to give people in the midst of crisis a calm place to recover—it wasn’t just a boon for behavioral health.
It was also a boost for the environment, sustainability and thwarting climate change in San Diego County.

Veterans
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County’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs Gears up for Stand Down

| 2:12 PM

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The County’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs (OMVA) is one of many County departments gearing up for the region’s largest annual event for unhoused veterans, the Veteran’s Village of San Diego’s Stand Down. The event is scheduled August 9 to 11. It will include an array of resources, and County services, for unhoused veterans. 

Health

Live Well on Wheels Hits the Road

| 12:30 PM

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The County has two Live Well on Wheels buses (Live WoW) that visit local communities and provide residents with easy access to a wide range of County health and community services right in their own neighborhood.  

Health
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County Breaks Ground on East County Crisis Stabilization Unit

| 3:29 PM

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The County of San Diego and partner agencies broke ground on the region’s seventh Crisis Stabilization Unit Thursday. The “CSUs” are designed to give many people who are in the midst of a behavioral health crisis a calm and better place to become stable and recover than emergency rooms, hospitals or jails.

Health
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County Drug Disposal Pilot Program Reaches Milestone

| 11:40 AM

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The County’s Drug Disposal Pilot Program has reached a milestone by distributing more than 1200 drug deactivating pouches.