*Stockton Vice Mayor and Councilman Jason Lee has secured a major financial win for his nonprofit and the community he serves. Hollywood Cares Foundation has been awarded $12.4 million in state funding to construct a youth behavioral health center in Stockton, California.
As Hollywood Unlocked reports, the grant, announced by Governor Gavin Newsom on March 6, will finance construction of the I Am Ready Stockton Youth Center — a behavioral health campus on South Center Street. The facility is expected to be complete by January 2028 and will extend services to youth and families across the region.
The funding originates from Proposition 1, a $6.4 billion bond measure approved by California voters in 2024 to increase access to mental health and substance use services throughout the state. The California Department of Health Care Services channeled the award through its Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, which works to grow treatment options at the community level. Statewide, $1.18 billion has been allocated to support 66 projects spanning 130 facilities.
Newsom said of the announcement, “Proposition 1 is doing exactly what we promised it would do: transforming California’s behavioral health system. In just two years, we didn’t just meet our goal of creating 6,800 treatment beds. We exceeded it. That means we’re finally closing the gap that’s left too many communities without the care they need.”…