Public Policy Research Publications (Not Peer-Reviewed)
Reports on the Original Analysis of Data
5. Fatal Overdoses in California: 2017-2021 (2023)
News coverage: SF Chronicle, California Healthline, Guardian, and NBC Bay Area
4. Trends in California Drug Overdose Deaths, 2015-2020 (2021)
News coverage: State of Reform and KQED California Report
3. The Prevalence of Mental Illness in California Jails is Rising: An Analysis of Mental Health Cases and Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions, 2009-2019. (2020)
News coverage: Capitol Weekly, State of Reform, and CalMatters
2. Criminal Justice System Involvement and Mental Illness Among the Unsheltered Homeless in California (2018)
with David Panush and David Maxwell-Jolly
1. How Many Incarcerated Individuals Received Psychotropic Medication in California Jails: 2012-2017 (2018)
with David Panush and David Maxwell-Jolly.
News coverage: NPR Shots and KFF Health News
Reports on New Programs, Funding, or Executive/Legislative Policy Changes
7. 2021-2022 State Budget Package: Housing and Behavioral Health Funding – Opportunities for Reentry & Justice-Involved Individuals (2021) with David Panush
6. California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM): Opportunities and Implications for the Reentry & Justice-Involved Population (2020)
with David Panush
5. Shifting the Paradigm for Mental Health Diversion: The Impact and Opportunity of AB 1810 and SB 215 (2019)
with David Panush and Dave Meyers
3. Adult Reentry Grant: Overview and Recommendations for Implementation (2018)
2. Whole Person Care Pilots Focusing on the Reentry Population: An Overview (2018)
1. Reentry Health Policy Project: Meeting the Serious Health and Behavioral Needs of Prison and Jail Inmates Returning to the Community (2017)
with David Panush, Bruce Wagstaff, David Maxwell-Jolly, Elizabeth Salazar, Sharon Jackson, Diana Recouvreor, and Zach Psick