---
title: "Opinion: California needs greater urgency on mental health care By JIM BEALL"
description: Jim Beall stresses the urgent need for improved mental health care in California in this opinion piece published by Mercury News.
---

[News ](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/news)

# [Opinion: California needs greater urgency on mental health care By JIM BEALL](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/news/opinion-california-needs-greater-urgency-mental-health-care-jim-beall)

 Written by [Staff](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/news/author/admin) | Nov 11, 2022 8:00:00 AM

Mercury News published this [opinion piece](https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/10/opinion-california-needs-greater-urgency-on-mental-health-care/) by PAU Board of Trustees member Jim Beall. 

[View full post](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/news/opinion-california-needs-greater-urgency-mental-health-care-jim-beall)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Staff"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2025-10-14T19:40:12.249Z",
  "datePublished" : "2022-11-11T08:00:00Z",
  "headline" : "Opinion: California needs greater urgency on mental health care By JIM BEALL",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 628,
    "url" : "https://20705724.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/20705724/PAU%20News/News-Opinion_%20California%20Needs%20Greater%20Urgency%20On%20Mental%20Health%20Care%20By%20JIM%20BEALL-1200x628.jpg",
    "width" : 1200
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://paloaltou.edu/resources/news/opinion-california-needs-greater-urgency-mental-health-care-jim-beall",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "News"
  }
}
```