Dr. Laura Vlegel — Identified as a colleague present with the speaker.
Yale Canig — Identified as a colleague from County Behavioral Health.
Dr. Laura Vlegelz — Named as a colleague present with the speaker; spelling uncertain.
Yale-Kinig — Named as a colleague from County Behavioral Health; spelling uncertain.
Yale — Nadia hands the presentation off to Yale, who then takes over and begins discussing CDC indicators of positive mental health for children.
Darshana Patel — The speaker, noting the panel is running over time, thanks Dr. Darshana Patel and hands the presentation over to her as the next panelist.
Darshana Patel — Thanked for putting the committee discussion together.
Christine — Christine was introduced and began her testimony as the Director of Student Services for the San Marcos Unified School District. She thanked the committee for the opportunity to speak and described her role and district context, noting that the district serves over 18,000 students across 19 schools.
Matta — Christine referenced Matta's earlier remarks while describing the district's CYBHI work.
AB1802 — The speaker says she was hired under an educational Assembly Bill called AB 1802.
Joe Patterson — No direct mention in this section; likely none. Transcript instead discusses counselor ratios and staffing.
Lauren — A student who proposed creating a Mental Health Awareness Club to reduce stigma and provide a space to talk about mental health.
Mending Matters provider — The provider administers the annual climate survey used to measure student attitudes about mental health.
Mending Matters provider — The provider is introduced to students in classrooms as part of the school counseling team.
Dr. Scott Kane — Named as a forthcoming panelist for the provider perspective.
Pyle Beam — Pyle Beam is introduced as one of the panelists for Panel 2A, alongside Dr. Scott Kane and Susan Ryder.
Pyle Beam — Pyle Beam, Vice President for Mental, Behavioral and Developmental Services at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, described the hospital’s steady expansion of behavioral health services since 2016, including widespread depression screening, urgent care and emergency psychiatric services, mental health integration programs, and training for primary care physicians. He explained how these services were consolidated into the Mental Behavioral Health Institute and emphasized the importance of prevention, early intervention, and collaboration with community and county partners. Beam then focused on systemic barriers to access, including long wait times, low reimbursement, insurance and geography-related obstacles, high denial rates, and the need for greater transparency in billing and payment. He argued that inadequate reimbursement contributes directly to workforce shortages, instability, and difficulty sustaining services, which in turn affects care quality. He concluded by noting that Rady is building a new campus and expanding intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs to increase inpatient and crisis stabilization capacity and strengthen community-based care.
Susan Ryder — Susan Ryder is introduced as one of the forthcoming panelists on Panel 2A, alongside Dr. Scott Kane and Pyle Beam.
Dr. King — Likely the intended speaker name or a mis-transcription; addressed as the first speaker in agenda order.
speaker (child psychiatrist and former teacher) — Introduces their background in child psychiatry, Navy service, and prior work as a high school teacher.
Dr. Fogles — Dr. Fogles is mentioned as planning to provide a brief vignette, with the discussion repeating that same point across the adjacent transcript segments.
Dr. Susan Writer — Introduced herself as the Director of Business Development and Psychoeducation for Aurora Behavioral Health and began testimony about private for-profit behavioral health care.
Dr. Kane — Referenced as having discussed emergency room care and short acute-care lengths of stay.
Dr. Kane — Dr. Kane is referenced as having discussed the need to build rapport and the time it takes.
Dr. Kane — A speaker asks Dr. Kane a quick question about how youth crisis or mental health situations should be handled differently, specifically whether there is an alternative to police transport and handcuffs.
Dr. Kane — Referenced as having raised the comparison to CPR earlier in the discussion.
Tasha Boerner — Assembly Member Tasha Boerner introduces herself, thanks the panel and Assembly Member Dr. Patel, and notes that she represents the coast and has a personal perspective shaped by her family and experience, framing her remarks as part of the broader discussion on mental health and related issues.
unidentified witness / speaker — The speaker says they struggled with coordination while serving as director of mental health in the Navy at Camp Pendleton.
Dr. Patel — Referenced as the person from whom permission was obtained to ask a question.
Dr. Patel — Attended the high school sessions and was described as very supportive of the work.
Dr. Patel — Speaker thanked Dr. Patel for allowing them to be present.
Karen Ogden — Karen Ogden introduced herself and her nonprofit, Sole Effects, a youth leadership and wellness organization. She explained that she retired early to focus full-time on youth mental well-being and began researching effective approaches. With guidance from professionals, interns tested different strategies and methods, eventually developing best practices that informed the Sole Effects Journey Program.
Tiffany Campbell — Described as being very involved and hands-on in the work.
Krista Askevel — Introduced herself as a YMCA vice president and social worker.
Christina Halmay — Introduced as Krista Askevel's colleague and a therapist.
Ms. Pravara — Referenced as having raised the issue of interconnectedness and disconnection between funding sources.
Christina — The speaker repeatedly indicates that Christina will expand on the same general topic: the approach being discussed, what young people are asking for, and what has been heard from youth about their needs and preferences in clinical settings.
Christina Holmai Gillen — Introduces herself as a licensed marriage and family therapist and Director of Service Innovation with the YMCA in San Diego.
young people / youth — Speaker says youth are asking for innovative practices and mental health access.
Erin Langs — Introduced herself as founder of CARES Advocacy and a certified mental health first aid instructor.
Erin Langs — Described her school-based curriculum and experience teaching on public school campuses in San Diego.
Erin Langs — Shared her lived experience as a mother whose sons experienced suicidal crises.
Erin Langs — Continues describing her school-based teen mental health first aid work and the need for earlier community support.
Erin Langs — Explains how students are taught crisis response steps before leaving her class.
Erin Langs — Shares a story about two families who lost sons to suicide after crisis encounters with police and 5150 checks.
Erin Langs — Thanks the committee and emphasizes that students are craving in-person mental health education.
Erin Langs — Explains that her CARES Advocacy program is privately funded and that she refuses to exclude groups from her curriculum to qualify for federal grants.
Erin Langs — Describes her family experience with neurodiversity and her educational background in psychology and autism.
Erin Langs — Explains why students seek her out and emphasizes early education and support.
Erin Langs — Describes school resistance to staff training and argues that implementation must be mandatory rather than optional.