Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development

First Partner Siebel Newsom Conflates CA’s Historic Spending on Youth Mental Health With Results

May 4, 2026 12:22 pmMay 4, 2026 5:30 pm

“First Partner Siebel Newsom celebrates state’s historic investments in youth mental health at South LA’s Exposition Park, blasts the headline in an email from Governor Gavin Newsom’s office. We took care of that little glitch and rewrote the headline for...

CA Legislature Creating an ‘Office of Healthcare Affordability:’ What Could Go Wrong?

February 9, 2021 1:01 pmFebruary 11, 2021 9:37 am

The California Legislature has a proposal to create an Office of Healthcare Affordability. Sounding Orwellian, while a new agency focused on making healthcare more affordable may be just what the doctor ordered, this proposal creates a massive new bureaucracy and...

California’s Eight Health Entities: What’s the Difference?

September 18, 2020 7:25 amSeptember 18, 2020 7:32 am

California has eight health-related entities: Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Managed Health Care, Department of Health Care Services, Department of Public Health, Office of Health Information Integrity, California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Office of Statewide Health Planning and...