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Press Room

Our Press Room features the latest media coverage about us, our own press releases, and recent awards and recognition.

Board Correspondence

• Filed Board Letters


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• Fact Sheets


• Summary of Amendments


• Board Motions


• 2008 Board Filing Schedule

Press Releases

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Media Coverage

• Los Angeles Times Publisher’s Forum – “The State of our Mental Health” (aired 6/23/07 on KTLA). Presented here in four parts, each part is approximately 15 min. (requires Adobe Flash Player):


• Part 1


• Part 2


• Part 3


• Part 4


• Long Beach Community Television presents “View from Long Beach” with focus on Mental Health – aired 5/9/07 duration approx. 29 min. (requires Adobe Flash Player)


• Recruitment video produced by the Department of Mental Health for Jail Mental Health Services – “Join Our Team Today”. Duration approx. 8 min. (requires Adobe Flash Player)


• KBIG-FM “The Community” featuring Ken Kondo and John Sheehe from LA County Department of Mental Health. Program aired 5/13/07, duration approx. 29 min. in MP3 format. (requires Windows Media Player)


• KMVN-FM MOVIN 93.9 “Movin Minds” featuring Ken Kondo and Stephen Rivera from LA County Department of Mental Health. Program aired 5/20/07, duration approx. 24 min. in MP3 format. (requires Windows Media Player)


• “L.A. County This Month” with L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke:
  


• “Grief and Loss for Children” - duration approx. 15 min.:
  Flash Video (requires Adobe Flash Player)
  Windows Media File 38.2 MB (requires Windows Media Player)
  


• “Interagency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN)” - duration approx. 15 min.:
  Flash Video (requires Adobe Flash Player)
  Windows Media File 37.4 MB (requires Windows Media Player)
  


• “Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) with Dr. Marvin Southard” – duration approx. 14 min.:
  Flash Video (requires Adobe Flash Player)
  Windows Media File 35.9 MB (requires Windows Media Player)
  


• FOX 11 – Good Day LA 9/29/2006
  


• “Good Beginnings Temper Tantrums” - duration approx. 4 min.:
  Flash Video (requires Adobe Flash Player)
  Window Media File 2.2 MB (requires Windows Media Player)
  


• Ad Council – Mental Health National Anti Stigma Campaign designed to encourage, educate and inspire 18-25 year olds to step up and support friends they know are experiencing a mental health problem. (all require Windows Media Player)
  


• “Friends” 30 second spot – 2.01 MB
  


• “Video Game” 30 second spot – 1.69 MB
  


• “Video Game” 25 second spot – 1.43 MB
  


• “Video Game” 15 second spot – 911 KB
  


• “Door” 30 second spot – 1.83 MB
  


• “Door” 25 second spot – 1.54 MB
  


• Stigma campaign film (requires Adobe Flash Player) – The stigma campaign film is a project developed by Designmatters and The Agency at Art Center College of Design with support from the County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, Mental Health Commission and the Board of Supervisors.

Print

• "Outpatient 'Community Based' Mental Health Urgent Care Center to be Built on Olive View Campus in Sy" article from The San Fernando Sun


• "A View Called Hope" by Evan George from the Los Angeles Downtown News

Awards & Recognition

• Integrated Service System for Infants, Preschoolers, and Families Program
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, $1 million award, October 2005
  


• Mental Health Indigent Medication Program
  2005 Top Ten Award Winner, Los Angeles County Quality and Productivity Commission
  


• Competency Restoration Program
  2004 Top Ten Award Winner, Los Angeles County Quality and Productivity Commission

Media Inquiries

Press and media can direct all questions and interview requests to our Public Information Officer, Ken Kondo:

Phone (213) 738-4740