California voters recently approved Proposition 1, an initiative that seeks to overhaul mental health care, spend on housing and drug treatment programs, and get homeless people off the streets.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11
PROGRAM #10340 11:00 AM PT

Extra Edition: Proposition 1, and Drug and Overdose Treatment. California voters recently approved Proposition 1, an initiative that seeks to overhaul mental health care, spend on housing and drug treatment programs, and get homeless people off the streets. Analysts explain the ballot measure and the details of the new plan. In other news: Fresno may become the first city in California to require establishments that sell and serve alcoholic drinks to provide Naloxone, a medication to fight overdoses, in their first aid kits. Finally, California will now offer fentanyl test strips, a tool to prevent overdoses, to many social organizations.

Guests: Araceli Martínez, Reporter, Los Angeles, CA; Laura Ríos, Chief of Staff for Fresno City Councilwoman and Councill President Annalisa Perea, Fresno, CA; Samuel Orozco, Director de Noticias, Radio Bilingüe, Fresno, CA. This includes excerpts from recent statements by Dr. Magdalena Cerda, Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health, Grossman School of Medicine at New York University-NYU, New York, NY; and Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Founding Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, UC Davis, Davis, CA.

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