UKIAH, CA., 8/16/24 — Mendocino County’s Behavioral Health and Recovery Services announced the groundbreaking ceremony for the new psychiatric health facility, set to take place 9 a.m. Tuesday at the facility construction site at 2840 South State Street in Ukiah. When completed in Fall 2025, the one-story, 12,884 square foot building will house up to 16 patients for 24-hour inpatient care. The building will also include an intake room, commercial kitchen, day and treatment rooms, a dining area and more.
The project is funded by the California Department of Health Care Services and Measure B, a county initiative passed by voters in 2017 to improve mental health services in Mendocino County. Measure B enjoyed broad approval, passing by over 82%. The measure added a half-cent sales tax for five years countywide, reducing to 0.125 tax after five years, all slated to fund mental health services.
The county has long needed such a facility, as patients in crisis have often needed to be sent to other counties, far from their families. The facility is also expected to reduce the impact on emergency room services and hospitals, which currently provide beds for patients until a bed becomes available out-of-county.
To attend, RSVP by calling (707) 472-2388 or emailing Joy Beeler, event lead, at beelerj@mendocinocounty.gov.
I am so happy that this is happening it’s been long overdue and it’s much needed and will be much appreciated.
So very needed for years in our county. I know that every ER in this county will be thankful. And so many families with no place to turn. For all involved in this. We are greatful.
Hmmm??!? When was it that they discussed this with any of the residents in the area? Seems to me that it would have been better placed in town, near the courthouse or UPD or MCSO or the hospital. A good place would be the old Curry’s furniture building. Already built, empty and you could renovate the inside to suit the needs of all. Why do you think that this type of medical facility should be in a residential area? Who made this decision , another one of Ukiahs “fine” choices, without taking into consideration the residents that surround this now empty lot.
It’s really amazing to me, and many others, that when this facility was tore down, alot of the medical equipment that was inside could have been repurposed. Yet when approached about this possibility , several that inquired were told , No, it will be destroyed . This concerned the beds, the bed trays, mattresses, dividing curtains and hardware , and a plethora of other needed items for any medical facility, that were still in their sealed packaging.
Seems to me that was to much work for the city. Just destroy it all, cause you can order all new stuff. After all , you’re not paying for it out of your pocket. Pathetic….
I live directly across from this new facility. Not a fan. The burnt down Kids Fun zone across from the ukiah air port, in my opinion would of been a better location for the new building. I, think there’s more to this location. I see the city of ukiah trying to expand its city limits for tax revenue purposes. (In my opinion). Willow water has been my provider for 29 years. Just last week I had a city of ukiah worker knock on my door and said the water will be off for a half hour while they install new water meter. Why?…I can see the writing on the wall…are voting doesn’t really matter. City of Ukiah will do what they want.$$
Measure B may have enjoyed broad approval, broad approval for a mental health facility. Not broad approval for one in a residential area. Oh , slipped that part through did ya?
That is too close to the schools.
My vote was a NO on Measure B in 2017. Not because we needed a facility, but because it would be five years to wait, while we needed one right away. We already had a closed fully equipped hospital in Willits that could have provided professional care and the sales tax could have been used immediately, instead of waiting five years with the money being used for “R&D” instead. Interesting that the Willits hospital was also in a residential area and now five years later that’s exactly where it is being built, but in Ukiah.