The County Mental Health Treatment Facility — NIMBY or Necessary?
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Burlingame has become the latest battleground in San Mateo County's struggle to site a desperately needed mental health treatment facility. After facing fierce opposition from residents to a proposed treatment facility location in San Mateo, the county proposed an alternative location in Burlingame — and immediately hit a different but equally vigorous wave of local opposition. The episode reflects a regional crisis: San Mateo County urgently needs more inpatient and residential mental health treatment capacity — the same shortage driving the 160% surge in 988 crisis line calls — but every proposed location triggers organized neighborhood resistance. Burlingame's City Council must navigate between its obligations as part of the county's mental health system and the legitimate concerns of residents near the proposed site.
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