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“Failed to Death”

Excellence in Local/Regional Investigative Reporting

San Francisco Chronicle, 2026

Author(s): Cynthia Dizikes, Joaquin Palomino

Reporting from San Francisco Chronicle shows that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to place more people in locked psychiatric hospitals allowed a profit-driven system to flourish in California, with disastrous results for children and adults in crisis.