East County News Service

November 14, 2025 (Oceanside) -- The first inpatient psychiatric health facility funded in part by San Diego County opened Nov. 13 in Oceanside.

San Diego County Board of Supervisors leader Jim Desmond says, “When I came into office, I said we needed to stop leaving people on the streets and start getting them into treatment. Today, that work is becoming reality.”

He calls the new facility,  “a place where people in crisis will finally get help, not handcuffs.”