Contact Your Officials
Two ways to be heard: let us deliver your voice for you, or send your own letter in minutes.
Option 1: We Deliver for You
When you share your story or sign the petition, we compile and deliver your voice to UC San Diego Health and the bodies that oversee it, so you don’t have to navigate the system alone.
Option 2: Send Your Own Letter
Prefer to send it yourself? Find your California state legislators by address at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov (you reach them through each legislator’s online contact form), then use the starter letter below, or download our full letter toolkit, a printable PDF with every ready-to-use letter and the exact emails and links for UC San Diego leadership, the UC Board of Regents, and the state agencies.
Who to Contact
- UC San Diego Health leadership and the Department of Psychiatry
- UC Office of the President / UC Health, and the UC Board of Regents
- Your California State Assemblymember and State Senator (look up by address)
- California Department of Public Health (CDPH); California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC); The Joint Commission
A Starter Letter You Can Use
Copy, personalize the [bracketed] parts, and send. Your own sentence or two is what officials remember most.
Dear [Official’s name],
I am a [patient / parent / family member / community member] in [city, ZIP]. I am writing about UC San Diego Health’s new psychiatry appointment-availability policy and the rushed transfer of vulnerable patients out of established mental health care.
[One or two sentences in your own words about how this affects you or someone you love.]
I urge UC San Diego Health to immediately suspend the five-week transfer timeline, retract or revise this policy, put a written continuity-of-care transition plan in place, and work with patients and clinicians on equitable alternatives. Continuity of care is not a luxury in mental health, it is the care.
Thank you for your attention.
[Your name, or “A concerned patient,” if you prefer]
Tip: the lookup link above is the fastest way to find your California Assemblymember and State Senator and reach them through their official contact form.
Send the letters too
After you contact your officials, file your patient-safety letters with UC San Diego Health and the state agencies. We have ready-to-send builders.
In crisis? Call or text 988, or the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-852-6262. This website does not provide medical advice and is not a substitute for emergency care.