Overview

• Gov. Newsom’s 2025–26 budget provided no ongoing funding for Parents Anonymous after the group requested $3 million, prompting immediate layoffs.
• The San Francisco Peer Run Warm Line saw its state support slashed from $10 million to $5 million, forcing it to close its Spanish-speaking line and forecast an annual call volume equal to a single month this spring.
• Orange County NAMI plans to dismiss 127 peer counselors who handled roughly 900 calls a day after their one-time funding expired.
• Unlike the 988 crisis line and privately funded mental health apps, warm lines rely on general fund supplements that lapsed under the new budget.
• Operators warn that without these non-crisis support services, tens of thousands of Californians will lose preventive care that has historically reduced emergency room visits and eased pressure on first responders.