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San Mateo County supervisor outlines county programs after loneliness declared a public‑health crisis
Summary
David Canipa, president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, said the county has launched a Loneliness to Light initiative, expanded peer counseling and community spaces, and will host an October event at the Henry J. Kiser Auditorium after the board declared loneliness a public‑health crisis.
David Canipa, president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, gave a brief update on county work addressing loneliness, saying the board “declared loneliness a public health crisis in The United States Of America, the first county to do such.”
Canipa said the county’s effort grew out of a national call to action by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, whom he cited for describing loneliness as an epidemic. “When you look at the…
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