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Board agrees to $2.2M opioid-settlement match to secure state funding for Good News Rescue Mission treatment campus
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Summary
The board approved using $2.2 million in opioid settlement funds to match a conditional $18 million state award for a 75-bed opioid residential treatment facility and related day-center services proposed by Good News Rescue Mission; Supervisor Plummer recused from the vote.
The Board of Supervisors voted Nov. 18 to commit $2.2 million in opioid settlement funds as a local match to secure an $18 million conditional state BHCIP (Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program) award for a proposed adult rehabilitation campus operated by Good News Rescue Mission.
Jonathan Anderson, executive director of Good News Rescue Mission, presented a multi-phase plan: a $4.5 million day center providing outreach and outpatient services for roughly 250 people, followed by an $18 million, 75-bed residential medication-assisted treatment facility and longer-term recovery supports and interim housing. Anderson said the state would not accept the project's prior match because it was structured as a forgivable loan rather than a grant and set a short deadline to provide the $2.2 million match.
Anderson told supervisors the project is designed as a continuum: "From an encampment to a day center, day center into opioid treatment ... then long term recovery and interim housing," he said, summarizing the program's wraparound approach. He said the mission has provided services to roughly 18,000 people locally over the past 11 years and that the proposed campus would expand capacity and could be operational in phases, with construction break ground dependent on state approval.
Board discussion touched on timeline urgency, liability and regional impacts. Supervisor Plummer recused himself because of a consulting relationship with firms associated with the campus. After public comment (eight speakers, many supportive, some raising governance concerns), the board approved the $2.2 million match by recorded vote (4-0, with Plummer recused).
Next steps: staff will identify the opioid-settlement funding source and the conditions required by the state award; proponents said the match is intended to unlock the state grant and permit a March 2026 ground-breaking schedule if the match is secured.
