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Assembly adopts resolution designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Summary
The California Assembly unanimously adopted ACR 70, sponsored by Assemblymember Pellerin, to designate September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and urge expanded awareness, training and use of the 988 lifeline. Members shared personal testimony and called for destigmatizing language and improved access to crisis services.
The California State Assembly on Aug. 20 adopted Assembly Concurrent Resolution 70, designating September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Author Assemblymember Pellerin urged colleagues to recognize the human toll of suicide and to adopt language that frames suicide as a health issue, not a crime.
Pellerin told colleagues she had lost her husband to suicide and said, “suicide and mental health is preventable; we need to prevent suicide and mental health conditions can be…
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