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Erica Yee

Erica is a data reporter at CalMatters helping develop data-driven graphics and tools. As a California native, she is excited to contribute to important coverage of state issues through engaging projects. She is a recent graduate of Northeastern University, where she majored in journalism and information science. Erica previously interned at the San Francisco Chronicle, CNBC, and Boston.com.

Erica's Latest Articles

Newsom Promised Real Progress on Mental Health with CARE Court. Here’s What the Numbers Show

In the most-comprehensive look yet at whether people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court, Calmatters found that far fewer Californians are enrolled in the mental health program than he projected.

An Initiative Promised 20,000 Homes for Mentally Ill Californians. It Delivered Far Less

Proposition 1, a March ballot measure in California, promises to build 4,350 supportive housing units for homeless people with chronic mental illness. Can it succeed where previous measures fell short?

Mentally ill prisoners in California are three times likelier to get shuffled around

California state prisons transfer people with serious mental illness far more frequently than other prisoners — sometimes moving them dozens of times — a CalMatters’ analysis of newly acquired state data has found.

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How Minecraft Therapy Is Transforming Child and Teen Mental Health Care