This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Christine Matlock Dougherty received the text just after noon on the last Friday in August. The mental health ...

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Christine Matlock Dougherty received the text just after noon on the last Friday in August. The mental health legislation she'd been advocating for in memory of her son was dead, held indefinitely by ...