Lake County Closes 3 Prop 1 Peer Support Centers June 1 — Including the County's Only Tribal-Specific Mental-Health Hub

Lake County Behavioral Health closed three peer support centers effective June 1, 2026 amid Proposition 1 (BHSA) funding reallocation: Big Oak Peer Support Center (Clearlake Oaks), Circle of Native Minds (Lakeport — the primary culturally specific Native American mental-health hub serving elders from all seven local tribes), and La Voz de la Esperanza (Clearlake Latino wellness). The closures push displaced behavioral-health patients toward thin North State / North Coast safety-net infrastructure, including Open Door Community Health Centers and other rural FQHCs. The loss of Circle of Native Minds is especially consequential — it removes the only tribally specific peer support in the county. This adds to the Proposition 1 BH-closure cluster (alongside the tracked Lodi Wellness Center closure), showing how the BHSA reallocation is thinning culturally specific safety-net services even as demand rises.