Assemblyman Michael Allen (D-Santa Rosa) will lead a hearing Tuesday afternoon in Sacramento on safety in the state's mental hospital system.
The first hearing by the Select Committee on State Hospital Safety comes 10 months to the day after a psychiatric technician was slain at Napa State Hospital, lifting a veil on violent conditions for patients and staff at the facilities statewide.
Although the federal government ordered reforms in 2006 to improve conditions in California hospitals, many of the facilities -- in Napa, Coalinga, Norwalk, San Bernardino and Atascadero -- have since experienced a rise in violence.
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