Back

Brendan McCarthy

Contact
BMcCarthy@counties.org
Biography

Brendan McCarthy is the CSAC Senior Legislative Advocate for Health and Human Services, focusing primarily on behavioral health.

Relevant News

Summer Recess Legislative Update

CSAC Staff
July 9, 2026
Last Thursday, July 2, California’s legislators convened for the last time before returning to their districts for the month-long Summer Recess. This also
Curious about compensation in neighboring counties? Want to dig into state and local workforce data? Looking
The House ended its week earlier than planned after a procedural vote tied to the

Relevant News

About CalRHT   The California Rural Health Transformation (CalRHT) program is California’s approach to the federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), a $50
News

Resources to Assist County Boards with  BHSA Implementation

Brendan McCarthy, Danielle Bradley
June 11, 2026
In order to help counties implement the changes required by the BHSA, the California Behavioral Health Transformation County Performance Accelerator was established by the
News

DHCS Releases New County Behavioral Health Dashboards 

Brendan McCarthy, Danielle Bradley
June 4, 2026
Last week, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released their first iteration of the Behavioral
News