in san mateo county to 5051 emergency mental health calls than we ve ever done if all of the time we have had school. reporter: and, you know, they say that cdc data shows that between 2011 and 2021, there was a rise in nearly all categories of risk to kids. suicide, mental health, substance abuse and this trend tracks precisely with the release and growing popularity of the youtube, tiktok, and snap company s platforms during the same period. now, the superintendent says due to social media, young lives are being lost in this country. jake? and how are the tech companies responding? well, snap told us that they review user generated content before it can reach a large audience. we also work closely with leading mental health organizations to provide actuals
and says states actually need safeguards in place so that cases like theirs are not repeated. what do you say to some of those arguments? well, first of all, legislators should not be in charge of medical care. medical care should come from medical professionals and the team of individuals that work with our trans youth and our families. so parents, the youth themselves, mental health providers and the medical providers should be determining what is the right and appropriate care for these individuals, not some politicians. this is not harm. my son needed this medical care. all the national medical and mental health organizations across the country deem this care medically necessary for transgender youth. i m going to believe the professionals over the politicians. kathie, real quick, have you heard which way the governor will lean on this? we have i have not.
fund education programs like kids foundations and mental health organizations like hold my guns. and in closing, i claim that nothing in these bills do anything to make us safer or address the mental health crisis in this country despite living with the heartache of losing my son on a daily basis. i believe it is our god-given right to defend ourselves from any act of violence, making it more difficult or even more expensive for me and people that look like me and other law-abiding citizens will not make us safer. it will embolden the criminals. gun owners are not the enemies,