Every county's front door, in one table.

California runs mental health through counties, which is why "call your county" is such useless advice: 58 counties, 58 websites, and the number is rarely where you would look. 57 of the 58 publish a line we could verify on their own site. One does not, and its page says so rather than guessing — a wrong crisis number is worse than no number.

Wherever you are: 988 answers 24/7 and routes you locally, and the ten-day appointment right applies in every county in the state.

CountyLineWhat the county calls itChecked

Alameda(800) 491-9099ACCESS line, 24/712 September

Alpine(800) 318-821224/7 crisis line12 September

Amador(888) 310-655524-hour crisis line12 September

Butte(800) 334-662224/7 behavioral health crisis line12 September

Calaveras(800) 499-303024/7 crisis line12 September

Colusa(888) 793-658024-hour crisis line12 September

Contra Costa(888) 678-727724/7 behavioral health ACCESS line12 September

Del Norte(888) 446-440824/7 mental health and substance use access line12 September

El Dorado(800) 929-195524/7 access and crisis line12 September

Fresno(800) 654-393724/7 access line12 September

Glennnot verifiedsee the county page17 August

Humboldt(888) 849-572824-hour behavioral health crisis line12 September

Imperial(800) 817-529224/7 access and crisis line12 September

Inyo(800) 841-501124/7 access line12 September

Kern(800) 991-527224-hour crisis hotline and access line12 September

Kings(800) 655-255324/7 access and crisis line12 September

Lake(800) 900-207524-hour emergency crisis line12 September

Lassen(888) 530-868824-hour behavioral health crisis line12 September

Los Angeles(800) 854-7771DMH help line, 24/712 September

Madera(559) 533-100024/7 mobile crisis line12 September

Marin(888) 818-111524/7 ACCESS line12 September

Mariposa(800) 549-674124-hour crisis line12 September

Mendocino(855) 838-040424/7 crisis line12 September

Merced(209) 381-681924/7 crisis line12 September

Modoc(800) 699-488024/7 emergency line12 September

Mono(800) 687-1101after-hours access line12 September

Monterey(888) 258-602924/7 ACCESS line12 September

Napa(707) 253-471124-hour crisis hotline12 September

Nevada(530) 265-581124-hour crisis line12 September

Orange(855) 625-4657OC Links, 24/712 September

Placer(888) 886-540124-hour crisis and intake line12 September

Plumas(800) 757-789824/7 crisis and access line12 September

Riverside(800) 499-3008CARES line, 24/712 September

Sacramento(888) 881-4881mental health access team12 September

San Benito(831) 902-291124/7/365 mobile crisis line12 September

San Bernardino(888) 743-147824/7 access line12 September

San Diego(888) 724-7240Access and Crisis Line, 24/712 September

San Francisco(888) 246-333324/7 behavioral health access line12 September

San Joaquin(209) 468-868624/7/365 crisis line12 September

San Luis Obispo(800) 838-138124/7 behavioral health access line12 September

San Mateo(650) 579-035024/7 crisis line and mobile crisis team12 September

Santa Barbara(888) 868-164924-hour crisis response and access line12 September

Santa Clara(800) 704-090024/7 behavioral health call centre12 September

Santa Cruz(800) 952-233524/7 behavioral health access line12 September

Shasta(888) 385-520124-hour mental health access and crisis line12 September

Sierra(888) 840-841824/7 crisis and access line12 September

Siskiyou(800) 842-897924/7 crisis intervention and access line12 September

Solano(707) 806-0866mobile crisis hotline, 24/7/36512 September

Sonoma(800) 870-878624/7 behavioral health access line12 September

Stanislaus(888) 376-6246access, crisis and support line, 24/712 September

Sutter(888) 923-3800Sutter-Yuba psychiatric emergency services, 24/712 September

Tehama(800) 240-320824/7 access line12 September

Trinity(888) 624-582024-hour behavioral health access line12 September

Tulare(800) 320-161624-hour crisis and access line12 September

Tuolumne(800) 630-113024-hour behavioral health crisis line12 September

Ventura(866) 998-224324/7 access and crisis line12 September

Yolo(888) 965-6647access line, business hours12 September

Yuba(888) 923-3800Sutter-Yuba psychiatric emergency services, 24/712 September

Free to republish with attribution — a county, a school district or a clinic can lift this table whole. Every row links to the official page it came from. If a number here is wrong, that is the most important correction you can send us, and it goes in the same day: the form reaches a person.