Seems that dead bodies, overdoses and insurance fraud aren’t quite enough to spur California to overhaul its private-pay addiction treatment system, but hats off to the legislators who keep trying, year after year after year.

Actually, as of late, reformers in Sacramento seem to be gaining some traction, with four of 12 bills advancing and perhaps even landing on the governor’s desk. We celebrate this, while mourning the eight that seem stuck, at least for now. Some would have spurred much-needed change to protect vulnerable users, and the neighbors who find themselves living beside tract homes where recovering users try to furnish what’s often life-or-death care.

The bills with the most juice spring from a critical state audit of the Department of Health Care Services (which licenses an

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