California Behavioral Health Planning Councilのメンバーとスタッフは、体系的な人種差別と不平等に対処するために必要な変化をもたらす取り組み、政策、プログラムを支援することに専念しています。 これには、精神疾患や物質使用障害の犯罪化を減らすことが含まれます。これらの状態を経験した個人は、コミュニティ内で治療や支援を必要とする個人ではなく、社会や公共の安全に対する脅威として汚名を着せられることがよくあります。 行動医療制度は、社会的不公正の影響を直接受けており、広範囲にわたる健康格差と平均余命の短縮につながります。​​ 

The nation is experiencing a number of crises; crises which have indisputably highlighted the complex issues of race and inequality across our country. The Planning Council’s vision is a behavioral health system that makes it possible for individuals to achieve full and purposeful lives.  We are committed to attaining racial and social equity through action and advocacy for an inclusive society in which all community members can realize their full potential regardless of their race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, diagnosis, ability or economic status. The Planning Council employs a number of Guiding Principles that are foundational to its visionary work.​​ 

It must be recognized that certain communities benefit from systemic racism and inequities while other communities suffer greatly. Leaders must look inward to identify unconscious bias as well as understand historical policies and practices that drive inequities. The Planning Council commits to continuing and improving our policies and practices to support and encourage diversity in membership and staff perspectives, to value individual lived experience, and to promote opportunities for ongoing education and growth.​​ 

The Council believes we can establish public policies that honor and respect differing backgrounds and life experiences by normalizing conversations about racial and other inequities. By building partnerships among Council members, policy makers, and communities served, we can operationalize the true meaning of equity. Through this process, the Council supports California in achieving the goals to reduce disparities, rebuild the trust lost from communities that have been historically under/inappropriately served and eliminate social injustice and racial inequities.​​