Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered statewide agencies to expand access to mental health support, along with educational and workforce opportunities, in response to what experts say is a growing crisis of loneliness and depression among boys and young men.

Newsom’s executive order , issued last week, aims to address rising rates of suicide , unemployment and gaps in educational achievement for men in their 20s and early 30s in California.

“Too many young men and boys are suffering in silence — disconnected from community, opportunity, and even their own families,” said Newsom on Wednesday. “This action is about turning that around.”

The governor orders the California Health and Human Services Agency, alongside programs like the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, to “sup

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