September 28, 2022

The Honorable Geoffrey Dale

51st District of California

380 North 8th Street

El Centro, CA 92243

RE: In support of CA AB58, Salas. Pupil health: suicide prevention policies and training bill.

Dear Congress Vargas:

My name is (your first and last name), and I am a resident of your county, living in Holtville, CA.

Today mortality rate of school pupils is dramatically increasing. According to the public health survey, the suicide percentage rate in California is rising, and more than thirty-five percent are schooling pupils in different levels up to grade 12. I support implementing the CA AB58 policy bill as proposed by Rudy Salas to the city municipal because it primarily focuses on pupil health and means how pupil suicide can be prevented. This bill is significant in the education sector since it will help provide suicide awareness/education and prevention means within Imperial and California among the schooling youths. This AB 58 bill will help ensure that all schools get the necessary resources to provide practical training to improve pupil/students’ care at school and reduce the high suicidal rate and self-harm. Providing education and creating suicide prevention in schools among youths is critical. This is because they are enlightened to recognize any signs and symptoms of suicide among themselves, which is helpful since they can advise each other accordingly and prevent this tragic event of an individual taking their own life.

Moreover, I support this bill because youths are the engines of society. And when a community loses a youth is a significant loss, like in our county, where agricultural-based youths are critical people in our society in the provision of human labor for high agricultural production since they are energetic enough. Additionally, through suicide prevention policies and training, students/pupils can get relevant education and knowledge regarding factors that lead to suicidal thoughts and actions. As a result, they will be able to handle such situations when they hit their mindsets. Because they will be aware of risk factors and warning signs that can be preventable and save a life—expressing care, support, and assisting victims in taking lifesaving steps while responding to suicidal attempts.

I support this bill being enacted and passed because it will help many youths and reduce the suicide percentage rate in our county. Drawing this from my own life experience, I almost committed suicide during my high school period. This was when I experienced some significant challenges that made me think of taking my own life away. Suicide among youths is a critical issue since, in our county, it has affected many children, and the percentage rate is dramatically increasing. An unofficial actor was pleased when Rudy Salas introduced this bill to the Senate. The issue of suicide within our municipality that you serve is terminating the lives of many youths, which is an unfortunate situation to bare and see it increasing. The teenage stage is a very stressful stage that makes many children think of committing suicide; like me, since during my time was distressed by various factors that made me think of committing suicide. And when I hear about any topic regarding suicide am touched. This suicide first affects a person’s mentality, such that they have negative thoughts all through. Additionally, suicide has not only personal effects but also family and community negative impacts. This is because when a youth commits suicide, they leave behind sorry, grief, and mourning to the entire family and community, reducing productivity.

However, having all being mentioned regarding suicide. I urge you, our able leader of the city, to support implementing the bill into the law within the county and basing the issue of suicide on my personal life situation when all my parents passed away. I had no one to take care of me, so I became depressed and decided to put my life away. I plea with you to provide the required resources, especially for youths, as I do advocate and offer all my efforts to ensure no more cases are reported in schools starting from grade 1-12 level.

Lastly, I would like to thank you for taking your time despite being so engaged and going through my writing. I cannot thank you enough for being our able leader in leadership and ensuring there is smooth running in the county. I know you will support the bill where you can provide all policies concerning suicide prevention to save any future suicidal incidence. May God bless you as you continue serving us.

Sincerely,

Your name

Holtville, CA 20

Holtville, California, 92250

Your Email Address