Mental Health Law’s Funding Not Being Used as Intended
The 2004 Mental Health Services Act -- known as Proposition 63 -- was designed to direct 20% of California's tax revenues to mental health programs, but an Associated Press review of the state's 58 counties found that the funds are being spent for wellness programs that have little or no connection to mental health. Some advocates are calling on the Legislature to redirect the funds to treatment programs.
- "California Mental Health Spending Often Bypasses the Mentally Ill" (Dreier, AP/Los Angeles Daily News, 7/28).