PROP 1
AUTHORIZES $6.38 BILLION IN BONDS TO BUILD MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES; PROVIDES HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS. LEGISLATIVE STATUTE.
SUMMARY
Put on the Ballot by the Legislature
Amends Mental Health Services Act to provide additional behavioral health services. Fiscal Impact: Shift roughly $140 million annually of existing tax revenue for mental health, drug, and alcohol treatment from counties to the state. Increased state bond repayment costs of $310 million annually for 30 years. Supporters: California Professional Firefighters; CA Assoc. of Veteran Service Agencies; National Alliance on Mental Illness–CA Opponents: Mental Health America of California; Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association; CalVoices
WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS
YES A YES vote on this measure means: Counties would need to change some of the mental health care and drug or alcohol treatment services provided currently to focus more on housing and personalized support services. The state could borrow up to $6.4 billion to build (1) more places where people could get mental health care and drug or alcohol treatment and (2) more housing for people with mental health, drug, or alcohol challenges.
NO A NO vote on this measure means: Counties would not need to change the mental health care and drug or alcohol treatment services provided currently. The state could not borrow up to $6.4 billion to build more places where people could get mental health care and drug or alcohol treatment and more housing for people with mental health, drug, or alcohol challenges.
ARGUMENTS
PRO Proposition 1 addresses California’s urgent crisis of homelessness, mental health and addiction, authorizing $6.4 billion in bonds and directing billions more annually to expand mental health and addiction services, build permanent supportive housing and help homeless veterans. Vote YES on Proposition 1. Learn more at TreatmentNotTents.com.
CON Prop. 1 is huge, expensive and destructive. It costs more than $10 billion, but isn’t a “solution” to homelessness. Now’s a BAD TIME for new bonds and debt. Prop. 1 CUTS funds for mental health programs that are working. Mental health advocates and taxpayer groups oppose it. Vote NO!
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Yes on Prop. 1—Governor Newsom’s Ballot Measure Committee
- TreatmentNotTents.com
- Hope Collins
- Californians Against Proposition 1
- 7101 Amoloc Lane
- Lotus, CA 95651
- (530) 298-7995
- info@prop1no.com
- prop1no.com
- Year: 2024
- Election Cycle Type: Primary
- Election Scope: State
- Location: California
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CA Prop 1 – Bond for Mental Health, Substance Use, and Housing (2024 Primary) |
