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In November 2004, voters in the U.S. state of California passed Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), which has been designed to expand and transform California's county mental health service systems. The MHSA is funded by imposing an additional one percent tax on individual, but not corporate, taxable income in excess of one ...
A September 2016 poll from USC Dornsife / Los Angeles Times showed 64% percent of registered voters in favor of Proposition 63, 28% opposed, and 8% unknown. [4] A November 2016 poll from Insights West showed 57% percent of likely voters in favor of Proposition 63, 35% opposed, and 8% undecided. [5] Proposition 63 passed, 63% to 37%. [6]
A millionaire's tax was helping fund new mental health programs in California. But the Great Recession changed things — and counties got desperate.
The act imposes a 1% tax on incomes of $1,000,000 or more for mental health funding. [21] He co-authored "Prop 63" with advocate Sherman Russell Selix Jr. [22] In the first five years, the program has provided mental health care to 400,000 Californians. [23] The Mental Health Services Act includes a "whatever-it-takes" approach to support ...
Opinion: Fresno writer contends state regulators are to blame.
Advocates like Karen Vicari, director of Public policy for Mental Health America of California, which advocates for mental health services and which opposes Prop. 1, believe that it will lead to ...
California Proposition 63 may refer to: California Proposition 63 (1986) - Official State Language. Initiative Constitutional Amendment; California Proposition 63 (2004) - California Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) California Proposition 63 (2016) - Firearms and Ammunition Sales
If Proposition 1 is approved by California voters, the bond to build more mental health facilities could cost $14 billion in debt and interest payments. The cost of Prop. 1: Newsom's plan to ...