Mental health advocates sue Governor to restore vital program
Proposition 63 - Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Involuntary Treatment
- Petition for Writ of Mandate and Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief, 12/13/07
- Policy Brief: Integrating mental health services into California's diverse neighborhoods, undated
- Public Comments - Draft Strategies to implement Proposition 63, 12/23/04
- Proposition 63 - The Mental Health Services Initiative Act, 11/22/04
- Proposition 63 and Involuntary Services (AB 1421), 11/18/04
- Description of Proposition 63 Services, 11/11/04
- Constitutionality of Proposition 63, 11/10/04
- Department of Mental Health - MHSA Home Page
- From Fail-First to Help-First: Proposition 63 Transforms California's Mental Health System (DMH)
Press releases, news articles
- Los Angeles Times, 12/14/07 Suit seeks to restore funds for treatment of homeless mentally ill. Plaintiffs are seeking the restoration of money, cut by Schwarzenegger, for a program that targeted the homeless.
- Sacramento Bee, 12/14/07 - Mental health shift sparks suit. Advocates seek to halt using Prop. 63 money to fund homeless program.
- San Francisco Chronicle, 12/14/07 - Schwarzenegger sued over veto of funds for mentally ill homeless. "The voters thought those services would be protected," said attorney Kimberly Lewis. "The state has to maintain the same level of funding and services that existed before Prop. 63 passed. They can't pull money out and use Prop. 63 funds to supplant it."
- Press release: Mental health advocates sue Governor to restore vital program for homeless Californians, 12/13/07
- Los Angeles Times, 8/29/07 - Lives may founder, but yacht sales will flourish. From Los Angeles to Sacramento, people have been calling and e-mailing me the last couple of days with tributes to William H. Compton Jr., whose battle with schizophrenia helped inspire the program Schwarzenegger axed.