In 2004, voters approved legislation that imposed a tax on millionaires to finance mental health services, generating $2 billion to $3 billion in revenue each year that has mostly gone to counties to fund mental health programs as they see fit under broad guidelines.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said she supports the measure.
The 14-year-old center with a mission of breaking the cycle of trauma in the Black community relies heavily on mental health funding from the county.
The state needs some 8,000 more beds to treat mental health and addiction issues, according to researchers who testified before state lawmakers last year.
“From a humanitarian and civil rights perspective, we vehemently oppose Proposition 1,” said Mark Salazar, executive director of Mental Health Association of San Francisco, which serves more than 15,000 people monthly.
Persons:
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Locations:
OROVILLE, Calif, — Democratic California, Butte, San Francisco, Butte County, Oroville, California, United States, Mental Health Association of San Francisco, Tenderloin, Chico