Gov. Gavin Newsom crafted the measure to reform California's mental health system, including a $6.4-billion bond for new facilities.
Proposition 1 is the linchpin to Gov. Gavin Newsom's solution to California's homelessness and mental health crisis. The measure asks voters to approve major changes to the state's 20-year-old Mental Health Services Act to better serve Californians with substance use disorders. A 'yes' vote on the measure would also approve a $6.4-billion bond to build facilities to provide 10,000 new treatment beds.
Proposition 1 asks voters to reconfigure the mental health law and set aside 30% of the tax, or about $1 billion a year, for supportive housing for those with serious mental health illnesses or substance use disorders. The measure includes a bond to generate at least $6.4 billion in one-time funding, which was increased recently from $4.68 billion, largely to build 10,000 new behavioral health beds under a streamlined environmental permitting process.
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