California voters approve use of MH dollars for low‐income housing

Proposition 2 was approved by California voters last week. It allows the state to use $2 billion in bonds to build housing for homeless people that includes mental health care, Capital Public Radio reported Nov. 7. Proposition 2 passed with 60 percent of the vote. The money for the bonds was originally approved to pay for mental health services, not housing. Supporters of Proposition 2 on the Nov. 6 ballot said that while the Proposition 63 tax on income exceeding $1 million has resulted in a huge benefit for mental health service enhancement, the problem of homelessness has only worsened since the Mental Health Services Act's enhancement (see MHW , Nov. 5).