KCRW Reports
CA’s Prop 1 narrowly passes to reform mental health spending
With the narrow approval of Governor Gavin Newsom’s $6.4 billion mental health bond, Prop 1, the work begins to build thousands of treatment beds.
By Chery Glaser • • 6m ListenTwo weeks after the March 5 primary election, voters barely approved Governor Gavin Newsom’s $6.4 billion mental health bond, Prop 1.
Now local and state officials want to hit the ground running to build 10,000 mental health beds with a focus on in-patient treatment. But by restructuring the state’s mental health funding, local programs may see cuts.
