Official Weblog of the Campaign for Mental Health


  • Hi, I'm California Assembly Member Darrell Steinberg, and I invite you to join me in supporting this statewide ballot initiative to support expanded mental health care programs.
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March 23, 2004

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Phaedrus

I really think it's necessary to sell this thing on the basis of its extremely low real cost to the taxpayer. Based on the NY/NY study, and guessing at about 17 million tax payers, I make the cost per tax payer per week at 11 cents, and probably even less. Even then, you're gonna make the rich pay it. So voters need to know how cheap it is. Voters, bless their dingy little hearts, hate taxes, as I'm sure you know. That antipathy needs to be overcome.

Darrell Steinberg

Phaedrus, you make an excellent point. We have a finance person on the campaign who can do these kinds of calculations, and I'll get some of those figures and include them in future posts and in campaign materials as they are developed. Thank you very much for your post.

Hillary Joan

I enjoy reading through this informal place. I will surely visit you again to see if anything new appears on it.
Good luck for the future.

Jacqueilne Janssen

Thank you, thank you for passing Prop 63! My 22 year old son was diagnosed with mental illness this year. In our County we have the STAR program which does help mentally ill get Support and Treatment After Release. It is now funded through a wonderful organization, but needs more funding to help more people. It is a model program and my son has been one of the lucky ones who is receiving the care and help he needs. Now many others can get what they need as well.

Susani

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