Linda, Grandmother of Johnny

Linda, your post hit home with me because of my interest in juvenile mental health issues. Grandparents who do what you are doing are very special people. As I like to say, help is on way if Prop. 63 passes. Thanks for your encouragement and support. Click here to read Linda's story >>

I am very concerned about the number of children and adolescents with mental disabilities in this state who suffer for years without diagnosis and without treatment. And I am also very concerned about the number of those children and adolescents with mental disabilities who end up in juvenile detention facilities without ever having been diagnosed or treated. Prevention and early intervention can make such a difference in a child's or adolescent's prospects for a happy life in the future, and that's why it was important to me that 20 percent of the money from Prop. 63 be used for these purposes.

This legislative session, I am authoring AB 2019, which is a bill relating to multi-disciplinary team evaluations of minors with mental disabilities in the juvenile justice system. I am carrying this bill with the hope that this bill, in combination with Prop. 63, will address the needs of minors with mental disabilities who have landed in the juvenile justice system.

Thanks again, Linda. I hope you'll email your friends about the campaign. Personal stories make all the difference.

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