This is where $ 4.4 billion dollars go on mental health costs

In March 2024, the voters were narrowly passed Proposal 1 – Mental health measure, supported by governor Gavin Newsom, which includes a $ 6.4 billion bond to pay for the creation of residential and medical establishments.

More than a year later, How are the money spent?

Calm Marisa Kendall and Jocelyn Wiener Explain, $ 4.4 billion of bond money is designed for the treatment of mental health and addiction. The rest is for accommodation and support services for patients with mental illness or disorders of substance use.

Last month the state launched $ 3.3 billion Finance 124 projects in 42 counties, which need to finance more than 5,000 beds for treatment and 21,800 outpatient treatment slots, according to Newsom’s office. This is about 74% of the beds and 82% of outpatient slots that the bond first promised to fund.

The big counties received much of the money – Los Angeles County received nearly $ 1 billion for 35 projects – but some rural counties, which are in the most need for mental health resourcesHe also received grants. Freshno County, for example, won grants for four projects, including one that would allow the hospital and the Fresno Medical Center to add 107 beds for patients.

Although money is a grace for health clinics and healing centers, mental health defenders and district leaders expressed fears about the speed at which money is distributed. California has historically awarded the counties that can develop projects to start ready -made, which can be completed on a faster time line. Prop. 1 is no exception that can lead to the country that circumvents funding for more complex, hard-to-build facilities, according to Legislative analyzerS

The process of applying for $ 800 million grants has already been opened by October 28, which the Newsom office plans to distribute funds by next spring.

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After a student at the Transgender High School in the Yurupa Valley finished first and second place in the National Run and Frace Championship in May, President Donald Trump threatened to impose. “large -scale fines“Against the state and to abandon federal funding.

But can he really do this?

California Act allows transgender students in the K-12 school areas to compete in teams that match their preferred gender, writes Calmatters’ Adam EchelmanS But unless the US Congress or Supreme Court of the United States, the President There is no authority to change the law of the stateS

However, the US Department of Justice, however, did, however, Send a letter last week Arguing that this policy violates the federal law and is unconstitutional.

On Monday brought a case Against the administration by the letter and in a statement, the head of the school in California Tony Turmond said “sending a letter did not change the law.”

The federal government provides California over $ 2 billion a year for low -income schools and $ 1 billion for special education.

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By a Calfatters Capitol reporter Alexey Kossef:

After a combat campaign that has become Struggle for censorship and pornographyHuntington Beach voters have rejected a library review committee on sexual content.

The special elections, which ended on Tuesday, pushed the Orange County Community in the center of a national battle for free speech, parental rights and what material is available to children in public libraries. It also tests the power of the political movement of the Ascendant, led by the self-proclaimed “Magn Lin” City Council, which in recent years has turned Huntington’s beach into Huntington Beach into Bulwark of conservative resistance to the progressive management of California.

With over 50,000 ballots counted on Tuesday night, the Campaign to cancel the Community Review Council created last year by the Municipal Council, led with 59% of the votesS

• HagamanCampaign manager to cancel the review council, in a statement: “We are united in the protection of our libraries. No one will take away their freedom to read.”

But the impetus of the City Council to limit access to books it believes is obscene, it is likely to continue. Board member Gissie van der Mark was not ready to admit Wednesday and noted that the elections had raised awareness in Huntington Beach about the process of challenging library materials.

• Van der Mark: “Our decision and dedication to protect our children remain strong. It remains unchanged.”

In order to support public officials in California, this year, a bill will allow newcomers and firefighters to retire earlier and increase the limit on how many California retirees can win at retirement. But former governor Jerry Brown says the proposal will make the state pension system “less secure”. Find out What happened to the Calmatters ‘account’ Adam AshtonS