TysforSupervisorBlog

 
Prop 63 needs all the support we can give.
 
Check out my good friend and Tys Sniffen for Supervisor strategist and volunteer, Alex's webpage about Prop 63.
 
Here's a quick rundown: 
 
"The Mental Health Services Act(Prop 63) expands mental health care programs for children and adults. It is a proposed citizen initiative that will appear on the November 2004 ballot. It provides services to people who are disabled by mental illness, people who are showing signs of mental illness in need of prevention services, and to families and caregivers of those affected.For most adults, the initiative uses the recently developed, successful "integrated services" model to link many kinds of care. The initiative pays for expanded programs through a surcharge on income above $1 million per year. A new 1% surcharge applies to each dollar earned over $1 million. The initiative creates a new oversight and accountability commission to supervise the new mental health care programs."
 
Go sign up on Alex's page. Give a bit of money to the campaign. This will end up getting San Francisco something around $50 million a year to spend on homeless programs.  This is the right thing to do. 
 
I was at the press conference today for this thing. Jeff Adachi, Kamala Harris, Hennessey, Dufty, Fong, Newsom, Assemblymember Darrell Steinberg (the sponsor of the proposition and a very close resemblance to Tony Shalub) were all there.  To make a similar note that another candidate in D5 has made recently, not one 'progressive' leader present. hm.