SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's Proposition 1 is a statewide ballot measure that Governor Gavin Newsom said would transform the outdated mental health and address the state's homeless crisis.
Proposition 1, the only statewide initiative in the March 5 election, is also one of the most complicated and lengthy measures in recent years. It takes up 68 pages of the 112-page voter information guide.
At the center of the proposition is the question of how counties could use funding that comes from a voter-approved tax on millionaires in 2004. Revenue from the tax, now between $2-3 billion a year, has mostly gone to counties to fund mental health services as they see fit under broad guidelines. It provides about one-third of the state's total mental health budget.
The ballot measure would give the state more power over how it's spent. It also would allow the state to borrow $6.38 billion to build 4,350 housing units, half of which would be reserved for veterans, and add 6,800 mental health and addiction treatment beds.
Prop 1 Election Results
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► Key Dates: Ballots will be counted in the days ahead. According to the California Secretary of State’s office, vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked by March 5 and arrive at county elections offices by March 12. The last day for county election officials to certify the primary election results is April 4.
Go Deeper
► ABC10 veteran fact-checker and politics reporter Brandon Rittiman breaks down what Prop 1 would and wouldn't do:
