CA moves quickly to spend billions of dollars in mental health housing bonds.

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The NewSom Administration has been rapidly distributed from the legislative supervisory testimony to the 2024 mental health debt to billions of dollars in May, which was narrowly approved from May to 2024 mental health bonds, to billions of dollars.

The proposal No. 1, advocated by Gavin Newsom Governor, promised to inject $ 6.4 billion in the state’s heavy mental health and addiction treatment system. NEWSOM promised voters that it would help the state to solve the homeless crisis, which is often open to the problem of unpaid mental health and drug use.

Most of $ 4.4 billion is used to build a treatment facility that will help to meet the state’s estimates. 10,000 bed tribes. The remaining bonds are used in housing and are managed by the main housing department.

NEWSOM wanted to move as soon as possible. Last year, he announced that the state would release money a few months ago than schedules. At last year’s press conference, Newsom told County to move with an “urgent sense.”

“You are part of the problem or not. He said at the time.

But this timeline can ignore counties with the least mental health resources.

Susan Holt, the head of the Parliamentary Health Committee on Tuesday, said, “Susan Holt is expensive to move this money quickly.

Small and rural county says there is no manpower or expertise to explore complex subsidies that manage this one -time billions of dollars of investment. recent Legislative analyst’s office report I found that most of the money distributed in a program similar to the props 1 of the past 1 went to the most necessary area. Southern San Joaquin Valley, the most unprecedented demand, did not get the main funds in the previous funding.

In order to meet the population demand, the area must triple the capacity of nearly three times.

Prior to the proposal 1, HOLT testified that Fresno County submitted nine subsidies for acute treatment beds and did not receive money from the state.

“I can say with the conviction and conviction that we understand the emergency,” HOLT said. “Sometimes with this a lot of money we have to go a little slow to go faster.”

County is also concerned that the state provided money for treatment facilities, but did not provide money for manpower or service.

Ryan Miller, an analyst in legislative analysts, investigated how the stocks have built similar funds in the past. His analysis shows that the state awarded funds for the “prepared” project, which can be completed by the fast timeline, which is a good standard for more sophisticated county.

What areas have more mental health funds?

For example, according to the 2022 Land study, the analyst’s office has a sufficient adult acute treatment capacity in Los Angeles and Greater Sacramento, but in total, according to the analyst’s office, according to the analyst’s office. Instead, these areas have a higher need for acute nursing and community residential treatment.

Miller said, “To organize an attractive launch preparation project, you need a lot of resources and staff.

Miller said inland empire, Central Coast, and other areas of countries that received less money than expected as needed.

Congressman Jacqui Irwin, who wrote a bill that voted for voting 1, promised voters very skeptical about how the state spends money and quickly get money to county. But the Democratic Party of Thousand Oaks also questioned whether the acceleration timeline was reasonable.

Initiative 1 passed the narrower margin last year.

“Do you think the implementation is too aggressive or the goal is realistic?” Irwin said.

State supports a project that believes it will be successful.

Marlise Perez, president of the Ministry of Health and Medical Service, opposed the concept that the image will leave a small county.

PEREZ said, “We do not want to seem to be awarded only the most brilliant application.

At the same time, the administration should support projects that can actually be completed, Perez said.

According to the analyst office, 18 small counties were not funded in the previous subsidies. According to PEREZ, 16 of them did not apply.

“Unfortunately, we can only win the application. Perez said.

Her office is helping County through the application, and now seven people will apply for the next funding. One of the most difficult subsidies requirements is to ensure that facilities can provide services for the next 30 years.

There is still little room for pivot to see how money is aimed at more than $ 3.3 billion in two months. This subsidy will once again focus on the “Launch” project. The remaining $ 1.1 billion will be awarded by early 2026.

Applicants have submitted a total of $ 8.8 billion in projects, indicating twice the amount of money and serious demands throughout the state.

Representative Joaquin Arambula, the cause of the Democratic Party, said that there is a danger of “bumps of historical inequality and imbalance” when the system compensates to those who can provide historically services.

California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) supports people try to access the necessary treatment at a price that can pay the costs they need when they need it. For more information, visit www.chcf.org.