At Present
This initiative’s objective was to expand mental health programs, expand the availability of services, and reduce state spending on mental health. With hundreds of millions of dollars cut from the community mental health system and other safety net programs due to the current economic crisis, MHSA has become an important source of funding of the state’s overall mental health delivery service system.
Read more about this topic: California Proposition 63 (2004)
Famous quotes containing the word present:
“I am present at the sowing of the seed of the world. With a geometry of sunbeams, the soul lays the foundations of nature.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values.... Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one.”
—Ann Oakley (b. 1944)