May 20, 2013
EMHI and AB 187!

We are continuing to follow AB 187 (Bonta-Dickinson) as a potential funding source for the Early Mental Health Initiative (EMHI), as well as for a Public Safety Emergency Prevention Fund for municipalities with high crime rates. This bill combined what was originally AB 760 (Dickinson) with AB 187 (Bonta), and would place a 10% tax on ammunition purchased in California, with funding for the two purposes mentioned above. 

The bill will be heard Friday, May 24, in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.  If it passes from this committee, it will go to a final floor vote where it will require a 2/3 majority.  With over 30,000 prison inmates suffering from mental illness, we think it is time to make a serious, long-term investment in proven mental health prevention and early intervention services in schools.  AB 187 will accomplish this. 

Please click on our Advocacy link today to let your legislators know you support Assembly Bill 187.

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