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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Date:	September 18, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Consider Advocacy Position for Proposition 2 on the November 6, 2018 Ballot

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/18/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: September 18, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

CONSIDER adopting an advocacy position for Proposition 2 "Authorizes Bonds to Fund Existing Housing Program for Individuals with Mental Illness. Legislative Statute." on the November 6, 2018 ballot.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Summary of Legislative Analyst’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: Allows the state to use up to $140 million per year of county mental health funds to repay up to $2 billion in bonds. These bonds would fund housing for those with mental illness who are homeless.

FISCAL IMPACT: (CONT'D)

Local impact: The County has received a projection of revenue impact on the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds the County receives that indicates the County would lose approximately $2.79 million of locally controlled funding for mental health services on an annual basis. This represents approximately 7% of the annual MHSA revenue that Contra Costa County receives.

According to Health Services Department staff: "There will be no reduction in current programming, as sufficient MHSA funds are projected to fund current commitments."

BACKGROUND:

At its August 13, 2018 meeting, the Legislation Committee received a report on the qualified statewide ballot measures for the November 6, 2018 election that impact Contra Costa County and considered input from staff, the Board's advocate on state issues, and the public. After consideration of the qualified measures, the Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of Supervisors consider a position of "Oppose" for Proposition 2. An oppose position would be consistent with the Board's adopted position on the original bill for "No Place Like Home," which was taken on June 14, 2016.

At its September 11, 2018 meeting, the Board of Supervisors adopted no advocacy position on Proposition 2 but, rather, directed staff to return the item to the Board of Supervisors at its next available meeting for reconsideration and requested that additional information related to the fiscal impact of the Proposition on the County's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding.

The text of the Proposition can be found here: https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ballot-measures/pdf/ab-1827-ch41.pdf

Proposition 2 will appear on the November 6, 2018 statewide ballot asking the voters to affirm the implementation of the No Place Like Home Program (NPLH). The measure would authorize up to $1.8 billion in bond funding and the redirection of up to $140 million in Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding annually, to provide grants to counties for permanent supportive housing projects for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and living with a serious mental illness.

The Legislative Analyst's analysis of Proposition 2 is included in Attachment A.

CLERK'S ADDENDUM

Speakers: Wooky Karp, East Bay Housing Organizations, Eden Housing Inc.; Douglas Dunn, resident of Antioch; Mark M. Cohen, resident of Moraga; Melody Howe Weintraub, resident of Lafayette; Gigi Crowder, National Alliance on Mental Illness; Gloria Bruce, East Bay Housing Organizations; Zuleika Godinez, Ensuring Opportunity; Douglas Leich, resident of Danville.