Schwarzenegger sued over veto of funds for mentally ill homeless

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Mental patients and advocates sued the state Thursday over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of funding for a $55 million program for mentally ill, homeless adults, saying the action violated a voter-approved law and endangered services to 4,700 people.

Schwarzenegger eliminated funding for the program in August as part of $703 million in cuts to a state budget that had been delayed for nearly two months by Republican legislators, who insisted on spending reductions before ending the deadlock.

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I am sorry to hear and for what he did to my husband with workcomps , I am not surprise to know he would do that o people who suffers.
 
RLF said:
Mental patients and advocates sued the state Thursday over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of funding for a $55 million program for mentally ill, homeless adults, saying the action violated a voter-approved law and endangered services to 4,700 people.

Schwarzenegger eliminated funding for the program in August as part of $703 million in cuts to a state budget that had been delayed for nearly two months by Republican legislators, who insisted on spending reductions before ending the deadlock.

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I sincerely hope that the advocates win the lawsuit. Cutting funding for the most needy is despicable. And to think, he married into the Kennedy family. I'm surprised they haven't lynched him. JFK did more in the way of social programs for the needy and the mentally ill than any other president we've had. He was a champion of Civil Rights.
 
Well, because of the housing situation, the California Legislature plans (next month) on ripping up the current budget and start cutting within a lot of departments lest there be from a 10-14 billion shortfall and the end of this budget year (end of June).
 
Tousi said:
Well, because of the housing situation, the California Legislature plans (next month) on ripping up the current budget and start cutting within a lot of departments lest there be from a 10-14 billion shortfall and the end of this budget year (end of June).
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On that note, this doesn't sound like good news for the ODA's 'umbrella' of agencies; i.e. GLAD, DCARA, DCS, CODIE, NorCal, etc. I just hope they can survive the latest round of budgetary scrutiny in Sacto, with pretty much of their finances left intact.
 
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