In October 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cut the AB 3632 Mental Health funding which pays for children to receive mental health services from County Mental Health Agencies. This loss of funding means school districts, as the payer of last resort, are responsible for providing and paying for these services without additional revenue to cover the cost. For the Mt. Diablo School District, this is estimated to cost $5.4 million dollars a year and is NOT currently in their budget.
Our new Governor, Jerry Brown, has proposed new funding to begin for next year; however, nothing has been set in stone. Meanwhile, the Mt. Diablo School District is responsible to cover the cost for the remainder of this school year which is estimated at $2.4 million dollars.
We NEED to contact our legislators NOW and ask them to support reinstatement of the AB 3632 Mental Health funding. Below is contact information for the Big Five and Local Legislators. We need to send letters weekly so this funding is restored and not forgotten.
Governor of California
Jerry Brown
State Capitol Building, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 445-2841 Phone
(926) 558-3160 Fax
http://gov.ca.gov/m_contact.php
Assembly Speaker
John Perez
State Capitol, Room 219
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 319-2046 Phone
(916) 319-2146 Fax
Email speaker.perez@assembly.ca.gov
Assembly Minority Leader
Martin Garrick
State Capitol, Room 3104
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 319-2074 Phone
(916) 319-2174 Fax
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/74/
Senate President pro tempore
Darrell Steinberg
State Capitol, Room 205
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 651-4006 Phone
(916) 323-2263 Fax
Email senator.steinberg@senate.ca.gov
Senate Minority Leader
Bob Dutton
State Capitol, Room 5094
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 651-4031 Phone
(916) 327-2272 Fax
http://cssrc.us/web/31/contact_me.aspx
Senator:
Mark DeSaulnier
Local Office
1350 Treat Blvd, Suite 240
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
(925) 942-6082 Phone
(925) 942-6087 Fax
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2054
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 651-4007 Phone
(916) 445-2527 Fax
Email Senator.desaulnier@sen.ca.gov
Can also send a message to him on his website http://dist07.casen.govoffice.com/
Assembly Member
Susan Bonilla
Local Office
2151 Salvio Street, Suite 395
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 521-1511 Phone
(925) 602-1537 Fax
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2188 OR PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0011
(916) 319-2011 Phone
(916) 319-2111 Fax
Can send a message to her on her website http://asmdc.org/members/a11/
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tom Torlakson
1430 N Street, Suite 5602
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
(916) 319-0800 Phone
Email Superintendent@cde.ca.gov
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
2151 Salvio Street, Suite R
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 521-7100 Phone
(925) 646-5202 Fax
Thank you,