In November, 2004, California voters passed Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) which became law on January 1, 2005. The Act imposed one percent taxation on individual income exceeding $1 million. The MHSA is a unified, statewide initiative to provide improved care for individuals living with a mental illness and to outline a methodology to the plan of care and delivery of mental health services. All services were determined to be provided within a set of MHSA core values:
