“As a mental and behavioral health community-based service provider, our community engagement and social justice work doesn’t start and end with voting,” said Senior Vice President, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Angelica Cortez. “When I think about why voter rights are an equity and justice issue, it’s because of the systems we work within. Voting is one piece of the continuum of community engagement and advocacy, so being involved in creating a society, we want representation and focus on the future.”
Pacific Clinics is in support of or has a neutral position on the following Propositions listed below: *
- Proposition 3 (constitutional amendment) – Support
- Proposition 5 (affordable housing and infrastructure programs) – Support
- Proposition 32 (raises minimum wage) – Support
- Proposition 33 (rent control) – Support
- Proposition 34 (prescription drug revenue for patients) – Neutral
- Proposition 35 (tax on managed health care plans- most dollars will go to primary care, very little to no behavioral health benefit) – Neutral
- Proposition 36 (reclassify some misdemeanors for theft and crimes as felonies; no studies on criminal justice or homelessness to support harsher punishment reduces crime or gets people off the street) – Neutral
- Measure A – Los Angeles County only (repeals sales tax and replaces it to fund homelessness programs, including mental health care, affordable housing and rental subsidies) – Support
Click here for information on finding your local polling location. View our Get Out the Vote video featuring Chief Public Policy and Advocacy Officer Eva Terrazas.
*The list does not include all propositions on the ballot; it only consists of those that could potentially impact the services the agency provides and/or social determinants of health.
