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Counties slow to spend millionaires' money on mental health

March 1, 2018

California counties are sitting on money from a special tax on millionaires that should be spent on mental health programs, but the state isn't moving fast enough to reclaim the funds, according to a state audit released on Tuesday.

California State Auditor Elaine Howle found that county mental health programs had stashed $231 million from the tax that should have been returned to the state by the end of the 2015-16 budget year.