In our society, mental illnesses are often stigmatized due to negative representations in the media and social beliefs. Thus, participants who often suffer from mental illnesses may become isolated and dangerous because they are unable to overcome their disorder-related problems. Additionally, policies have often unfairly marginalized participants with mental illnesses due to the lack of appropriate support and services offered to help them. California is working to progressively help participants with mental illnesses and reduce social problems in communities. Since the beginnings of deregulation of mental health facilities, many participants have had to support themselves during this difficult time. If participants had been fortunate enough to have a support system to help them, they may have been able to avoid incarceration and homelessness. Unfortunately, many participants had to support themselves and often faced social problems involving incarceration, hospital readmissions, and substance abuse. Participants could seek counseling services for mental illness if they could afford it. Unfortunately, mental health services were primarily offered to participants perceived to have serious mental illnesses, as participants who did not meet eligibility criteria were unable to seek help. Thus, participants with mental illnesses that have not been perceived as serious mental illnesses may often wait until their problem escalates into a serious mental illness. Because of these recurring themes related to mental health issues, Proposition 63 was implemented after the success of mental health pilot programs that were perceived...... middle of article...... by participants with mental illnesses who were perceived as deserving to receive services because of their condition. Implementation of the realignment of mental health services in California has yielded positive results for participants with serious mental illnesses. Before realignment, the number of participants with serious mental illness receiving mental health services was declining at a rate of 1.5 percent and costs were increasing at a rate of 5.3 percent per year (Abrams, 2011). After the first year of realignment, a 6.5 percent increase in participants with serious mental illnesses enrolled and received mental health services, and mental health service costs were reduced by 3.3 percent during the first three years (Abrams, 2011). . Therefore, the realignment of mental health in California has proven to be positive, as many