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Mayor Brandon Johnson's mental health plan in Chicago starts small but carries big political implications

At roughly 0.1% of the city’s recently passed $16.77 billion budget, the initial cost of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s effort to begin reopening Chicago’s city-run mental health clinics is minuscule. But the political ramifications are potentially huge. Johnson rode into office on a progressive wave powered by unions and activists who have long advocated that Chicago should return to having 19 . ....

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