President Obama's proposal Wednesday to expand mental health programs in response to the Newtown, Conn., massacre is a good start but much more should be done, according to California state Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento).

Steinberg said he is traveling to Washington next week to urge federal officials to spend $10 billion more on mental health early intervention, school-based services and treatment modeled after the system funded in California under Proposition 63.

"We believe that $10-billion investment nationally would save untold numbers of lives and help untold numbers of people," Steinberg told reporters at the state Capitol as he previewed his trip.

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