Agnew was still open in the 90s. It's now Cisco & a shopping center. Also, just for teh sake of getting history correct, the CA Legislature voted to change the rules for mental incarceration. As the chief executive, Reagan had to comply though he didn't raise the red flag. As usual, it was poorly thought through & so many of the mentally unstable were just dumped on the street. The Democrats blame Reagan & the Republicans blame the Democratic legislature but in fact, both were equally at fault. It was once too easy to get people committed, now it's very hard. Jim -----Original Message----- >From: EdrieAnne Broughton <edrieanne@gmail.com> >Sent: May 28, 2010 10:18 AM >To: norcal@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Agnews History Museum > >Agnew was closed, I believe during the Reagan governorship so that would >have been in the early 70s when he emptied all the mentally ill, brain >damaged and Alzheimer's patients onto the streets. > EdrieAnne > > >----------------------------------------- >NORCAL ARCHIVES: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. >Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. >----------------------------------------- >To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message