Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. No more empty promises on treatment Re: “Prop. 36 struggling to meet its pledge of mass treatment” (Page A1, Aug. 17). California has been here before. Decades ago, leaders from both political parties shut down the state’s mental hospitals. They solemnly promised community-based programs to provide care for the mentally ill. It never happened. The ugly result is visible everywhere: thousands of mentally ill people living — and dying — on our streets. Today we hear new vows to solve homelessness and drug addiction with...