NEW: Gov. Newsom signs SB40, which would expand SF's ability to compel mentally ill people into treatment. This would expand a recent law, SB1045, which was estimated to only help about five people in the city. Story soon.
Background:
Conversation
“It is not humane to leave people to suffer on our streets when we know we have a solution that can help.”
But is the solution cost-effective or even affordable? If you can't control what happens in the city, at what point does the humane thing to do become putting up a wall?