This thread is a bizarre read. The challenges involved with humanely detaining violent offenders with severe mental illness, ordering & compelling treatment, etc., are not new. SF is a very rich city within a very rich state with exceptionally strong public services, inc medical.https://twitter.com/GeorgeGascon/status/1162372342359527424 …
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Read Lanterman Petris Short -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanterman%E2%80%93Petris%E2%80%93Short_Act … When it passed, California voters were supposed to substantially fund community-based mental health centers to replace state mental institutions. Shocker: they didn't.
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it’s not okay, which is why we argued against his being released. We don’t have authority to make pretrial release decisions.