Two things were happening simultaneously Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
At Sacramento City Hall, Mayor Kevin McCarty held a special meeting with Christopher Carlisle and his wife Anne Marie Carlisle about the plight of his 32-year-old daughter Califia, who suffers from schizophrenia and has been living on the street for a decade. Sitting patiently on Chris Carlisle’s lap with a little pink bow in her hair was toddler Laura Carlisle, born to Califia in a parking lot two years ago, later adopted by Christopher and Anne Marie.
Califia Carlisle’s story, chronicled in The Sacramento Bee, was the focal point of Tuesday night’s City Council meeting about behavioral health. City officials advocated for improved communication between local agencies so that people like her could receive proper services instead of being cycled through the justice system — instead of being returned to the streets…