In 2024, San Francisco was one of two California counties that jumped at the opportunity to implement a new law allowing cities to place those struggling with mental illness into involuntary medical treatment.
But 18 months after San Francisco began rolling it out, Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman criticized the city’s implementation, saying it has “not been a success.”
“It’s profoundly disappointing that we are where we are,” Mandelman said during a Thursday hearing, which he had called for, of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. Centered on behavioral health issues since he was first elected in 2018, Mandelman has sponsored several actions in support of expanding conservatorship programs. Now, he’s turned critical of the little progress that’s been made…