San Francisco Board Of Supervisors Motion: Designation of City Attorney to Institute Mental Health Conservatorship and Assisted Outpatient Treatment Proceedings

The motion was approved on May 1, 2018, by the San Francisco City and County Board of Supervisors. The motion shifts responsibility for mental health conservatorship from the District Attorney's Office, which handles criminal proceedings, but handles conservatorship as a civil matter; to the City Attorney's Office, which only handles civil matters. The goal is reducing stigma and public perception that people with mental illness are criminals . . .