Supporters say SB 43 will make it easier to get severely mentally ill and addicted people the help they need. Critics say it takes away a person's civil rights.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria led a rally Thursday morning outside City Hall, urging the governor to sign Senate Bill 43, which would change the state's conservatorship law.
"We have to be able to provide a level of care for these very vulnerable individuals," Gloria said."Because when we don’t, we know what happens. They cycle through our emergency rooms, interact with our first responders. They go to jail. I think we can all agree jail, no matter where you stand on this issue, is not an appropriate for people suffering from mental health issues.
Anita Fisher, a mother whose son suffers from schizophrenia, said she couldn't convince him to get care, and he didn't qualify for conservatorship because he wasn't"sick enough." "They greet those attempts from us to help them, by spitting on our team, hitting us, swinging at us, spraying us with mace, attacking us with machetes and other things," she said."They don’t, in many cases, have the mental capacity to know they are harming us."
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