Kunal Modi, the mayor's chief of health and human services, emphasized the need for San Francisco to address the issues faced by families, residents, and small businesses, particularly those impacted by individuals sleeping in doorways. The city aims to continue supporting individuals in crisis while expanding efforts toward conservatorships for drug users and the mentally ill. Despite recent legislative changes allowing for new conservatorship measures, a lack of available 'locked beds' poses a challenge to implementation. Modi stressed a need for comprehensive health strategies that encompass the entire community's well-being.
"We've spent a long time rightly focused on the folks in crisis, and we will continue to do that," said Kunal Modi, emphasizing the ongoing efforts to aid those in need.
"Public health means the whole public," said Modi, underscoring the necessity of a comprehensive approach to health and human services in San Francisco.
However, the city does not currently have enough 'locked beds,' which are needed to expand use of conservatorships, according to Modi.
"You can't really go to a judge and say, 'Let us take away all the autonomy from this person, but we have no plan for them,'" said Mandelman, highlighting the challenges in enforcing conservatorships.
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