treatment before they get arrested, and we think laura s law will go a long way towards doing this. we also know that this is not an issue of protecting people s civil rights. there is no it is not humane for so warrants to be on the streets, a psychotic, delusional, angry, and threatened. thank you. good morning. in the interim director of mental health association second direct of san francisco. we oppose the resolution authorizing the implementation of a system outpatient treatment pursuant to the call for an alternative section code section, commonly known as laura s law pirie the basic principle of law in united states is that all adults are presumed to be competent. that is, they are presumed be capable of making their own decisions about their own lives and their own medical care, including mental health treatment. every state has court procedures for determining when and if someone is incompetent. only a tiny percentage of people have ever been declared incompet
good morning. my name is roberta english. i am a member of the california board of directors, and i was here last hearing, and i stated then that california has always supported the concept and the implementation of laura s law, and our intention and hope is that it will be in every county in california sooner than later because each day that passes means perhaps a life is lost. we work together to see the county the county s implement this. it is really your job, your opportunity to create this historic moment in the next coming days where laura s law can be implemented here in san francisco, and i am very much trusting in all of the work you have done. the materials have been given to you, and i know you have reviewed it carefully and have the best of intentions, but i do want to say because i am the mother of someone with a mental illness some years ago, this is the city of my birth, by the way. i think that how many times i walked the streets and rode the buses an