Ordinance amending the Health Code to designate the City Attorney rather than the District Attorney to institute judicial proceedings under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act to appoint conservators for persons with mental health disorders and compel participation in assisted outpatient treatment; and expressing the Board of Supervisors’ intent to add positions to the Office of the City Attorney to institute such proceedings, and appropriate funding for that purpose.

Committee

Clerk of the Board

Introduced

March 20, 2018

Passed

May 17, 2018

Enacted

May 17, 2018

Enactment no.

117-18