Bold idea to end crisis on SF’s streets calls for mental health treatment – San Francisco Chronicle

Bold idea to end crisis on SF’s streets calls for mental health treatment  San Francisco Chronicle

San Franciscans will almost certainly be asked a groundbreaking question on the November ballot: Should all city residents be guaranteed the right to quick, effective mental health care? It’s clear the city’s mental health care system is devastatingly broken. We’ve all seen mentally ill homeless people released from San Francisco General still wearing their hospital gowns wandering into traffic or screaming at nobody in particular. But there are also many San Franciscans who struggle with depression, anxiety and other mental health issues in a more private way. They have housing, jobs and m…

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