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Board declines to back state conservatorship bill after hours of public testimony and supervisor debate
Summary
President London Breed’s resolution urging support for state Senate Bill 1045 — a measure to permit conservatorship for chronically homeless people with serious mental illness and severe substance‑use disorder — failed to pass the Board of Supervisors after extended debate over civil liberties, funding and implementation.
A resolution introduced by Board President London Breed urging statewide support for Senate Bill 1045 — legislation that would expand conservatorship eligibility to include some chronically homeless people with serious mental illness and severe substance use disorder — failed to pass the Board of Supervisors on April 24 after lengthy public testimony and a divided debate among supervisors.
The bill’s supporters, including President Breed, argued the law fills gaps in current conservatorship statutes written decades ago by allowing courts to consider severe psychoactive substance use (not only alcohol) when deciding whether an individual is gravely disabled and in need of court‑ordered care. Breed said the…
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