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Supervisors review conservatorship data and gaps in beds and placements
Summary
Committee heard a BLA report finding prior state data undercounted San Francisco conservatorships, discussed declines in referrals after 2012, and pressed city agencies on shortages of locked subacute beds and the need for formal data-sharing and outcome measures.
The Public Safety Committee on Nov. 8 held a hearing on the Budget and Legislative Analyst—s report examining Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) conservatorships in San Francisco, where analysts, public-health officials and hospital psychiatrists detailed reporting errors, shifts in referrals and a shortage of post-acute beds.
Severin Campbell of the Budget and Legislative Analyst—s office told supervisors that state-published figures understated San Francisco—s conservatorship caseload because the county had been reporting only new referrals rather than new and reestablished conservatorships; after consulting the Superior Court and a survey of other counties, the BLA concluded San Francisco—s…
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